Ebook: Power, Beauty and Legitimacy of Adolescence: Understanding the teenage years

Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Dealing with the teenage years; 1: What is adolescence?; UNDERSTANDING TEENAGERS; PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SELF-CONCEPT AND SELF-ESTEEM; BRAIN TRANSFORMATION; INITIATION RITES; 2: Parenting; COMMON MISTAKES PARENTS MAKE; DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARENTING; INFLUENCE OF BIRTH ORDER; PERSONALITY COMBINATIONS; EXCESSIVE PARENTAL INTERFERENCE; MARCIA'S FOUR IDENTITY STATUSES; 3: The right attitude; LIMITS TO DISCIPLINE; THE PUNCHING-BALL APPROACH; UNWAVERING LOVE AND SUPPORT; SYMPATHY, EMPATHY AND COMPASSION