Escaping the Endless Adolescence How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow up Before They Grow Old

Name: Escaping the Endless Adolescence How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow up Before They Grow Old
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ISBN: 9780345507891

ISBN-10: 0345507894

ISBN-13: 9780345507891

Edition: 2009

Authors: Claudia Worrell Allen, Joseph Allen

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Do you sometimes wonder how your teen is ever going to survive on his or her own as an adult? Does your high school junior seem oblivious to the challenges that lie ahead? Does your academically successful nineteen-year-old still expect you to "just take care of" even the most basic life tasks? Welcome to the stunted world of the Endless Adolescence. Recent studies show that today's teenagers are more anxious and stressed and less independent and motivated to grow up than ever before. Twenty-five is rapidly becoming the new fifteen for a generation suffering from a debilitating "failure to launch." Now two preeminent clinical psychologists tell us why and chart a groundbreaking escape route…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/20/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction



The Endless Adolescence



Is Twenty-five the New Fifteen?



In Search of the Teenage Brain



Inside the Bubble



The Nurture Paradox



Escape Routes



"It's a Good Thing I Was There!"



Finding the Inner Adult



Hardwired to Connect



Staples of the Adulthood Diet: Challenge and Feedback



Ending.High School as We Know It



Water for the Thirsty


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index