A Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly dedicated to the children and adolescents of the world will be held September 19–21 at the United Nations in New York.
with contributions from Daniel Cere, Nancy Caver, Victoria Lee Erickson
"A LARGE BODY OF RESEARCH
shows that healthy marriages protect the well-being of spouses and their children, and that a number of significant social costs are generated when marriages fail.
with contributions from Gina Kolata, David Brooks, Charles Bickers
"When asked by Roper Starch Worldwide [a polling organization] in 1998 to rank the major problems facing America today, students aged twelve to nineteen most frequently named as their top five concerns selfishness, people who don't respect law and the authorities, wrongdoing by politicians, lack of parental discipline, and courts that care too much about criminals' rights.
SPEAKING ABOUT HIS EFFORTS to end apartheid in South Africa—a struggle that included 27 years in prison—Nelson Mandela said that among the characteristics he had come to hate during this time was "ignorance—and a person's inability to see what unites us instead of only those things that divide us.
Increasing evidence supports
the thesis that feeling gratitude, appreciation, and compassion has a positive effect on the heart and on immune functions.
with contributions from Lynn Rosellini, Frank York, John J. Thompson
National Basketball Association champion
David Robinson is valued not just for his performance on the court but also for his exceptional behavior off the court.
