The New Adolescence
Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction
by Christine Carter
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Pub Date Feb 18 2020 | Archive Date May 11 2020
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Description
Raising teenagers has always been hard. But it is much harder these days.
Today’s teenagers and preteens are growing up in an entirely new world, one that is defined by social media and mobile devices. This has huge implications for our parenting. Understandably, many parents are paralyzed by new problems that didn’t exist less than a decade ago, like social media and video game obsession, sexting, and vaping.
A highly acclaimed sociologist and coach at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and the author of Raising Happiness, Dr. Christine Carter melds research—including the latest findings in neuroscience, sociology, and social psychology—with her own real-world experiences as the mother of four teenagers. In The New Adolescence, you’ll find realistic ways to help teens and preteens find joy, focus, ease, motivation, fulfillment and engagement.
Inside, find practical guidance for:
- Providing the structure teens need while giving them the autonomy they seek- Helping them overcome distractions
- Teaching them the art of “strategic slacking”
- Protecting them from anxiety, isolation, and depression
- Fostering the real-world, face-to-face social connections they desperately need
- Effective conversations about tough subjects—including sex, drugs, and money
The New Adolescence is a realistic and reassuring handbook for parents. It offers road-tested, science-based solutions for raising happy, healthy, and successful teenagers.
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Advance Praise
“Mixing cutting-edge science with humor and personally earned wisdom, Christine Carter makes a convincing case that we need to step up our parenting with our teens. Fortunately, she also tells us how to do so in The New Adolescence in ways that seem not just possible in our busy lives, but deeply practical and empowering for both parents and adolescents.” —Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Brainstorm, Aware, and coauthor of The Power of Showing Up
“Christine Carter truly gets teenagers. The New Adolescence is a sane, informative, and helpful book that I will be gifting over and over. It has already made me a better parent—and a happier one, too.” —Jessica Lahey, New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure
“Dr. Carter brings her wonderful blend of solid science, practical suggestions, and warm encouragement to the biggest challenge most parents face: raising teenagers these days. The New Adolescence is both deep and accessible, comprehensive and fast-paced, and honoring of adolescents and respectful of parents’ needs for reasonable authority.” —Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, and Buddha’s Brain
“Christine Carter has spent the last two decades honing the art and studying the science of effective parenting. This hands-on book is the guide every parent of teenagers needs.” —Susan Stiffelman, MFT, author of Parenting Without Power Struggles and Parenting with Presence (an Eckhart Tolle Edition)
“With solid research, relatable storytelling, and practical strategies and tactics, Christine Carter provides teens, parents, and families with the lifelines they need to create meaning, fulfillment, and the human connection that makes real life worth living. In this confusing and often terrifying brave new world, The New Adolescence comes as welcome and hopeful relief." —Brigid Schulte, New York Times bestselling author of Overwhelmed and director of The Better Life Lab at New America
“If you’re an American parent looking for helpful best practices in raising a teenager in this age of fractured attention and uncertain promise, you’ll find sound advice in Christine Carter’s The New Adolescence.” —Arlie Hochschild, author of The Second Shift and The Time Bind
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781948836548 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 230 |
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Featured Reviews
Patty N, Reviewer
Enlightening and important. This book is chock full of sound advice that is backed by science and personal experience. Things are so different now than when I was in middle and high school. The new teen life is hard to navigate. I highly recommend this book, especially if you're struggling to understand and guide your children.
Thank you to netgalley for granting a copy for me to review.
Pieta R, Reviewer
Being a teenager was hard. I am so glad that I don't have to go through that period of my life again. Oh but I do. But as a parent I get to watch it all play out with the added difficulties of social media; the easy accessibility of drugs; of internet porn; of sexting... Goodness me!
And. Thank goodness for Christine Carter's book. It is full of useful neuroscience backed examples and wise advice. I really like the parent-young person contracts at the end too. These cover rules around phone and car use - a brilliant idea that our household will be using.
Jennifer R, Educator
As an educator and mom of teens, I found this book to be a "one stop shop" for all the advice you need to start down a great parenting path or to do some course corrections. Dr. Christine Carter blends anecdotes from her own life with adolescents as well as the from her years of coaching adults. The statistics are staggering, the scripts are easily applied and the examples are based in this generation’s reality. Her authenticity and her solid coaching approach will allow every parent the encouragement that they need to just give some of her ideas a try. I have already started telling my daughter…..” It’s your call!” Along with Julie Lythcott-Haims’ book How to Raise an Adult, The New Adolescence will be on my list of most recommended books for parents and educators alike.
Reviewer 615539
Carter has written an engaging and important guide to parenting in the internet age. Geared to parents of preteens, teens and young adults, the book provides insight into how and why kids born between 1995 and 2012 are on the verge of one of the most serious mental health crises the nation has seen. But rather than scaring the ever living daylights out of readers, Carter shows parents what they can do to reverse and prevent this trend. As the parent of a teenage girl, I certainly appreciated Carter's well-written, authoritative book and think many other readers will too.
Lisa G, Reviewer
I am raising two grandchildren and I am usually terrified that I am doing everything wrong. This book offers great advice and is very thought provoking. I plan to take these tips and put them to work in our lives.
Many thanks to BenBella Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.
Amanda D, Reviewer
An excellent read! An excellent book to have if you have a pre-teen or adolescent in your life. Loved this pragmatic practical book.
Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for my ARC. All opinions are my own.
Kim B, Librarian
The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction. The title says it all. this book was helpful and insightful regarding raising kids in an age that is foreign to us.
Samantha W, Educator
This book provides great information and strategies to use with your teens in this technologically driven world. My bonus child is 12 and glued to his phone playing games and looking up cool new projects, or he's on a chrome book completing assignments for school. As this topic is new for many parents who did not grow up with the same technology, I found this text to be very useful!
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!
Jenn L, Librarian
If you have teens, or work with teens, or even, preteens, this book will help you see their struggles and reality in a new light. Teens are dealing with so much more than their parents ever did at their age. So much of the information teens get is from social media, their uninformed peers, and unreliable resources. This book is a reality check for expectations and having successful conversations with teens.
Melissa C, Reviewer
Had some great advice about parenting in this every changing world. I often say the world I was raised in no longer exists, and so out parennting stratgey must evolve as well.
Linda B, Librarian
I found this book to have some very helpful information in it for raising teenagers. As a mother of a 14 year old, some of it scared the crap out of me but I’m glad I read it and I’m in the know about teens growing up in our world today. I was shocked at some of the statistics (some good, some bad). Some parts were redundant, but otherwise a good guide for parents of teens.
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