developmental psychology

Draws on new research to explain why the adolescent years are so developmentally crucial, and what we must do to raise happier, more successful kids. Adolescence now lasts longer than ever before. This makes these years the key period in determining individuals' life outcomes, demanding that we change the way we parent, educate, and understand young people. Leads readers through a host of new findings that reveal what the new timetable of adolescence means for parenting 13-year-olds (who may look more mature than they really are) versus 20-somethings (who may not be floundering even when it looks like they are). Also explains how the plasticity of the adolescent brain, rivaling that of years 0 through 3, suggests new strategies for instilling self-control during the teenage years.

Covers topics such as emotional stability, healthy and unhealthy emotions, psychological development, early experiences, childhood years, teenage stress, adult years, and psychotherapy.

Building on the contributions of such key thinkers as Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg, Fowler draws on a wide range of scholarship, literature, and firsthand research to present expertly and engagingly the six stages that emerge in working out the meaning of our lives--from the intuitive, imitative faith of childhood through conventional and then more independent faith to the universalizing, self-transcending faith of full maturity. Stages of Faith helps us to understand our own pilgrimage of faith, the passages of our own quest for meaning and value.

This has been called the definitive text of personality development.

Discusses the complex lifelong relationships of siblings and how these relationships affect every aspects of their lives.

The author describes what happens to the human brain during adolescence and discusses issues of hormones and how they effect moods, communication, fatigue, and other behaviors common to teens, with helpful advice for parents on how they can deal with these changes and the impact they have on their teen's behavior.

After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.