Authoritative Communities - The Scientific Case for Nurturing the Whole Child

Series Preface

Preface

Foreword: The Crisis in American Childhood

Acknowledgments

Contents

Contributors

A Report to the Nation

Hardwired to Connect: The New Scientific Case for Authoritative Communities

Primal Connections

The Biochemistry of Family Commitment and Youth Competence: Lessons from Animal Models

How Mother Nurture Helps Mother Nature: Scientific Evidence for the Protective Effect of Good Nurturing on Genetic Propensity Toward Anxiety and Alcohol Abuse

Investing in Children and Society: What We Have Learned from Seven Decades of Attachment Research

Meaning and Morality

The Consolidation of Conscience in Adolescence

Best Bets for Improving the Odds for Optimum Youth Development

Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of the Healthy Person: Notes from the Founders of Modern Psychology and Psychiatry

Connecting to the Transcendent

Hardwired for God: A Neuropsychological Model for Developmental Spirituality

A Tale of Two Religious Effects: Evidence for the Protective and Prosocial Impact of Organic Religion

Focused on Their Families: Religion, Parenting, and Child Well- Being

Minding the Children with Mindfulness: A Buddhist Approach to Promoting Well- Being in Children

The Changing Connections of Adolescence

The Psychobiology of Adolescence

Elders and Sons

Spirituality and Resilience in Adolescent Girls

Connecting to Community

Promoting Well-Being Among At- Risk Children: Restoring a Sense of Community and Support for Development

Sex, Guns, and Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Influence of Media in Children’s Lives

The Civil Society Model: The Organic Approach to Building Character, Competence, and Conscience in Our Young People

Commentaries

Caring and Character: How Close Parental Bonds Foster Character Development in Children

Gather Around the Children

Index