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Teens and the Adults Around Them. This wonderful article from the Christian Science Monitor looks at the absence of adults from the world that teens inhabit. In addition, it presents the findings of a survey by Public Agenda that shows the gap in opinions between teens and adults on just this issue. Must read.

School-Based Conflict Resolution Programs. This lengthy survey of real-world experience is a great way to cut through the fuzzy thinking and grand claims made both by educators and companies who sell to schools. The business of conflict resolution is fraught with feel-good methods and little hard evaluation. This material will help parents and educators decide which programs work best for them. Especially useful are the school by school case studies.

To What Degree Should Parents Be Responsible for Their Kids?. In the wake of Littleton, police are considering holding parents legally accountable for the acts their teenage children commit. The debate over police policy is a national discussion over the way we live together. Rarely are the connections between public lives and private lives so strongly drawn.