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The Myth of Maturity: What Teenagers Need from Parents to Become Adults
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by Terri Apter

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In this wise and compassionate book, Apter debunks outdated and misguided ideas about maturity: She shows us that young adults actually need a parent's guidance and support, while also requiring respect and independence.

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What do young people at the threshold of adulthood really need and want? Why do so many responsible and motivated teenagers become young adults who are still dependent, financially and emotionally, on their parents? Why are many young people today so quick to leave childhood behind, but so slow to become adults? In this wise and compassionate book, Terri Apter debunks outdated and misguided ideas about maturity: Acting in the name of love, many parents withdraw emotional or practical support, thinking it best for a son or daughter to solve his or her own problems--even to suffer alone the consequences of mistakes. Apter shows us that young adults actually need a parent's guidance and support, while also requiring respect and independence. Based on carefully observed case studies and current research, this book describes how we can support young people through a crucial stage in their development.

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THE prospect of making one's own way in the world is exciting.

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  • Title The Myth of Maturity: What Teenagers Need from Parents to Become Adults
  • Author Terri Apter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Pages 290
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2002-06-01
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393323177 / 039332317X
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Family / Parenting / Childbirth
  • Library of Congress subjects Child rearing - United States, Adolescent psychology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00069245
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.874
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