RECENT PRESS

 

The Washington Post, Do They Know Where Their Kids Are? No, But That's a Good Thing, March 29, 2019

Uncertain Terms (podcast), Juvenile Brain Science and the Law, January 31, 2019

Brookings Institution Blog on Education Plus Development, Beyond the Midterms: Helping Students Overcome the Impact of No Child Left Behind, November 21, 2018

Inside Edition, Should a 10-Year-Old Be Held Responsible for Murder as an Adult? November 14, 2018

The Atlantic, What Teens Think of the Kavanaugh Accusations, September 21, 2018

PBS NewsHour (online), Why "Boys Will Be Boys" is an Unscientific Excuse for Assault, September 21, 2018.

The New York Times, Finding Gear for Teens to Try Out Hobbies, September 12, 2018

Scientific American, Sex, Drugs, and Self-Control, August 16, 2018

The Marshall Project, The Right Age to Die?, August 12, 2018

The New York Times, Those Terrible Teenage Years, August 10, 2018

The Federalist, Science May Explain Why We Love That "No. 1 Song on Your 14th Birthday" Meme So Much, June 5, 2018

Forbes, Congresss Needs to Follow the Research and Prioritize Higher Education, May 29, 2018

The New York Times, Parenting the Fortnite Addict, April 30, 2018

Chicago Tribune, It's Only Logical that 16-Year-Olds Should Have the Right to Vote, April 26, 2018

Vice HBO, Raised in the System, April 6, 2018

The Conversation, When Can You Buy a Gun, Vote, or Be Sentenced to Death?, March 5, 2018 (oped by Laurence Steinberg)

The New York Times, Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16, March 4, 2018 (oped by Laurence Steinberg)

Nature, Sex and Drugs and Self Control: How the Teen Brain Navigates Risk, February 21, 2018

Scientific American, Are Smartphones Really Destroying the Lives of Teenagers?, February, 2018

 

 

 

 

VIDEOS

Speaking at the Family Action Network (FAN), November 3, 2014

 

 

Speaking about adolescent risk taking at the University of Washington, November 27, 2013

 

 

 Speaking about brain science and juvenile justice at Harvard Law School, November 13, 2015