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978-1-60709-118-9 • Hardback • December 2009 • $44.00 • (£34.00)
978-1-60709-120-2 • eBook • January 2010 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
Sheryl Feinstein is associate professor at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She consults at a correctional facility for adolescent boys and at a separate site for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed adolescents in Minnesota. She is a former teacher, curriculum coordinator, and director of a high school alternative program.
Sheryl Feinstein has written a book that every parent of a teenager should read. It is filled with practical information, illuminating examples, and?most important?hope. Readers will walk away not only with tools to feel confident in their role as parentsbut also with appreciation for their teenage child....
— Susan Eva Porter
In this timely and compelling book, Feinstein has integrated the wisdom of psychology and evidence from brain-based research to offer insight into the world of the digital generation of teenagers and food for thought for parenting teenagers. Strategies for communicating and parenting teenagers are illustrated through lively examples and supported by research that is presented in a down-to-earth and readable style....
— Linda S. Behar-Horenstein
This book is right on target when it comes to understanding the teen brain. Using emerging research, Feinstein translates the science into practical strategies that work! Every parent of an adolescent should read this book. Better yet, read it before yourchild becomes an adolescent?be prepared!!!!
— Marilee Sprenger
The author explores the topic that is urgent and timely in the rise of the new millennium. The book is intelligently crafted and full of wisdom and useful admonitions. Parents, educators, psychologists?all who are in any way deals with teenagers can benefit from it. A big and engrossing book. Great!!!!
— Ilghiz M. Sinagatullin
Feinstein provides practical advice, but what makes her book particularly interesting is the insight on how the adolescent brain functions.....
— Booklist