Congrats -- you're having a teen! : strengthen your family and raise a good person / Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP.
"A new way of thinking about (and celebrating!) your child during these critical years! Congrats-- you're having a teen! No, really-- congratulations! You're entering one of the most exciting, important phases of parenting. These years are your best opportunity ..."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781610025980
- ISBN: 1610025989
- Physical Description: xxii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Itasca, IL : American Academy of Pediatrics, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Recognizing. Recognizing adolescence as a time of astounding opportunity -- Recognizing and nurturing the adult coming into focus -- Recognizing and reaffirming how much you matter -- Continue recognizing all that is good and right in your child -- Recognizing your own needs and those of the rest of your family -- Honoring. Honoring the many moving pieces of development -- The largest questions life offers: identify development -- The amazing developing teen brain -- Changing body and developing sexuality -- Celebrating, elevating, and experiencing emotions -- Thinking, dreaming, and caring at a whole new level -- External pressures can support or undermine development -- Honoring your teen's need to stand on their own -- Being pro-development -- Shaping. The root of life-long security: your unwavering presence -- Make the most of living with an expert -- Listen more, judge less -- Talk wisely, learn more -- Mind your body -- Like a duck on the water -- Staying close in this new virtual world -- Guiding. Guiding our teens to be authentically successful -- Preparation is protection -- Build your teen's resilience -- Building resilience in difficult and uncertain times -- Balance the expression of your love with the wisdom of your monitoring -- Steer them towards wise behaviors -- When to jump in (and when to watch from a distance) -- Course corrections and corrective actions -- Helping our teens rise above the noise and find their own rhythm -- Bridging. A bridge to the future: a generation prepared to do good and be good -- Nurture meaning and purpose -- Support lifelong learning, foster curiosity, and encourage humility -- Appreciate idealism and experience wonder and awe -- Advocate for a better world for all teens -- Restoring. Strengthen (or restore) your relationship -- Bringing them back: seeing all that is good and right in them... again -- Listening and talking: the language and mindset of restoration -- The strength of seeking professional guidance -- Closing thoughts. |
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Genre: | Self-help publications. |
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