《escaping the endless adolesce》是2009年Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Joseph Allen，Claudia Worrell Allen。
基本介紹
- 中文名：escaping the endless adolesce
- 作者：Joseph Allen 、Claudia Worrell Allen
- 出版社：Random House US
- ISBN：9780345507891
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
Do you sometimes wonder how your teen is ever going to surviveon his or her own as an adult? Does your high school junior seemoblivious to the challenges that lie ahead? Does your academicallysuccessful nineteen-year-old still expect you to “just take careof” even the most basic life tasks?
Welcome to the stunted world of the Endless Adolescence. Recentstudies show that today’s teenagers are more anxious and stressedand less independent and motivated to grow up than ever before.Twenty-five is rapidly becoming the new fifteen for a generationsuffering from a debilitating “failure to launch.” Now twopreeminent clinical psychologists tell us why and chart agroundbreaking escape route for teens and parents.
Drawing on their extensive research and practice, Joseph Allen andClaudia Worrell Allen show that most teen problems are nothardwired into teens’ brains and hormones but grow instead out of a“Nurture Paradox” in which our efforts to support our teens byshielding them from the growth-spurring rigors and rewards of theadult world have backfired badly. With compelling examples andpractical and profound suggestions, the authors outline a novelapproach for producing dramatic leaps forward in teen maturity,including
? Turn Consumers into Contributors Help teens experience adultmaturity–its bumps and its joys–through the right kind ofemployment or volunteer activity.
? Feed Them with Feedback Let teens see and hear how the largerworld perceives them. Shielding them from criticism–constructive orotherwise–will only leave them unequipped to deal with it when theyget to the “real world.”
? Provide Adult Connections Even though they’ll deny it, teensdesperately need to interact with adults (including parents) on amore mature level–and such interaction will help themblossom!
? Stretch the Teen Envelope Do fewer things for teens that they cando for themselves, and give them tasks just beyond their currentlevel of competence and comfort.
Today’s teens are starved for the lost fundamentals they need toreally grow: adult connections and the adult rewards of autonomy,competence, and mastery. Restoring these will help them unlearntheir adolescent helplessness and grow into adults who can makeyou–and themselves–proud.
作者簡介
Joseph Allen, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and the director of clinical training at the University of Virginia and a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with adolescents. In an ambitious ninety-classroom study funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, Allen is currently collaborating on a teacher-training project designed to improve students’ engagement, motivation, and, ultimately, their academic performance.
Claudia Worrell Allen, Ph.D., J.D., is an associate professor and the director of behavioral science in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia. For fifteen years she has been a licensed clinical psychologist with an active private practice for adolescents and their families.
Married and the parents of three preteen and teenage children, the Allens live in Charlottesville, Virginia.
