Coming of Age

''Brilliant'' PANDORA SYKES ''Myth-busting, eye-opening'' GUARDIAN ''Fascinating, moving ... clear-eyed'' DAILY MAIL ''Reveals adolescence''s unwritten rules'' JO BRAND Why do teenagers act as they do? What we experience during adolescence shapes us for life, but psychologist Lucy Foulkes shows that too often we fear, dismiss or even try to prevent aspects of it that are crucial to our development. Drawing on decades of psychological research, and including profoundly moving interviews, Coming of Age gets beneath the recent myths and age-old stereotypes of adolescence to reveal the real reasons why teens behave the way they do. Above all, Foulkes shows that adolescents have an extraordinary capacity for resilience, empathy and mutual support, and that even the most challenging encounters are part of an essential process of self-discovery. ''Excellent and insightful ... Foulkes is steeped in knowledge about, as well as respect for, teenage life'' OBSERVER ''A wonderful and deeply moving book'' MARK HADDON ''Shows how today''s adolescents can be helped to flourish in life'' DR GAVIN FRANCIS

Autorentext
Dr Lucy Foulkes is an academic psychologist. She is currently a Prudence Trust Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, where she leads research into adolescent mental health and social development. She is the author of What Mental Illness Really Is (and What It Isn't) and has written for the Guardian, New Scientist and Wall Street Journal. Her work has been discussed on BBC 2's Newsnight and reported in The Times, Economist, New York Times and Atlantic, and she has appeared on BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind and Start the Week.

Klappentext

Why do teenagers act as they do?

'Brilliant' PANDORA SYKES
'Fascinating, moving ... clear-eyed' DAILY MAIL
'Wise and revelatory' GUARDIAN

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What we experience during adolescence shapes us for life, but psychologist Lucy Foulkes shows that too often we fear, dismiss or even try to prevent aspects of it that are crucial to our development. Drawing on decades of psychological research, and including profoundly moving interviews, Coming of Age gets beneath the recent myths and age-old stereotypes of adolescence to reveal the real reasons why teens behave the way they do.

Above all, Foulkes shows that adolescents have an extraordinary capacity for resilience, empathy and mutual support, and that even the most challenging encounters are part of an essential process of self-discovery.

'Foulkes is steeped in knowledge about, as well as respect for, teenage life' OBSERVER
'A wonderful and deeply moving book' MARK HADDON
'Reveals adolescence's unwritten rules' JO BRAND

Zusammenfassung
Wise and compassionate, well-researched and straight-talking - Lucy Foulkes shows with stories and with science why the teen years are so intense, and how today's adolescents can be helped to flourish in life Dr Gavin Francis, author of Recovery