Age of Opportunity Audiobook (Free)

A leading authority draws on new study to explain so why the adolescent years are thus developmentally crucial, and what we should do to improve happier, more lucrative kids.Adolescence today lasts longer than ever before. So that as world-renowned professional on adolescent mindset Dr. Laurence Steinberg argues, this makes these years the key period in identifying individuals’ life results, demanding that we change just how we parent, inform, and understand teenagers.In Age group of Opportunity, Steinberg leads listeners through a host of new findings-including groundbreaking initial research-that reveal what the new timetable of adolescence opportinity for parenting 13-year-olds (who may look older than they are really) versus 20-somethings (who may possibly not be floundering even when it looks like they are). He also explains the way the plasticity of the adolescent brain, rivaling that of years 0 through 3, suggests fresh strategies for instilling self-control through the teenage years. Packed with useful knowledge, Age of Chance can be a sweeping publication in the custom of Reviving Ophelia, and an essential guideline for parents and educators of teenagers.