| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: saving teens from themselves -- Acknowledgments -- How children act versus who they are -- It's not where your child has been, it's where he or she is going -- Bringing your child in from the cold : parenting the alienated teen -- The transparent parent : learning about your teen by letting your teen know you -- Parenting a combative teenager : how to establish and maintain a productive dialog -- Helping your child build a resilient identity -- Building healthy identities through adversity, challenge, and adventure -- Setting limits : establishing a family culture -- The unkindest cut : healing the self-destructive teen -- Using spirituality to build healthy identities -- Appendix: Fast FAQs guide to parenting teens. |
| Summary |
Issues like violence, drinking, self-mutilation, and eating disorders are on the rise among teens. The author has more than 20 years of experience working with troubled teens as well as serving as a special consultant to major research centers including Yale and Columbia Universities. This book includes compelling stories of some of the author's patients - the problems they have struggled with and how they found their way to a healthier identity. Each story illustrates the issue of developing identity and how the author has helped these troubled teens. Each chapter concludes with practical information for parents to use in helping their children, plus a Q & A section that addresses the most common questions asked by parents and teens. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Parent and teenager.
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Parent and teenager. |
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Adolescent psychology.
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Adolescent psychology. |
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Parenting.
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Parenting. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nowinski, Joseph. Identity trap. New York : Amacom, ©2007 0814473660 9780814473665 (DLC) 2006034253 (OCoLC)73993472 |
| ISBN |
9780814429990 (electronic book) |
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0814429998 (electronic book) |
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1281128562 |
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9781281128560 |
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0814473660 |
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9780814473665 |
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