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Artificial maturity / Elmore, Tim 2012  Book
Elmore, Tim Book
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Publication San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2012.
Description v, 264pMaroon Spine
Summary/Abstract Addresses the problem of what to do when parents and teachers mistake children's superficial knowledge for real maturity. Shows how to identify the problem of artificial maturity in Generation iY and Homelanders Reveals what to do to help children balance autonomy, responsibility, and information Includes a down-to-earth model for coaching and guiding youth to true maturity Artificial Maturity gives parents, teachers, and others who work with youth a manual for understanding and practicing the leadership kids so desperately need to mature in a healthy fashion.
Standard Number 9781118258064 Hb.
Key Words Parenting  Adolescent psychology 
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Coping with friends / Corey, Peter; Brown, Martin (ill.) 1996  Book
Brown, Martin (ill.) Book
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Publication London, Scholastic, 1996.
Description 112pDark blue spine
Summary/Abstract Provides advice on how to cope successfully with the complicated, confusing, and often painful business of friendship. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Standard Number 9780590131834 Pb.
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Price of privilege: How parental pressure and material advantage are creating a generation of disconnected and unhappy kids / Levine, Madeline 2006  Book
Levine, Madeline Book
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Publication New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
Description 236p.White spine
Summary/Abstract In this look at privileged families, Levine offers thoughtful, practical advice as she explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies parenting practices that are toxic to healthy self-development and that have contributed to epidemic levels of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse in the most unlikely place - the affluent family.
Contents Ch. 1. The paradox of privilege Ch. 2. The not-so-hidden mental health epidemic among privileged youth Ch. 3. Why money doesn't buy mental health Ch. 4. What is a healthy "self"? Ch. 5. Different ages, different parenting strategies Ch. 6. How we connect makes all the difference Ch. 7. Discipline and control : the tough job of being the "bad cop" Ch. 8. Challenges to effective parenting in the culture of affluence Ch. 9. Having everything except what we need most : the isolation of affulent moms.
Standard Number 9780060595852 Pb.
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