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Adolescence: how to survive it : insights for parents, teachers and young adults
Title:
Adolescence: how to survive it : insights for parents, teachers and young adults
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ISBN:
9781472944702
Publication Information:
London : Bloomsbury Academic, of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
Physical Description:
x, 245 pages : illustrated ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- Adolescence: what is it? -- Rites of passage -- I. So what is normal? ; II. The normal functions of the brain -- Parenting and family life -- Sexuality -- Food -- Emotional turbulence -- Addictions -- Screenagers -- A glimpse of the future.
Abstract:
Following his bestselling "An Intelligent Person's Guide to Education, " Little, the former Head Master of Eton, now tries to break down the barriers between teachers and parents and to tackle the habitual anxieties of parents about their children right through from first days in primary schools to last days in secondary schools.