American Academy of Pediatrics Caring for Your Teenager - The Complete and Authoritative Guide

Informationen zum Autor Donald E. Greydanus, M.D., F.A.A.P., and Philip Bashe (writer) Klappentext Expert, authoritative guidance you can trust on helping your teenager cope with the changes and challenges of adolescence, from The American Academy of Pediatrics. The critical, life-shaping years between twelve and twenty-one have been called the "turbulent teens.” But adolescence doesn't have to be a time of anxiety and upheaval--for either teenagers or their parents. In this comprehensive, down-to-earth guide, the nation's leading authority on the care of children helps parents and caregivers guide teenagers through the successful transition into young adulthood. Combining practical parenting advice with the latest medical, psychological, and scientific research, and covering every aspect of a teenager's growth and development, the American Academy of Pediatrics' Caring for Your Teenager offers indispensable information on: • The stages of adolescence--what defines normal physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development • Setting rules and limits--helping teenagers grow into responsible adults • The twelve building blocks of self-esteem--from feelings of security and belonging to decision making, pride, and trust • Instilling values and strengthening family ties • The problem of peer pressure: giving your child the confidence to handle it • Hormones--easing teenagers' anxieties about their changing bodies • Safeguarding your teenager from sexually transmitted diseases • Adapting to different family types--from single-parent to adoptive to blended • Helping your teenager cope with serious illness or death in the family, sibling rivalry, separation, or divorce Plus • Helping your teenager find the right college--or make an alternative choice • Teens, the Internet, and the law • A comprehensive medical guide to common ailments . . . and much more Caring for Your Teenager is the one guide that no one entrusted with the care of a teenage child should be without--a book that provides parents with all the information they need to ensure that their child is on the right track to becoming a happy, healthy adult. PARENTING TEENAGERS IN TODAY'S WORLD "Adolescence is when children start bringing up their parents." --Anonymous What if parenting a teenager were a job like any other, advertised in the want ads? Imagine picking up the classifieds and finding this: We have an exciting, demanding position open in our department of growth and development. You will be in charge of grooming a small but dynamic team of up-and-coming young adults. Be prepared to put in endless hours and expect your authority to be challenged frequently. Fluency in two languages required: yours and theirs. Other prerequisites include infinite patience and a working knowledge of psychology, sociology, popular culture and all secondary-school and college curriculum. Must have car! Zero room for advancement; compulsory demotion in several years. Don't bother sending salary requirements; there are none. If you didn't already have this job, you'd probably keep moving right on down the page. Adolescence can be a challenge for parents. Your youngster may at times be a source of frustration and exasperation, not to mention financial stress. But these years also bring many, many moments of joy, pride, laughter and closeness. Too often, though, our culture seems to overemphasize the pervasive stereotypes of adolescence, many of them negative. Countless books, movies and news accounts create sensationalized portraits of disaffected youth flouting authority at every turn and often getting into serious trouble. As a result, the accomplishments of the good youngsters who make up the majority of America's approximately sixty million adolescents tend to be overshadowed. Denver pediatrician Marianne Neifert objects to the barrage of dispa...

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• Authors: Philip Bashe, Donald Greydanus, Donald E. Greydanus, Donald E./ Bashe Greydanus
• Assisted by: Donald Greydanus (Editor)
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.04.2003
• EAN: 9780553379969
• ISBN: 978-0-553-37996-9
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 233 mm x 34 mm
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family