Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from September 2000

Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from September 2000

The Link Between Body Issues and Behavioral Problems.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... The guest editors for this special issue highlight the myriad behavioral and adjustment problems that flow from negative self-perceptions about body image. These negative beliefs are often exacerbated by peer harassment. "Numerous children...

Is Self-Esteem Only Skin-Deep?(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... The Inextricable Link Between Physical Appearance and Self-Esteem Among U.S. youth, self-perceptions of appearance are inextricably linked to one's level of self-esteem. Cultural and media messages tout appearance as essential to popularity...

Social Physique Anxiety and Physical Activity Among Adolescents.
September 22, 2000... Participation in physical activity during adolescence may sow the seeds of an active lifestyle that will confer health benefits over the entire life span. However, involvement in physical activity declines sharply at adolescence. This article...

On Teenagers and Tattoos.
September 22, 2000... Tattooing and piercing have an almost magnetic appeal to many teens. While they may be seen as adornment by adolescents, they can become a battleground with adults. A psychiatrist examines the motivation and function of body sculpting by...

Tormented Lifestyle.(Poem)(Review)
September 22, 2000... Through tormented judgment I choose to move on I travel slow my days are long like corridors dimly lit smoken' don't help hard times is hard to forget I walk blind I struggle with desire temptations...

Sticks, Stones, and the Stigmata of Childhood Illness and Disability.
September 22, 2000... Children with complex and significant medical needs are challenged by more than the biological effects of the disease or disability: They also bear the burden of their condition's social effects. The stigma that results from visible differences...

Bad Body Fever and Deliberate Self-Injury.
September 22, 2000... Few behaviors of youth cause as much concern or revulsion as self-mutilation. A generation ago, such behavior was mostly confined to individuals in programs dealing with serious retardation or psychosis. Now it has achieved epidemic...

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who Is the Thinnest of Them All?
September 22, 2000... Of all psychiatric disorders, anorexia nervosa is among the most deadly. The Eating Disorders Program at Menninger Clinic has pioneered the development of comprehensive diagnostic and treatment programs for this population. This article follows...

Operation Smile "Changing Lives, One Smile at a Time".
September 22, 2000... Although many young people are concerned about acne and dieting, there are some children who retreat from social contact because of facial deformities that can be changed only through surgery. Operation Smile is an organization dedicated to...

Norman Normal Twenty Years Later.
September 22, 2000... Preface: James R. Whitehead In 1971, with my Loughborough University (UK) physical education diploma in hand, I began my teaching career at a middle school located in a depressed urban area. Two years later I moved to an "upper school,"...

Helping All Students Feel Good About Physical Activity.
September 22, 2000... It is nearly a half century since the story of "The Animal School" provided a powerful metaphor about the importance of individual differences. In this article, a pioneer in the field of physical education revisits this classic educational...

Understanding the World of the "Fat Kid": Can Schools Help Provide a Better Experience?
September 22, 2000... Interviews with 30 extremely overweight 9- to l0-year-old children in the United Kingdom offer perspectives on the challenges they face. Schools can make positive contributions by fostering climates of mutual respect and helping these children...

Listening to Girls Talk About Their Bodies.
September 22, 2000... Many studies report that dissatisfaction with body image is pervasive, particularly among White middle class girls. Beyond survey statistics, however, we know little about how girls feel about their bodies and how this affects their everyday...

Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say About Dieting.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say About Dieting by Mimi Nichter Fat Talk is an intimate and personal examination of how young women in the United States see themselves as physical beings, as women, as friends, and as sexual...

Fostering Positive Body Image in Children and Youth.
September 22, 2000... The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice The Center has identified a variety of creative programs and projects designed to foster healthy body image. Model practices are drawn from diverse educational and treatment settings. ...

Spotlight on Excellence Award.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The Spotlight on Excellence Award was given to Woodland Hills of Duluth, Minnesota, at the seventh annual Black Hills Seminars. Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-Based Interventions presents the award to an organization or...

Errata.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... 1. John R. Seita's article, "Kayla and Her Killer," which appeared in Reclaiming Children and Youth, Vol. 9, No. 2, was written as an opinion piece in response to the school shooting near Flint, Michigan, on February 29, 2000, and not in Grand...