Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse team, the president of your senior class, Phi Beta Kappa, or a political activist doesn't mean that your teenager will be or should be the same....Likewise, the fact that you were a wallflower, uncoordinated, and a C student shouldn't mean that you push your child to be everything you were not.
Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse team, the president of your se… - Laurence Steinberg
Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse team, the president of your se…
- Laurence Steinberg
Adolescents need to be reassured that nothing-neither their growing maturity, their moods, their misbehavior, nor your anger at something they have d… - Laurence Steinberg
Adolescents need to be reassured that nothing-neither their growing maturity, their moods, their misbehavior, nor your anger at something they have d…
Adolescents sometimes say..."My friends listen to me, but my parents only hear me talk." Often they are right. Familiarity breeds inattention. - Laurence Steinberg
Adolescents sometimes say..."My friends listen to me, but my parents only hear me talk." Often they are right. Familiarity breeds inattention.
Some adolescents are troubled and some get into trouble. But the great majority (almost nine out of ten) do not. . . . The bottomline is that good ki… - Laurence Steinberg
Some adolescents are troubled and some get into trouble. But the great majority (almost nine out of ten) do not. . . . The bottomline is that good ki…
The parent-adolescent relationship is like a partnership in which the senior partner (the parent) has more expertise in many areasbut looks forward t… - Laurence Steinberg
The parent-adolescent relationship is like a partnership in which the senior partner (the parent) has more expertise in many areasbut looks forward t…
Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing… - Laurence Steinberg
Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing…
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involv… - Laurence Steinberg
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involv…
At a stage when young people want more than anything to be like everyone else, they find themselves the least alike. Everyone their age is growing an… - Laurence Steinberg
At a stage when young people want more than anything to be like everyone else, they find themselves the least alike. Everyone their age is growing an…
Let your child be the teenager he or she wants to be, not the adolescent you were or wish you had been. - Laurence Steinberg
Let your child be the teenager he or she wants to be, not the adolescent you were or wish you had been.
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