Contemporary Culture and Adolescent Risk
Adolescence is often described as a period of increased impulsive and risk-taking behaviour.
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Adolescent Angst
As a teacher, house parent and a parent, not necessarily in that order, I have often wondered at the seemingly irreconcilable differences between an energetic, impulsive, complaining, ‘immature’, angst ridden adolescent and the staid, ‘mature’, orderly adult.
Review of “Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls”, Mary Pipher (Ph D)
It is rarely that one comes across a book about young girls that is not merely a saga of their times, of the pain and struggles in their lives, but also takes a proactive approach to actually doing what the title suggests – Reviving Ophelia.
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