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How to create meaningful, effective youth engagement programs based on insights from developmental science

In our first quarterly Research Roundup, we review recent research that highlights the importance of exploration, the impact of school and neighborhood environments, charitable giving, and the positive influence of peers during our adolescent years.

Two guides, for practitioners and for funders, help organizations build and support effective, research-informed youth engagement programs that benefit young people and the groups they work with.

The author and anthropologist Rachna Reddy explain how field studies of other species can illuminate aspects of our own pre-teen and teenage years