The Myth of MaturityThe Myth of Maturity
What Teenagers Need From Parents to Become Adults
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Book, 2001
Current format, Book, 2001, 1st ed, No Longer Available.Book, 2001
Current format, Book, 2001, 1st ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsIn this wise and compassionate book, Terri Apter debunks outdated and misguided ideas about maturity: Acting in the name of love, many parents withdraw emotional or practical support, thinking it best for a son or daughter to solve his or her own problems—even to suffer alone the consequences of mistakes. Apter shows us that young adults actually need a parent's guidance and support, while also requiring respect and independence. Based on carefully observed case studies and current research, this book describes how we can support young people through a crucial stage in their development.
Psychologist and teacher Terri Apter offers insight and advice for "threshholders" in their struggle to gain respect and independence without necessarily losing parents' guidance and support. Eleven chapters address such themes as forming identities, the pressure of high expectations, and managing money, with sensitive discussion of the issues and useful cognitive techniques for parents and their offspring to help gain awareness and change dysfunctional behaviors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
What do young people at the threshold of adulthood really need and want? Why do so many responsible and motivated teenagers become young adults who are still dependent, financially and emotionally, on their parents? Why are many young people today so quick to leave childhood behind, but so slow to become adults?
A parent's guide to dealing with teenagers explains how to provide guidance and support while promoting responsibility, respect, maturity, and independence. By the author of Altered Loves.
A parent's guide to dealing with teenagers explains how to provide guidance and support while promoting responsibility, respect, maturity, and independence.
Psychologist and teacher Terri Apter offers insight and advice for "threshholders" in their struggle to gain respect and independence without necessarily losing parents' guidance and support. Eleven chapters address such themes as forming identities, the pressure of high expectations, and managing money, with sensitive discussion of the issues and useful cognitive techniques for parents and their offspring to help gain awareness and change dysfunctional behaviors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
What do young people at the threshold of adulthood really need and want? Why do so many responsible and motivated teenagers become young adults who are still dependent, financially and emotionally, on their parents? Why are many young people today so quick to leave childhood behind, but so slow to become adults?
A parent's guide to dealing with teenagers explains how to provide guidance and support while promoting responsibility, respect, maturity, and independence. By the author of Altered Loves.
A parent's guide to dealing with teenagers explains how to provide guidance and support while promoting responsibility, respect, maturity, and independence.
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- New York : W.W. Norton, c2001.
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