The romance of risk

why teenagers do the things they do

Argues that teen risk taking is a positive testing process whereby challenge and risk are the primary tools adolescents use to find out who they are and determine who they will become. Uses case studies of several teens to present this theory.

BasicBooks
1997
9780465070756
book
Lexile: 
1 200

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