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When did that sudden gap divide your home into territories staked and claimed with music blasting through the halls, and fists banging on doors to turn down the stereo/TV/video game? Teens, when did you start seeing your parents as your enemies instead of your heroes? And parents, when did you start seeing your teens as crazy little demons instead of your loving children?

It's the summer holidays and eleven-year-old loner, Seymour, lodged with a fussy guardian in an inner-city suburb, is bored and unhappy in his confined world. By chance he meets Angie, beautiful, charismatic Angie. He is bewitched, and his world is opened as she takes him on unexpected holiday outings and shopping sprees. Angie, however, is not what she seems.

Pubertät ist, wenn Eltern anfangen, schwierig zu werden, sage die einen. Es sind alles nur die Hormone, sagen die anderen. Und was sagen Experten dazu? Zwei führende Hirnforscher erzählen in diesem Hörbuch, warum es überhaupt so etwas wie "Pubertät" gibt und was sich im Gehirn von 13 bis 15-Jährigen tut. Die beiden Psychiater gehen auf die Frage ein, warum junge Menschen fast über Nacht widerspenstig und für die Eltern so schwierig werden.

Unser Grundvertrauen in unsere Kinder ist viel entscheidender als die aktuellen Schulprobleme, oder andere Probleme. Was ist meine Haltung meinem Kind/meinem Jugendlichen gegenüber? Müssen sie alles machen so wie ich mir das vorstellen, und erst dann können meine Kinder mein Vertrauen haben? - Das ist eine wichtig philosophische Übung. Denn man muss sich auch als Kind/Jugendlicher fragen: Will ich meine Eltern zufrieden machen, oder finde ich meinen eigenen Weg?

Michela ha 16 anni ed è una studentessa diligente. Ma un giorno è tentata dall'idea di copiare il compito di italiano, ingannando i genitori e l'insegnante che tanto la stimano. È sabato sera e Riccardo ha appena preso la patente. Gli amici lo invitano a bere: ma lui è consapevole dei rischi che corre mettendosi alla guida dopo aver bevuto. Cosa fare? Sono due esempi di scelte che quotidianamente gli adolescenti affrontano, alle prese tra bisogni e desideri personali da un lato, e principi e norme dall'altro.

Sfrontati e fragili, ostili e desiderosi di affetto, gli adolescenti rappresentano una sfida per gli adulti, ma soprattutto per loro stessi, alle prese come sono con la difficile costruzione del proprio io e del proprio ruolo sociale. Anche se alcuni drammatici fatti di cronaca sembrano insondabili è compito degli adulti capire. Ogni generalizzazione produce soltanto pregiudizi e la "miscela" dell'adolescenza, per non diventare esplosiva, richiede adulti coerenti nell'esempio e nella guida, capaci di attenzione e di rispetto.

Hier geht’s ums Älterwerden. Aber keine Angst: Sie sind nicht allein! Ohne ein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen spricht Kai Wiesinger über alles, was einen Mann in der Mitte des Lebens überrollt. Mal ehrlich: Haben Sie die Schriftgröße Ihres Handys schon geändert? Das ist erst der harmlose Einstieg in den sicheren Abstieg. Plötzlich stellen sich ganz neue Fragen: Wie geht es eigentlich meiner Prostata? Soll ich mir die Haare färben, und wie fühlt sich eine Darmspiegelung an? Schlafen wir nur noch aus Gewohnheit nebeneinander, und wie sinnvoll ist eine Paartherapie.

After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Distilling lessons and sharing stories (some cautionary, some entertaining, all helpful) from her long college advisory career, three-time Ivy League Dean Monique Rinere presents a unique month-by-month road map to a college experience that is rich, rewarding, and successful for teens and parents alike.

The creator of the viral parenting concept the “X-Plan” illuminates the importance of awakening your child’s unique strength - while also taking an introspective look at your own life story to become a better parent.

