Citation
Harris, Kathleen Mullan; King, Rosalind Berkowitz; & Gordon-Larsen, Penny (2005). Healthy Habits among Adolescents: Sleep, Exercise, Diet, and Body Image.. Moore, Kristin Anderson & Lippman, Laura H. (Eds.) (pp. 111-132). New York: Springer.Abstract
Regardless of its validity, many adults share a belief that today’s youth face an inauspicious future. Drugs, sex, violence, disintegration of the nuclear family, technology that replaces interpersonal relationships—that’s what you hear in the news. The media, through its dramatization of the dangers and risks children confront and pose, have created a well-established image of disenfranchised, hostile, and often-destructive children and adolescents. This image ignores the many children who are thriving as well as the possibility of positive outcomes for children and youth.With children comprising roughly 30% of the global population—almost 2 billion children worldwide—understanding exactly what leads children to grow into confident, caring, responsible adults is an issue that belongs at the forefront of every nation’s agenda. Increasingly, it is understood that we need not only to prevent negative outcomes but to promote positive outcomes.
Reference Type
Book SectionYear Published
2005Author(s)
Harris, Kathleen MullanKing, Rosalind Berkowitz
Gordon-Larsen, Penny