Untangled : guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood /: guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lisa Damour, Ph. D.
• Authors: Damour, Lisa, 1970-
• Contents: ONE. Parting with childhood -- The cold shoulder -- Allergic to questions -- Surprisingly mean -- The swimming pool -- Totally competent, except for when she's not -- Blooming, reluctantly -- Smoke without fire -- Parting with childhood: when to worry. The female Peter Pan ; Rushing into adulthood -- TWO. Joining a new tribe -- The pull of the popular -- Tribal warfare -- Frenemies -- If your tribe jumped off a bridge ... -- When tribes need elders -- Social (media) skills -- Joining a new tribe: when to worry. Social isolation ; Being bullied ; Being a bully -- THREE. Harnessing emotions -- You: the emotional dumping ground -- I'm upset, now you're upset -- Befriending distress -- Catalytic reactions -- Coping by posting -- How to become an accidental helicopter parent -- Harnessing emotions: when to worry. Recognizing adolescent mood and anxiety disorders ; Self-destructive coping -- FOUR. Contending with adult authority -- Seeing behind the curtain -- The end of "Because I said so" -- Framing danger -- Rupture and repair -- Crazy spots -- Adults with faults -- Holding the line -- Contending with adult authority: when to worry. Too good to be true ; Constantly contending ; Adults contending with each other -- FIVE. Planning for the future -- Impulses, meet the Internet -- The road to the future: who drives? -- Making the grade -- Tense about tests -- Planning for next week -- Dealing with disappointment -- Planning for the future: when to worry. All plan and no play ; No plan in sight -- SIX. Entering the romantic world -- A dream deferred -- A match made in a marketing meeting -- Offering some perspective -- The inner compass -- Dating for credit -- Being gay: the slur and the reality -- Entering the romantic world: when to worry. The tributaries and the lake ; April-June romances -- SEVEN. Caring for herself -- Nodding without listening -- Girls, food, and weight -- Sleep vs. technology -- Getting real about drinking -- Straight talk about drugs -- Sex and its risks -- Caring for herself: when to worry. Eating disorders ; Not ready to launch.
• Publisher Details: New York : Ballantine Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 326 pages)
• Subjects: 305.235/2; Teenage girls -- Psychology; Adolescence; Adulthood; Adolescent psychology; Adolescentes -- Psychologie; Adolescence; Adultes; Adolescents -- Psychologie; adolescence; adults (people); adulthood; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Adolescence; Adolescent psychology; Adulthood; Teenage girls -- Psychology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780553393064; 0553393065; 9781782395553; 1782395555
• Related ISBNs: 9780553393057; 0553393057
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-309) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.