| You and Your Adolescent Revised Edition: Parent's Guide for Ages 10-20, a Revised Edition Contributor(s): Steinberg, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 006273461X ISBN-13: 9780062734617 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: The authors reassure and advise parents, helping them understand family communication, the physical and emotional changes of puberty, intellectual and moral growth, peer pressure, sex, drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, and other challenges this period brings. Divided into three sections--10 to 13, 14 to 17, and 18 to 20--"You and Your Adolescent" is both easy-to-read and follow. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Adolescence - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Teenagers - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General |
| Dewey: 305.235 |
| LCCN: 96039373 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.85 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the growing problems of teenage pregnancy, AIDS and violence that adolescents have to face, this updated edition of You and Your Adolescent is an important book for parents. Laurence Steinberg and Ann Levine reassure and advise parents, helping them understand family communication, the physical and emotional changes of puberty, intellectual and moral growth, peer pressure, sex, drugs, cigarettes, alcohol and other challenges this period brings. They also provide special advice for single parents, working parents and stepparents. Divided into three periods: 10 to 13, 14 to 17 and 18 to 20, You and Your Adolescent is both easy to read and follow. By taking the mystery out of adolescence, the authors aid parents in making their teenagers development a period of satisfying growth toward adulthood. |
Contributor Bio(s): Steinberg, Laurence: - Laurence Steinberg is a professor of psychology at Temple University and a nationally recognized expert on adolescent psychology. |