Even in better neighborhoods, parents should be wary about letting teens gather with nothing to do and with no adult supervision, a new study suggests. In a long-term study of Chicago neighborhoods, researchers found that informal teen gatherings significantly increased the likelihood of violent behavior by the adolescents...
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October 7, 2009
Empowering Neighborhoods and Restoring Play: A Modest Proposal
Where have all the children gone? When I was growing up, and for some time after that, you could walk through any North American neighborhood--after school, or on weekends, or any time in the summer--and find children playing (see July 22, 2009, post). They would be playing freely, often in age-mixed groups, without adult supervision. Such play was great fun, and it served important developmental
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