parent and teenager

Addresses the issue of teenage dating violence, focusing on violence against girls, drawing insights from educators, psychiatrists, social workers, and other experts on how to recognize the potential for emotional, sexual, or physical dating abuse, describing specific ways to protect a teen, and sharing the stories of unhealthy teen dating relationships.

Offers advice to parents on how to promote positive physical, emotional, cognitive, and psychological growth in the teenagers, covering physical development, family crises, school issues, sexuality, emotional and behavioral problems, medical conditions, and many other topics.

Questions and answers explore areas of interest to adolescent boys and girls, including love, drugs, family life, and sex.

Uses data from the Gallup Youth Survey and other sources to examine the issue of teen family relationships in the twenty-first century.

The author discusses her attempts to understand and deal with her rebellious fourteen-year-old daughter.