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JULY / AUGUST 2006

There are an awfully large number of kids who are not motivated.
They haven’t found any commitments that they believe are meaningful, and there are a lot of these kids in almost every industrialized country. . . . It is the great youth problem of our time.

WILLIAM DAMON, professor of education and director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence

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Special Issue:  Kids Today

Growing Concerns
Six faculty experts weigh in on aimless adolescents, media messages, and why raising kids really does take a village.

In the Garden
An award-winning poet celebrates the wonder of everyday discovery. BY Eavan Boland

What Noah Teaches Us
Through her sorrow, a grandmother learns how a child with special needs is also a special gift.
BY Nancy Meyer


Good Sports
A veteran youth coach says a winning record has nothing to do with scores. BY Brian Doyle

Put to the Test
Who is right about education reform? Two views on No Child Left Behind.

Color Treatment
At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, crayons are an important therapeutic device.

All My Children
Here’s what it takes to care for other people’s kids—for almost 30 years. BY Christine Foster

Health on Wheels
What are all those teenagers doing in the back of Stanford’s RV? BY Sheila Himmel

The Lonely Impulse of Delight
The Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts recalls his adventurous youth—in the pages of favorite books. BY Dana Gioia

SKIPPY: Camille Schoettler, Maya Green, Jasmine Donohue-Ozyar and Swati Goel
play in the Quad.

Barbara Ries


Zach Green, 9 months

Zach Green, 9 months, is the son of women's gymnastics coach Kristen Smyth
and Scott Green.

Barbara Ries

 

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