Title:
Who stole my child? : parenting through the four stages of adolescence / Carl Pickhardt.
ISBN:
9781942094838
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Las Vegas : Central Recovery Press, [2018]
Physical Description:
xx, 266 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction: why this book? -- Adolescence marks the end of childhood (up to ages eight to nine) -- Changes underway -- Changes in the child -- Changes in the parenting -- Changes in the relationship -- Issues in early adolescence (ages nine to thirteen) -- The separation from childhood -- Disorganization and distractibility -- Fear of trying and boredom -- Resistance and conflict -- Reluctance to work and to study -- Issues in mid-adolescence (ages thirteen to fifteen) -- Forming a family of friends -- Puberty and vulnerability -- Peers and popularity -- Higher intensity friendships -- Social cruelty at school -- Issues in late adolescence (ages fifteen to eighteen) -- Acting more grown up -- Risk-taking and readiness -- Dating and romance -- Social substance use -- The internet -- Issues in trial independence (ages eighteen to twenty-three) -- Stepping off more on one's own -- Graduation separations -- Over-demand and stress -- The need for self-discipline -- The struggle for independence -- Special cases -- Factors that can intensify adolescence -- Parental divorce -- Rate of growth -- The strong-willed adolescent -- The adolescent only child -- Epilogue: parenting your adult child.
Summary:
'Psychologist Carl Pickhardt offers insight from his thirty years of experience counseling caregivers on how to navigate the adolescent development process--from eight to eighteen... Parents, teachers and caretakers will find comfort with effective practices to help kids achieve responsible independence from the end of childhood through young adulthood and beyond"--Back cover.
OCLC Number:
on1030906872
Availability:
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