Series Preface.- Editor's Preface.- Foreword.- Hardwired to Connect: The New Scientific Case of Authoritative Communities.- The Biochemistry of Family Commitment and Youth Competence: Lessons from Animal Models.- How Mother Nurture Helps Mother Nature: Scientific Evidence for the Protective Effect of Good Nurturing on Genetic Propensity Toward Anxiety and Alcohol Abuse.- Investing in Children and Society: What We Have Learned from Seven Decades of Attachment Research.- The Consolidation of Conscience in Adolescence.- Best Bets for Improving the Odds for Optimum Youth Development.- Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of the Healthy Person: Notes from the Founders of Modern Psychology and Psychiatry.- Hardwired for God: A Neuropscyhological Model for Developmental Spirituality.- A Tale of Two Religious Effects: Evidence for the Protective and Prosocial Impact of Organic Religion.- Focused on their Families: Religion, Parenting, & Child Well-Being.- Minding the Children with Mindfulness: A Buddhist Approach to Promoting Well-Being in Children.- The Psychobiology of Adolescence.- Elders and Sons.- Spirituality and Resilience in Adolescent Girls.- Promoting Well-Being among At-Risk Children: Restoring a Sense of Community and Support for Development.- Sex, Guns, and Rock 'n' Roll: The Influence of Media in Children's Lives.- The Civil Society Model: The Organic Approach to Building Character, Competence, and Conscience in Our Young People.- Caring and Character: How Close Parental Bonds Foster Character Development in Children.- Gather Around the Children.- Contributors.- Author Index.- Subject Index.