The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering The Adult In Every Teen (PDF)
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- Synopsis
- This groundbreaking book argues that adolescence is an unnecessary period of life that people are better off without. Robert Epstein, former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today, shows that teen turmoil is caused by outmoded systems put into place a century ago which destroyed the continuum between childhood and adulthood. Where this continuum still exists in other countries, there is no adolescence. Isolated from adults, American teens learn everything they know from their media-dominated peers -- "the last people on earth they should be learning from" says Epstein. Epstein explains that our teens are highly capable -- in some ways more capable than adults -- and argues strongly against "infantilising" young people. We must rediscover "the adult in every teen", he says, by giving young people adult authority and responsibility as soon as they can demonstrate readiness. This landmark book will change the thinking about teens for decades to come.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 490 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781884956706
- Publisher:
- Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press, Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 06/23/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Robert Epstein
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology
- Submitted By:
- Teresa Battey
- Proofread By:
- Teresa Battey
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.