Rethinking your teenager : shifting from control and conflict to structure and nurture to raise accountable young adults /
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| Author / Creator: | Fox, Darby, 1961- author. |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020] |
| Description: | xiii, 203 pages : illustrations, diagrams ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12037711 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. The First Myth: Teenagers are young adults who choose to act immaturely
- 2. The Second Myth: Teenagers behave badly because of raging hormones and there is nothing we can do about it.
- 3. The Third Myth: Adolescents shut out adults and listen only to their peers.
- 4. The Fourth Myth: Adolescents don't need a lot of sleep; they're just lazy!
- 5. The Fifth Myth: Adolescents are amazing multitaskers, and multitasking allows them to accomplish everything they need to do.
- 6. The Sixth Myth: Drugs and alcohol only temporarily impact my teenager.
- 7. The Seventh Myth: My teenager does risky and stupid things to irritate and defy me.
- 8. The Eighth Myth: Today's adolescents struggle with mental health disorders because they've had it easy. They don't want to deal with the reality of life because they're spoiled.
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