The challenge: how to raise children in a drug-filled society and prevent substance abuse. How to listen and what to say in order to accomplish these goals is what Saying No Is Not Enough is all about. Now in its second edition, this valuable prevention and intervention guide for parents and professionals by Dr. Schwebel, one of the nation’s experts, presents his complete step-by-step program, refined and time-tested over the last 25 years.

There has never been a better time to be a teenage girl. But perhaps there has never been a harder time. We know that connection is at the heart of our teenage daughters' happiness. And we do our best to have strong connections with our girls. But despite this, we often feel a disconnect. Or perhaps, more precisely, a mis-connect. If you're looking to understand your teen daughter better and deepen your connection with her, this audiobook is your guide.

In this frank, funny, and necessary guidebook, Kara Kinney Cartwright, a mom who has raised two teenage boys, compiles all the unwritten rules of being a good guy. As it turns out, everyone needs to learn one major lesson to safely avoid assh*le territory: other people are also humans. (Whoa, right?)

Andy Bramante left his successful career as a corporate scientist to teach public high school - and now helms one of the most remarkable classrooms in America. Bramante’s unconventional class at Connecticut’s prestigious yet diverse Greenwich High School has no curriculum, tests, textbooks, or lectures, and is equal parts elite research lab, student counseling office, and teenage hangout spot. United by a passion to learn, Mr. B.’s band of whiz kids set out every year to conquer the brutally competitive science fair circuit.

Parenting is the most heroic and rewarding activity you will ever undertake, and now you have a One-Stop Parenting Guide. When your child's future is at stake, no stone should be left unturned in your quest for tools and tips you can use to make them better. In this concise guide, every aspect of parenting is covered. This book comprises Positive Parenting Guide and Parenting Teens. Both of these will help you take the reins and have an easier time raising responsible kids who are ready to face the world on their own. Grab this audiobook today!

Parenting Your Teens Without Losing Your Cool is a heartfelt, sassy, and honest account of one mother’s experience parenting three teens into stable, happy, thriving adults. Shantelle Bisson gives it to you straight: Raising a teen is a tough job, not a Pinterest-worthy one, so stop martyring yourself in hopes of #trending with the who’s who. Speaking frankly about the stuff that keeps parents up at night, Shantelle provides practical, no-nonsense advice for raising good and kind citizens of the world, all while staying sane and keeping your cool.

From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today.

Youth of the Nation is not another book written by casual observers or researchers attempting to create solutions based upon statistics surrounding the youth mental health crisis in our country. Statistics are extremely helpful to give tangible proof of the problems and to alert the public of the dire need to make improvements to our current systems. However, the mental health problems our youth are facing have proven to be too complex and nuanced for conventional approaches. This book shares what over a thousand teens and I have created and successfully been applying for 14 years.

Are you an educator looking to integrate mindfulness and brain science into your teaching to enhance your understanding of your teenage students' cognitive development? Are you a parent seeking to learn practical strategies to support your teenagers, improve your family dynamics, and provide them with a growth-oriented environment? Or are you a teenage student wanting to use mindfulness techniques to overcome the complexities of your academic and personal life?

Letters to My Daughter is a heartfelt exploration of self-discovery, motherhood, and the power of love. Through a series of intimate letters to her daughter, the author delves into the complexities of navigating womanhood, parenting girls, and embracing self-love in a world filled with societal pressures and expectations. From the poignant prologue to the emotional afterword, this book is raw and honest, inviting listeners to embark on their own journey of self-discovery.

Based on perspectives, know-how, and common sense, this book talks about the rich and poor suggestions Federico's parents gave him during his teenage years. Its purpose is to be thought-provoking and to make the listener think about life, and how parents can lift their children up, but also bring them down if they are not careful. Sadly, many parents have a limited perspective on life. Having never really pushed themselves out of their comfort zones, they have never questioned their own beliefs and ideas, or taken on any real challenges or risks.