The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
Teens Put Unique Stress on Working Parents (Miami Herald, 3/19/08)
March 19, 2008
The Miami Herald writes about how quality after school programs for kids in middle and high school can help troubled teens and relieve worried working parents.
Excerpt from the article:
"Priscilla Little, associate director of the Harvard Family Research Project and the parent of teenage daughters, offers this advice: 'The most powerful way to get your teen into an after-school program is to start the habit early, in middle school.' But if it is too late and your teen spends after school hours unsupervised, check in often. 'Even if there's a notion of supervision,' she says, 'the likelihood of mischief goes down.'