OBJECTIVE To extend the analysis of psychosocial risk factors for smoking presented in the
United States surgeon general's 1994 report on smoking and health, and to propose a …

The majority of children in the US and many other high-income nations are now cared for
many hours per week by people who are neither their parents nor their school teachers. The …

The definitive edition of the classic, myth-shattering history of the American family Leave It to
Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the" male …

The assessment of a treatment's effectiveness is always a relative matter. The initial
response to the question" Is homework effective?" must be:" Compared with what?" The …

Despite overwhelming adversity, many children successfully manage to bounce back. What
personal characteristics make this possible, and how can schools create environments that …

The mere act of living in today's society is dangerous to the health and well-being of children
and adolescents. The concept of the socially toxic environment is offered as a parallel to the …

Abstract The recent Institute of Medicine report on prevention (National Research Council &
Institute of Medicine, 2009) noted the substantial interrelationship among mental, emotional …

The popularity, demand, and increased federal and private funding for after-school
programs have resulted in a marked increase in after-school programs over the past two …

Aims Our study has two goals: to evaluate variation in symptoms of substance
abuse/dependence by family structure and to examine several potential explanations for this …

We examined breakfast consumption patterns and trends between 1965 and 1991 for
children (1–10 y old) and adolescents (11–18 y old) in the United States. The analysis was …