Happy, Healthy Teens: Why Focusing on Relationships Works

Kari O&#039;Driscoll

doi:10.5771/9781475863819

Summary

This book offers clear, actionable ways for parents and educators to create and strengthen relationships with teens during a key time of growth and development. With an emphasis on mindfulness, non-violent communication, and rooted in what we know about brain and social development during the adolescent years, this book is a great resource for anyone who is struggling to understand how to support and connect with young people. It includes practical information and activities designed to help spur adults to reflect on their goals as well as unearth their hidden biases about teens and how to direct them. Happy, Healthy Teens focuses on small ways to make a big difference in how teens see themselves and experience their interactions with us and it will help you be more intentional in your choices as you navigate the challenges of the adolescent years. Creating strong, foundational relationships with young people during these years has an enormous, lasting impact on their ability to become adults who are confident, compassionate, and part of a healthy community.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6379-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6381-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 103
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Introduction No access
1 Important Information about Adolescent Brain and Social Development No access Pages 1 - 20
2 Mindfulness No access Pages 21 - 34
3 Trusting Relationships No access Pages 35 - 58
4 Compassion No access Pages 59 - 66
5 Shared Goals No access Pages 67 - 76
6 Conflict No access Pages 77 - 88
7 Adolescent Health and Well-Being No access Pages 89 - 102
About the Author No access Pages 103 - 103