The following book, Thriving, Surviving, or Going Under, edited by Erica Frydenberg, speaks in a different way to this important issue of coping by young people, their parents, and teachers. Over the past several years as I have listened at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to Erica present findings of tested theory based on various research projects and read her publications in numerous leading academic journals I have come to appreciate her passion and commitment to helping youth live well. This edited volume— the second in the Research on Stress and Coping series—offers further evidence of her dedication to such cause.