Sorting It Out

Discover how to mentor teenagers through their life-changing and everyday choices with this science-based guide to decision making.

Written for parents, teachers, and others who live or work with teenagers, this science-based guide describes how you can become a confident 'decision mentor.' Learn to support young people in making good decisions for themselves. Treating decision making as an essential and learnable skill, the six-step 'Decision-Maker Moves' highlight the power and promise of young people as they shape their lives through the options they choose. Stories, examples, and practical tips show how decisions can transform problems into opportunities. Each chapter provides common-sense advice on when and how to talk with teenagers as they weigh up the often-conflicting values, emotions, and trade-offs affecting their choices. We cannot provide young minds with all the answers, but we can help them as they navigate both life-changing and everyday decisions.

Autorentext
Robin Gregory is a parent and grandparent, Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, and Senior Research Scientist at Decision Research, Oregon. He helps families, communities, and governments worldwide address difficult decisions involving diverse perspectives, uncertainty, and tough trade-offs in ways that reflect and help achieve their values. Brooke Moore is a parent, Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, and a District Principal in the Delta School District, British Columbia. Throughout these roles, both professional and personal, she is motivated by a vision where all young people can move into adulthood with dignity, purpose, and options, a phrase she learned through her work with the Network of Inquiry and Indigenous Education.

Zusammenfassung
Written for parents, teachers and other adults who live or work with teenagers, this science-based guide outlines ways to support youth in making their own decisions. Using stories and engaging language, it describes six moves that help adults become effective decision mentors for the young people in their lives.

Inhalt
Territory Acknowledgments; About this Book; Introduction to the Decision Maker Moves: The Big Picture; 1. Move 1 Frame the decision; 2. Move 2 Clarify what matters; 3. Move 3 Generate options; 4. Move 4 Explore consequences; 5. Move 5 Weigh Trade-offs and decide; 6. Move 6 Stay curious; Now What?; Acknowledgments; Glossary; References.