Welcome to CARE

We are a collaborative of institutions and organizations committed to promoting positive youth outcomes and reducing risk. Our work is predicated on the fact that the most effective tools we have at our disposal are the important individuals in young peoples’ lives and the conversations that sustain and nurture those relationships. We are committed to inspiring and cataloging one million such meaningful conversations by 2020. We invite you to join the conversation!

Rethinking Summer: Why Camp Remains Relevant for Teens

Stephen Gray Wallace, MS Ed, and Leann Mischel, PhDJanuary 2019 In a world filled with out-of-school time options ...
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Let the Kids Sleep, Part III 34 minutes bring a world of good.

In my preceding Psychology Today pieces, “Let the Kids Sleep” (February 2016) and “Let the Kids Sleep, Part II” (March ...
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Internship, Test Prep — or Camp? – Summer Planning amid the Noise and Haste

"Go placidly amid the noise and haste" marks the beginning of a 1927 prose poem, "Desiderata," by American ...
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Character Does Count

Twenty years ago last month, I published an opinion editorial in the Cape Cod Times titled “Tell Teens: Character Does ...
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