These 12 monthly issues from 1999 explore problems encountered by children and adolescents. Regular features include "Keep Your Eye On...," brief accounts of research into childhood and adolescent problems; "What's New in Research," summarizing research from recent publications and professional conferences; "Commentary," editorials from professionals working with children and adolescents; "Announcements," events and conferences of interest; book reviews; and client handouts for use by practitioners. Major topics include: (1) pedophilia, character education, and asthma (January); (2) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drug treatment, public policy, Tourette Syndrome, and head trauma (February); (3) changes in family life between 1981 and 1997, adolescent male sex offenders, ADHD diagnosis, and premature infants' behavior and sensory problems (March); (4) boys' violent behavior, clonidine toxicity in children with ADHD, and childhood behavior disorders (April); (5) autism and childhood schizophrenia, and persistence of girls' antisocial behavior (May); (6) achievement and motivation in poor/minority children, autism and childhood schizophrenia, and solvent exposure risks in pregnancy (June); (7) anger, assertiveness training, maternal smoking and criminal behavior, and gang membership (July); (8) violence prevention programs, teen pregnancy and STD rates, firearms, and spanking (August); (9) cheating in school, school discipline, and child behavior checklists for assessment (September); (10) Girls Choir of Harlem to assist in transition to adulthood, and connections between industrial/organizational psychology and developmental psychology (October); (11) standardized checklists and contextual determinants of behavior, and infants' musical perception (November); and (12) sexual identity and homosexual adjustment issues in counseling, and early experience and brain development (December). (KB)