Power, Beauty and Legitimacy of Adolescence : Understanding the Teenage Years

Intro Title Page Dedication Contents Introduction Part I: Dealing with the teenage years 1: What is adolescence? UNDERSTANDING TEENAGERS PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS SELF-CONCEPT AND SELF-ESTEEM BRAIN TRANSFORMATION INITIATION RITES 2: Parenting COMMON MISTAKES PARENTS MAKE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARENTING INFLUENCE OF BIRTH ORDER PERSONALITY COMBINATIONS EXCESSIVE PARENTAL INTERFERENCE MARCIA'S FOUR IDENTITY STATUSES 3: The right attitude LIMITS TO DISCIPLINE THE PUNCHING-BALL APPROACH UNWAVERING LOVE AND SUPPORT SYMPATHY, EMPATHY AND COMPASSION THE NOTION OF PROJECTPOSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THE CONCEPT OF CARE 4: Handling unacceptable behaviour SYSTEMATIC CONTRADICTION WITHDRAWAL AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR RISKY AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOUR MISJUDGMENTS AND LIES 5: Teenagers facing other issues ADOPTED TEENAGERS BLENDED FAMILIES TEENAGERS AND LOVE TEENAGERS AND SLEEP TEENAGERS AND TEACHERS TEENAGERS AND TRAINERS CONCLUSION Part II: Some illustrations of adolescents in Anglo-Saxon, French and Italian literature Bibliography Copyright Power, Beauty and Legitimacy of Adolescence. Understanding the teenage years, from their complexity in reality to some fictional representations in Anglo-Saxon, French and Italian literature. Based on thorough experience in teaching, pedagogy and parenting, this book is a helpful guide for parents and teachers who want to help teenagers, the best way they can, in becoming adults. Susan Jane Broda Tamburi provides an instructive, yet very simple approach to a full understanding of the complex mechanisms of adolescence. The author also analyses some enlightening representations of teenagers in literature.