Case Against Adolescence: Reversing the Artifical Extension of Childhood, Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen

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A revolutionary proposal to raise responsible and happy teenagers This groundbreaking book argues that adolescence is an unnecessary period of life that we' re better off without. Epstein shows that teen turmoil is caused by outmoded systems put in place a century ago which destroyed the continuum between childhood and adulthood. Where this continuum still exists in other countries, there is no adolescence. Isolated from adults, American teens learn everything they know from their media-dominated peers- " the last people on earth they should be learning from, " says Epstein.He shows that our teens are highly capable- in some ways more capable than adults- and argues strongly against " infantilizing" young people. We must rediscover " the adult in every teen, " he says, by giving young people adult authority and responsibility as soon as they can demonstrate readiness. This landmark book will change our thinking about teens for decades to come.

Robert Epstein, PhD is the West Coast Editor and former editor in chief of Psychology Today and a Visiting Scholar at the University of California San Diego.

Language: English

Pages: 454

Format: Hardcover

Release: March 01, 2007

ISBN 13: 9780787987374

Case Against Adolescence: Reversing the Artifical Extension of Childhood, Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen

Robert Epstein

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Language: English

Pages: 454

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Release: March 01, 2007

ISBN 13: 9780787987374

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Case Against Adolescence: Reversing the Artifical Extension of Childhood, Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen

Case Against Adolescence: Reversing the Artifical Extension of Childhood, Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen

Case Against Adolescence: Reversing the Artifical Extension of Childhood, Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen

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