Teenagers sometimes believe that bullies will always be bullies and victims will always be victims. An intervention teaching young people that other people really can change improved adolescents’ behavior and reduced conduct problems, a recent US study found.
March 2013
18 March 2013
Social skills training programs for children and young people often have moderate and short-lived benefits. A Dutch program designed to remedy the weaknesses of earlier programs shows some promise, especially when there are “booster” sessions.
11 March 2013
Schools often ban children from chewing gum in class. But a study in Texas suggests that providing math students with gum can improve their test scores and help them to maintain higher grades.
05 March 2013
Juvenile courts lead to more adult crime, not less, a recent study argues. Canadian teens who went through the youth courts were twice as likely to become convicted adult criminals as similar adolescents who were arrested but not sent to court.
