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From The Time We're Born, Our Brothers And Sisters Are Our Collaborators And Coconspirators, Our Role Models And Our Cautionary Tales.

When It Comes To Raising Civilized Kids There Are No Hard Rules, But There Are Two Things On Which Most Parents Agree: Boys Are Generally Wilder Than Girls, And Adolescents Are Wilder Than Kids Of Any Other Age. If You've Got An Adolescent Boy, You're In The Sweet Spot For Trouble.

In Both Children And Adults, There Can Be A Hard-to-deny Link Between A Robust Sense Of Hope And Either Work Productivity Or Academic Achievement.

Toxins Love To Get You While You're Young. Lead, Mercury, Secondhand Smoke And Sundry Other Environmental Nasties Do A Lot More Damage When Tissue Is Immature, Vulnerable And Growing Than When It's Mature And Comparatively Fixed.

Kids Whose Puberty Begins Too Soon Face Not Just Psychological Risks, But Physical Ones Too, With An Increased Likelihood Of Cancer, As Well As Skeletal Changes That Could Prevent Them From Attaining Their Full Adult Height.