Princess Bitchface Syndrome

Informationen zum Autor Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is one of Australia´s leading authorities on teenage behaviour! and as a practising psychologist specialises in the area of parenting adolescents and adolescent mental health. In 2000 he was the subject of This is Your Life. He was founder of the world´s first national support group for teenage cancer patients! CanTeen(The Australian Teenage Cancer Patient´s Society).He is the consultant psychologist to many schools and national organisations! an official ambassador for the federal government´s youth suicide prevention programs beyondblue and Mindmatters ! and from 2005 will be consultant to Channel Nine on adolescent behaviour. He has written two bestselling books on parenting adolescents; Surviving Year 12 and Adolescence: A Guide for Parents. He is also a columnist for Girlfriend ! Family Circle and Australian Doctor magazines . He has won many awards for his work. Klappentext Follow-up to the popular "Surviving Adolescents"! this time focusing specifically on raising adolescent girls. With lots of sensible and sanity-saving suggestions for when quiet! young girls turn into rebellious teens! who can act responsibly when it suits them! but just as frequently behave like spoiled brats. Zusammenfassung A follow-up to Michael Carr-Gregg´s hugely popular Surviving Adolescents. This time he focuses on the special trials of raising adolescent girls: what to do when your previously quiet! beautiful and loving girl-child morphs into a restless! rebellious stranger who behaves like a responsible adult one day and a spoiled brat the next. He also explains how and why the PBFS has come about - how adolescence today is complicated by new factors such as ´KGOY´ (kids getting older younger)! loss of community! rampant consumerism! obsession with sexuality and body image! confusing media messages and the power of cyberculture. But parents need not despair! because Carr-Gregg has lots of sensible and sanity-saving suggestions to offer. ...

Product details

• Authors: Michael Carr-Gregg
• Assisted by: Ron Tandberg (Illustration)
• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9780143004660
• ISBN: 978-0-14-300466-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Adolescence