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Harrison R. Greenbaum ’08 was planning to attend a friend’s viewing party in Stoughton Hall...
...Greenbaum said that the shows’ escapism makes it popular among Harvard students...
...groups are typically small, with a maximum of five kids. A session costs around $80 a child; on average, kids go weekly for one year, although some, like Alexander, choose to stay longer. Peer Play Groups works with youngsters 5 to 13, and Cohen and Greenbaum carefully screen families, which are referred by teachers, doctors or friends, to weed out children with severe behavioral disorders. The goal is to balance each group with kids who are outgoing and those who are withdrawn. To help them address the difficulties they face--being teased or bullied at school, feeling excluded from playground...
...game of Uno. When the laughing boy found himself in the same unhappy position a few minutes later, Cohen pointed out how nice it was that the earlier object of his ridicule was not laughing at him now. "We give them solutions, different strategies for playing well together," says Greenbaum. "We empower them with ways to solve the problem that take both people into account, like understanding that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and neither is that big a deal...
...work through some shame" about her son's involvement. But overall, the positives clearly outweigh any embarrassment for many kids. "They know they're unhappy, that they're not good at connecting to people, and they love coming. It's like a lifeline for them," says Peer Play Groups' Greenbaum. A very affectionate third-grader who alienated classmates by standing too close when she spoke or hugging them at inappropriate times was so delighted with her group that she mentioned it to a classmate who was awkward and being ostracized. The boy got his parents to enroll him and, says...