Aaron Duggan (PGI): Get Lost! The Psychic Value of Wilderness Adventures in the Lives of Children. Judith Cashmore (Sydney): The Link Between Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Offending: Systems Neglect of Adolescents. From Kairos, Zbigniew Kotowicz (CFCUL): Children, Insanity and Child Psychiatry c.1800 - 1935. What's wrong with the teenage mind? Children today reach puberty earlier and adulthood later — the result: A lot of teenage weirdness. The unacknowledged prejudice against kids: A review of Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl (and more and more). A single close friendship can ease a boy’s passage through middle school — but what if your son can’t find a pal? With the exuberance of a teenager, but the wisdom of a scholar, Danah Boyd analyzes and dissects our online behavior — for teens, she says, it's not so different from hanging out at the mall. Are secular television shows with moral messages good for Christian children? A thing or two about twins: Discovering why identical twins differ — despite having the same DNA — could reveal a great deal about all of us.
