Teen 2. 0 Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence

Name: Teen 2. 0 Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence
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ISBN: 9781884995590

ISBN-10: 1884995594

ISBN-13: 9781884995590

Edition: 2009

Authors: Robert Epstein

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Arguing that adolescence is an unnecessary period of life that people are better off without, this groundbreaking study shows that teen confusion and hardships are caused by outmoded systems that were designed to destroy the continuum between childhood and adulthood. Documenting that teens are isolated from adults and are forced to look to their media-dominated peers for knowledge, this contention demonstrates that by infantilizing young people, society does irrevocable harm to their development and well-being. Instead, parents, teachers, employers, and others must rediscover the adults in young people by giving them authority and responsibility as soon as they exhibit readiness. Teens are…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
Publication date: 2/24/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 535
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.430



List of Illustrations


Foreword



Acknowledgments


Preface to the New Edition


A Note to the Reader


Introduction



The Case Against the Artificial Extension of Childhood



The Chaos and the Cause



The Creation of Adolescence



Adolescence Abroad



Instant Adulthood



Storm and Stress



The Capabilities of Young People



Adultness



Young People Are Capable Thinkers



Young People Can Love



Young People Are Tough



Young People Are Creative



Young People Can Handle Responsibility



What Does the Bible Say?



How We Must Change



How Society Must Change



Why Some Will Resist



How Adult Are You?



Adult and Teen Competency Scores on the EDTA



A Debate About Teen Crime



Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle on Teens



Brief Timeline of Teen Restrictions in the United States



Resources on Teen Rights



Finding the Inner Adult in Your Teen



The Young Person's Bill of Rights


Notes


Readings


Index


About the Author