The Teenager.Manual.
Dr Pat Spungin
Practical advice for all parents
Stan (minus) bardzo dobry; niewielkie uszkodzenia okładki u dołu.
Contents
Introduction 6
Chapter 1 8 What parents can expect
1 Introduction 10
2 Understanding what teenagers want 11
3 What concerns parents 12
4 Letting go 13
5 How to be a successful
parent of a teenager 15
Chapter 2 18 Your adolescent's physical development
1 Introduction 20
2 Your teenage girl's developing body 21
3 Practical preparation: your daughter 23
4 Your teenage boy's developing body 25
5 Practical preparation: your son 27
6 Not just the plumbing 29
7 Sleep 31
8 Height and weight charts 31
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Chapter 3 32 Teenagers' emotions
1 Why emotions run high 34
2 Different emotions and how to handle them 35
3 When something is seriously wrong 41
Chapter 4 42 Friends and social life
1 Where they go and what they do 44
2 Friendship 45
3 Personal safety 53
4 Your teenager's love-life 55
Chapter 5 56 Your teenager's health and wellbeing
1 Food and fitness 58
2 Self-care and health awareness 60
3 Immunisation 61
4 Holiday health 62
5 Common complaints 63
6 Warning signs 71
7 First Aid 77
Chapter 6 80 Encouraging good behaviour
1 Introduction 82
2 Listening skills 83
3 Boundaries, rules and limits 86
4 Common flashpoints 88
5 Arguments 94
6 Mending a damaged relationship 95
7 Building a sense of responsibility 97
8 Problem solving 98
Chapter 7 100
Family matters
(family changes, siblings, step-families)
1 Becoming less family-orientated 100
2 ...but still part of the family unit 103
3 Separation and divorce 104
4 Parent's new partner 106
5 Mum's having a baby 109
6 Family relocating 110
7 Step-siblings 111
8 Illness and bereavement 112
9 Squabbling siblings 113
10 Sibling rivalry 115
Chapters 8 118
Damage-limitation strategies
1 Drinking 120
2 Smoking 123
3 Drugs 124
4 Sex and relationship problems 126
5 Legal aspects 130
6 Other risky behaviour with
long-term implications 132
7 What to do when your teen is a victim 135
Chapter 9 136 Education, earning and independence
Useful contacts 158
1 Choosing a secondary school 138
2 Education timeline 139
3 Years 07-13: key points and activities 142
4 Which subjects? 145
5 A rough guide to qualifications 146
6 University 148
7 Life skills ______ 151
8 Empty nest 157
