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– Angela Duckworth, author of Grit and Co-Founder of Character Lab
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Lisa's latest book is an urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ intense and often fraught emotional lives—and how to support them through this critical developmental stage.
Lisa’s second New York Times best seller is a celebrated, urgently needed guide to addressing the alarming increase in anxiety and stress in girls from elementary school through college.
Lisa’s award-winning New York Times best seller–now available in nineteen languages–is a sane, informed, and engaging guide for parents of teenage girls.
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All teenagers have two sides: a mature, broadminded side, and an immature, impulsive side. The side you speak to is usually the side that shows up for the conversation.
Frame all conversations about risky adolescent behavior in terms of safety concerns, not judgments about a teen’s character.
Make it clear that we don’t want teens to worry about whether they might get caught, we want teens to worry about whether they might get hurt.
Encourage teens to blame their good behavior on you when they need to save face with their peers.
Be clear that you will never make your teen sorry for asking for your help.
My new book is now available!
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents