The Stressed Years of Their Lives

Helping Your Kid Survive and Thrive During Their College Years

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Pub Date 23 Apr 2019 | Archive Date 24 Jun 2019

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From two leading child and adolescent mental health experts comes a guide for the parents of every college and college-bound student who want to know what’s normal mental health and behavior, what’s not, and how to intervene before it’s too late.

“The title says it all...Chock full of practical tools, resources and the wisdom that comes with years of experience, The Stressed Years of their Lives is destined to become a well-thumbed handbook to help families cope with this modern age of anxiety.” —Brigid Schulte, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author of Overwhelmed and director of the Better Life Lab at New America

All parenting is in preparation for letting go. However, the paradox of parenting is that the more we learn about late adolescent development and risk, the more frightened we become for our children, and the more we want to stay involved in their lives. This becomes particularly necessary, and also particularly challenging, in mid- to late adolescence, the years just before and after students head off to college. These years coincide with the emergence of many mood disorders and other mental health issues.

When family psychologist Dr. B. Janet Hibbs's own son came home from college mired in a dangerous depressive spiral, she turned to Dr. Anthony Rostain. Dr. Rostain has a secret superpower: he understands the arcane rules governing privacy and parental involvement in students’ mental health care on college campuses, the same rules that sometimes hold parents back from getting good care for their kids. Now, these two doctors have combined their expertise to corral the crucial emotional skills and lessons that every parent and student can learn for a successful launch from home to college.

From two leading child and adolescent mental health experts comes a guide for the parents of every college and college-bound student who want to know what’s normal mental health and behavior, what’s...


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ISBN 9781250113139
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PAGES 288

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As the mother of two high-school freshmen, and a licensed professional counselor, I was eager to gather as much information to prepare myself and my kids for the road ahead. I was not disappointed. Doctors Hibbs and Rostain validate our very normal parental angst as well as that of our children. I silently cheered for the support in publication that we are pushing our kids too far and too fast.....literally beyond what their biological development can keep up with. This leaves us with higher rates of depression and anxiety in high school as well as college age kids and all of the problems that this can lead to. This book took me by the hand and let me know that I, nor my children, are alone. It's now on the "recommended reading list" for every parent I work with!

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