Adolescent Development

Parenting just got tougher. As your child's brain rewires, hormones kick in, and independence beckons, a perfect storm for family conflict emerges. But help is at hand. Divided into two sections - aged 8 to 10 and aged 10 to 12 - this practical parenting book is grounded in evidence-based psychology, exploring the science at work during this period of your child's development. Taking 75 everyday scenarios, the book tackles real-world issues head-on.

Por muito tempo, as pessoas acharam que o modelo ideal de comportamento era ser extrovertido. Mas isso não é bem verdade. Bill Gates, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Gandhi, J. K. Rowling, Emma Watson—a lista de introvertidos famosos é enorme, e eles fizeram coisas incríveis justamente por causa de seu temperamento quieto, e não apesar dele. Com seu primeiro livro, O poder dos quietos, Susan Cain mudou a forma como a sociedade vê os introvertidos e deu início a um grande debate mundial.

Esta guía esencial de la serie Salvar la brecha entre padres y adolescentes aborda los difíciles problemas a los que enfrentan los adolescentes y los padres hoy en día.

Tener abiertos los canales de comunicación con los jóvenes puede ayudarlos a evitar embarazos no deseados y enfermedades de transmisión sexual que les pueden costar la vida. Enseñémoslos a quererse y a convertir el autocuidado en una sana práctica.

Un saggio incisivo che esplora il dilemma tra accettare passivamente le condizioni imposte dalla società o assumersi la responsabilità di trasformarle.

Raising teenagers in today's society is more challenging than ever. Helping your teens to avoid drug and alcohol use, value an education, and construct a healthy identity is indeed an achievement. How can you do all of that? Of all your parenting actions, what will have the highest payoff in helping your teenagers? In this book, child-development counselor Dr. Bettie Youngs provides practical suggestions on how you can safeguard your teenagers and teaches you what to do if your child is already at risk.

Renowned neurologist Dr. Frances E. Jensen offers a revolutionary look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths and offering practical advice for teens, parents, and teachers. As a mother, teacher, researcher, clinician, and frequent lecturer to parents and teens, Dr. Jensen is in a unique position to explain to listeners the mystery and magic of the teen brain. In this audiobook, she brings to listeners the new, sometimes astonishing findings that are buried in academic journals.

Dans Juste Avant, un documentaire en 7 chapitres, sorti le 1er décembre 2019, Ovidie questionne la façon dont on éduque une adolescente quand on est mère et féministe, à travers une série de conversations avec sa fille de 14 ans. Les échanges mère-fille s'entrecroisent avec les témoignages des proches et les réflexions sur sa propre construction. Publication originale en décembre 2019.

Si l'expression des enfants et des adolescents s'est développée depuis une ou deux générations, leur capacité à mettre en commun s'est appauvrie considérablement. Il existe une grande méfiance des adolescents face aux discours des adultes. Vouloir apprendre aux enfants et aux adolescents à communiquer devient donc une urgence salutaire.

This uniquely practical parenting audiobook for raising teenagers in today's world is grounded in evidence-based psychology, exploring the science at work during this period of child development and showing how your behaviour and response as a parent has never been more important. Taking more than 100 everyday scenarios, the audiobook tackles real-world situations head-on. You'll discover how you can create a supportive environment at home and what you can say and do to help your teenager manage whatever life brings.

By the time children reach adolescence, it's usually too late to change their behavior. That behavior may or may not be out of control, but it is usually such that a parent's most common question is: What can I do? The good news is that they can learn to cope. The purpose of this book is to help parents cope and guide their children, not necessarily change them. This extraordinary book is not just for parents of children who are out of control. It will also help normal families function more smoothly.

Personne ne va croire en vous si vous ne croyez pas d’abord en vous-même! Si vous me lisez aujourd’hui, vous savez qu’avoir confiance en soi est indispensable pour vivre une vie intéressante et épanouissante.Que ce soit au travail, ses examens, ses relations amoureuses…Avoir confiance en soi transforme radicalement ce que l’on va obtenir dans la vie !

Das fesselnde Buch erklärt Eltern und Trainern furchtlos, kompetent und verständlich, wie das Gehirn und die Psyche von Sportlern funktioniert. Anhand konkreter Beispiele analysiert der Autor die Auswirkungen von Feedback auf Denken, Wahrnehmung, Aufmerksamkeit und sogar die Qualität der Koordination eines Spielers. Eltern sind sich oft nicht bewusst, wie ihr Einfluss das neuronale Netz ihres Kindes prägt. Das Buch führt Sie in die Tiefen der Neurowissenschaften und der Sportpsychologie ein und vermittelt Ihnen Wissen und Fähigkeiten, um ein besserer Trainer für Ihr Kind zu sein.

It can be a challenge to say good-bye and send your child out into the world on his or her own, whether it's to college or to join the workforce. This book provides tips on what you need to make sure your child knows, how to handle your own life once the nest is empty, and even what you need to think about if your child ever hits a stumbling block and needs to return home for a while.

René J. Trossero, con su cariño de siempre, dirige su palabra a los adolescentes de hoy. Recupera las inquietudes que día a día le plantean en encuentros y conferencias y, con una valiosa espontaneidad y sabiduría, propone respuestas concretas a las circunstancias en las que vive la juventud. Aborda, entre otros temas, el de la soledad, el enamoramiento, las crisis de identidad, los valores, la familia; y vuelve a poner en palabras la importancia de cultivar la alegría de vivir.

Are young children really sexual? You don't mean they are sexual like adults, do you? No, I don't mean that they are sexual like adolescents or adults. But the course of human sexuality begins in utero and continues throughout childhood and adolescence into adulthood. This book traces the course of that development from infancy onward, explaining how a sense of maleness or femaleness develops in infancy and how knowledge of sexuality grows and matures throughout childhood and adolescence.

With humor, plenty of understanding and 50 years of experience treating adolescents, child psychiatrist Calvin Colarusso, M.D. provides ideas and examples to smooth the way through adolescence for parents and teens. Surviving Adolescence: A Roadmap for Teens and Their Parents provides understanding of inscrutable adolescent behavior and practical suggestions on what to do about mood swings, backtalk, disgusting bedrooms, sexual behavior, and dating.