Teen 2.0 : Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781884995590
• ISBN10: 1884995594
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-02-24
• Publisher: Quill Driver Books

Summary

Why are teenagers rebellious, defiant, reckless, and depressed?

Author Biography

Robert Epstein, PhD, is the former editor in chief of Psychology Today, a contributing editor to Scientific American Mind, and the host of the radio show Psyched! A visiting scholar at the University of California–San Diego and former university research professor at the California School of Professional Psychology, he is the founder and director emeritus of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and the developer of many parenting, adolescence, and other competency tests. He is the author of many articles and books, including The Big Book of series. He lives in San Diego, California.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xiv
Foreword	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Preface to the New Edition	p. xix
A Note to the Reader	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxiii
The Case Against the Artificial Extension of Childhood
The Chaos and the Cause	p. 3
The Creation of Adolescence	p. 23
Adolescence Abroad	p. 75
Instant Adulthood	p. 95
Storm and Stress	p. 117
The Capabilities of Young People
Adultness	p. 147
Young People Are Capable Thinkers	p. 163
Young People Can Love	p. 203
Young People Are Tough	p. 227
Young People Are Creative	p. 251
Young People Can Handle Responsibility	p. 267
What Does the Bible Say?	p. 287
How We Must Change
How Society Must Change	p. 315
Why Some Will Resist	p. 351
How Adult Are You?	p. 377
Adult and Teen Competency Scores on the EDTA	p. 382
A Debate About Teen Crime	p. 383
Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle on Teens	p. 386
Brief Timeline of Teen Restrictions in the United States	p. 388
Resources on Teen Rights	p. 392
Finding the Inner Adult in Your Teen	p. 398
The Young Person's Bill of Rights	p. 412
Notes	p. 413
Readings	p. 501
Index	p. 511
About the Author	p. 536
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