The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction

THE NEW ADOLESCENCE is a realistic and reassuring handbook for parents. It offers road-tested, science-based solutions for raising happy, healthy, and successful teenagers. You'll find practical guidance for:

• Providing the support and structure teens need (while still giving them the autonomy they seek)
• Influencing and motivating teenagers
• Helping kids overcome distractions that hinder learning
• Protecting them from anxiety, isolation, and depression
• Having effective conversations about tough subjects--including sex, drugs, and money

A highly acclaimed sociologist and senior fellow at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, Dr. Christine Carter melds research--including the latest findings in neuroscience, sociology, and social psychology--with her own real-world experiences as the mother of four teenagers.

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• The Sweet Spot: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less
• The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired
• Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety: A Complete Guide to Your Child's Stressed, Depressed, Expanded, Amazing Adolescence
• Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons
• Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World
• Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
• Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
• Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between: The New and Necessary Conversations Today's Teenagers Need to Have about Consent, Sexual Harassment, Healthy Relationships, Love, and More
• The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens: CBT Skills to Overcome Fear, Worry, and Panic (The Instant Help Solutions Series)