Surviving Adolescence
Helping Teens Endure the Roller-Coaster Ride- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2021
Summary
The most trying times in a child’s life are during their pre-teen and teen years. Even the most well-meaning and engaged parents and teachers are often ill equipped to deal effectively with adolescents and their remarkable yet confounding social and emotional changes.
Surviving Adolescence follows the roller coaster ride parents with teenagers experience, stages that author Michael Gilbert calls Ratcheting Up, the First Drop, Loop-de-Loop, Climbing, the Steep Drop, In the Tunnel, Into the Daylight, and Leveling Off. These stages cover issues such as preparing for adolescence, the reality of confronting puberty, the family unit, and how to help teens confront a new social environment, including cyberspace. Additional areas covered are recognizing the need for productive activities, discussing burgeoning sexual issues, bullying, and substance abuse. Suggestions for communicating effectively and taking care of yourself are included, too, making this a well-rounded and valuable resource for parents and educators alike.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2021
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-5725-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-5724-5
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 144
- Product type
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- 1. Preparation for Adolescence/Adolescents No access
- 2. What Have You Done with My Child? No access
- 3. Strong Partners, Effective Parenting: United We Stand—Divided We Fall . . . Flat on Our Faces No access
- 4. The Family as a Unit No access
- 5. Encouraging Adolescents to Be Accountable: “Wha’d’ya Mean It’s My Responsibility?” No access
- 6. The Importance of Having Friends No access
- 7. Adolescents in Cyberspace No access
- 8. Activities for Adolescents No access
- 9. Sex and the Adolescent No access
- 10. Bullying No access
- 11. Substance Abuse No access
- 12. Listening to Your Adolescent No access
- 13. Communicating with Your Adolescent No access
- 14. Epilogue No access
- About the Author No access Pages 143 - 144





