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Dr. Damour draws on decades of experience and the latest research to reveal the seven distinct -- and absolutely normal -- developmental transitions that turn girls into grown-ups, including Parting with Childhood, Contending with Adult Authority, Entering the Romantic World, and Caring for Herself. Providing realistic scenarios and advice on how to engage daughters in smart, constructive ways, Untangled gives parents a broad framework for understanding...
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Real-life cowboy Mike Linderman wakes up at dawn, works his ranch, and then counsels troubled teens, approaching them with a unique blend of down-home honesty, straight-talk discipline, and pure intention rarely found in a therapist's office. Most of the teens are angry, abused, violent, and dangerous, yet despite their difficult pasts, he has achieved extraordinary success with them, helping to turn their lives around. Here, he shares the secrets...
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2015
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English
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"An internationally respected neurologist offers a revolutionary look at the brains of adolescents, providing surprising insights--including why smart kids often do stupid things--and practical advice for adults and teens. In this groundbreaking, accessible book, Dr. Frances E. Jensen, a mother, teacher, researcher, and internationally known expert in neurology, introduces us to the mystery and magic of the teen brain. One of the first books to focus...
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National Indie Excellence Awards, first prize in the Parenting and Family category 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 how teens are isolated from adults and are forced to look to their media-dominated peers...
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"Teen brains are primed to learn and grow. In Your Amazing Teen Brain, teen readers will find fun and easy "brain hacks" grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and neuroscience to help them make the most of their growing minds, manage difficult emotions, build better relationships, and face all the challenges of growing up"--
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Omnigraphics, Incorporated
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[2021]
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English
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Provides basic consumer health information about the causes, warning signs, and symptoms of mental health disorders, along with facts about treatment approaches and tips for teens on coping with stress, building self-esteem, and maintaining mental wellness. Includes a further reading list, a directory of crisis helplines and related organizations, and an index.
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Español
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El establecimiento del vínculo entre psicoanálisis y adolescencia ha tenido una evolución lenta; durante el siglo xx la adolescencia se delimita progresivamente como objeto de estudio independiente para el psicoanálisis, a medida que algunos analistas encuentran las especificidades intrapsíquicas que la diferencian de la infancia y que impiden reducirla a los efectos inmediatos de los cambios fisiológicos de la pubertad o al resultado de influencias...
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"Verónica Berenstein recaba, en este libro, su elaboración como psicoanalista haciendo frente a las paradojas de la condición contemporánea de la civilización en la que vivimos.
Esta perspectiva aborda el nuevo orden simbólico y el real propio de la contemporaneidad, mostrando los puntos de discontinuidad con respecto al mundo en el que el psicoanálisis surgió y prosperó en la primera parte del siglo XX. De una civilización como la del...
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Cet ouvrage nous permet d'apprendre et de comprendre des sujets qui sont enseignés dans les cours de psychologie au collégial. Avec transparence et tact, l'auteur nous livre, à travers sa plume, ses réflexions concernant, entre autres, les relations interpersonnelles, la dynamique de groupe, l'amour, le deuil, la sexualité adolescente et adulte, de même que la problématique de la santé mentale et de la psychopathologie.
De plus, Alex Sarraf...
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Este libro presenta los resultados de investigación de varios estudios que corresponden a proyectos de investigación desarrollados en los programas de la Maestría en Educación y la Maestría en Dificultades del Aprendizaje, de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Todas las estrategias propuestas fueron vivencias y experiencias pedagógicas en el aula que se convierten en marco de referencia sobre la línea objeto de estudio. El primer capítulo...
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¿Quiere un desarrollo emocional sano para los más pequeños?
Acrecentar las capacidades emocionales es imprescindible para llegar a ser una persona segura y feliz, adaptada a un mundo adulto que cada vez es más difícil y exigente. Con este libro aprenderá cómo asegurar a los niños y niñas los buenos tratos imprescindibles para que crezcan plenamente, sin necesidad de realizar actividades complejas.
Las explicaciones teóricas se presentan...
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Stress and anxiety in children and teenagers are just as prevalent as in adults. Stressful and negligent parents, high expectations in academic or other performances, abused or deprived childhood, growing up tensions and demand for familial responsibilities are the main causes of childhood and teenage stress. Parents, who are not emotionally available for their children or lack of positive coping mechanisms themselves, often spur stress in their offspring....
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Many kids announce the onset of adolescence with a dramatic change in their behaviour around their parents or elders. They begin to separate from their moms and dads and try to become more independent. At the same time, children of this age are increasingly aware of how others, especially their peers, see them and are desperately trying to fit into the current fads and trends. Moreover, there is a vast generation gap between the teenagers and their...
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Se dice que el adolescente está a medio hacer entre el niño y el joven adulto, si bien se acerca mucho más al segundo que al primero. El reto para los padres con hijos adolescentes estriba en que deben trabajar mucho más en el acompañamiento, en la comunicación con sus hijos, en la expresión de amor y el cariño, en el desarrollo de la paciencia y en actuar con más razón, más acierto, más ejemplo y más verdad.
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There is a growing malaise affecting our youth. Running on Empty--Transcending the Economic Culture's Seduction of Our Youth offers a hopeful and comprehensive paradigm that can transform and reverse the downward trends causing youth's suffering. Gang membership has grown 40% in 3 years, suicide is up 89% in 12-14 year-old children in the last two decades, anti-depressant use in children is up over 400%, and 40% of all children and are born outside...
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Our vulnerabilities in life and the courage to face contempt...
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 Article 1.
Following the above can lead towards the development of fundamental principles in all forms of exchanges between individuals, groups, professionals, families, as well as during educational and organizational work. It is the basis of courageously overcoming inhibitions,...
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Les contes de fées au service de la (re)construction de soi
Ce livre, on pourrait – ou plutt, on devrait – le mettre entre toutes les mains. À travers l'analyse des contes de fées, sous la forme de dialogues vrais avec de jeunes ados de 13 ans, il nous fait entrer, par une porte dérobée, dans le monde des vies cassées et reconstruites. Le recours à des acteurs imaginaires donne naissance à une œuvre à la fois légère et profonde, simple...
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