Parents & Teachers:
Book Summary, "You and Your Adolescent"
You and Your Adolescent: A Parent's Guide for Ages 10-20 (1997)
By: Laurence Steinberg & Ann Levine
Laurence Steinberg and Ann Levine reassure, advise, and help parents understand family communication, physical & emotional changes of puberty, intellectual & moral growth, peer pressure, sex, drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, and other challenges this period brings.
They also provide special advice for single parents, working parents, and step-parents. Divided into three periods – 10 to 13, 14 to 17 and 18 to 20 – You and Your Adolescent is easy to read and follow for both parents and teens.
About the Authors
Laurence Steinberg is a professor of psychology at Temple University and a nationally recognized expert on adolescent psychology.
Reviewed by: Adolescent Interest Group
Last reviewed: August 2013