In teenagers, powerful emotions are the rule, not the exception. Unfortunately, many oftoday's parents now regard their teens' negative feelings as disruptive, dangerous ordiagnosable, thanks to the rise of the wellness industry and the widespread availability ofpsychotropic drugs. To make matters worse, the global pandemic, mounting academicpressures, social media stress and a threatening environmental future have left today'steenagers feeling overwhelmed.
In THE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF TEENAGERS, bestselling author and clinical psychologist Dr LisaDamour provides practical advice for parents and care-givers, showing them that a teenager'smental health isn't just about feeling good. She explains that mental health means having theappropriate feelings at the appropriate time, and shows how parents can help their teensregulate those feelings to avoid emotional floods. She also provides strategies to keep teensfrom being overwhelmed by their emotions, so that they aren't at the mercy of their moods.Finally, she explains how to deal with teens' arguments, risk-taking, romance, friendships,social media and much more, as well as offering strategies for parents that will encourage their teens to open up to them.
With concrete, relatable explanations embedded in vibrant, real-life anecdotes, this book givesparents the science-based information they need to guide their teens through a challengingdevelopmental phase during challenging times.
In teenagers, powerful emotions are the rule, not the exception. Unfortunately, many oftoday's parents now regard their teens' negative feelings as disruptive, dangerous ordiagnosable, thanks to the rise of the wellness industry and the widespread availability ofpsychotropic drugs. To make matters worse, the global pandemic, mounting academicpressures, social media stress and a threatening environmental future have left today'steenagers feeling overwhelmed.
In THE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF TEENAGERS, bestselling author and clinical psychologist Dr LisaDamour provides practical advice for parents and care-givers, showing them that a teenager'smental health isn't just about feeling good. She explains that mental health means having theappropriate feelings at the appropriate time, and shows how parents can help their teensregulate those feelings to avoid emotional floods. She also provides strategies to keep teensfrom being overwhelmed by their emotions, so that they aren't at the mercy of their moods.Finally, she explains how to deal with teens' arguments, risk-taking, romance, friendships,social media and much more, as well as offering strategies for parents that will encourage their teens to open up to them.
With concrete, relatable explanations embedded in vibrant, real-life anecdotes, this book givesparents the science-based information they need to guide their teens through a challengingdevelopmental phase during challenging times.
i: Introduction 1: Adolescent Emotion 101: Getting Past Three Big Myths 2: Gender and Emotion 3: Seismic Shift: How Adolescence Puts a New Emotional Spin on Everyday Life 4: Managing Emotions, Part One 5: Managing Emotions, Part Two 6: Conclusion ii: Acknowledgments iii: Notes iv: Recommended Resources v: Index
After graduating with honours from Yale University, Lisa Damour received her doctorate inClinical Psychology at the University of Michigan. Based in the US, she has worked for the YaleChild Study Centre and directs the Centre for Research on Girls at Laurel School, maintains aprivate psychotherapy practice, consults and speaks nationally, is a faculty associate of theSchubert Centre for Child Studies and is a clinical instructor at Case Western ReserveUniversity. Lisa is the author of two previous successful parenting books: 2016's Untangled and 2019's Under Pressure.
This book offers a crucial reframing that helps us understand
teens, their emotions, and their behavior. I couldn't love it more.
Damour gifts parents the knowledge, words, and practical advice
needed to reach our teens so that we can help them become happy,
healthy, and fully themselves.
*Tina Payne Bryson, New York Times Bestselling co-author of THE
WHOLE-BRAIN CHILD, NO-DRAMA DISCIPLINE and THE POWER OF SHOWING
UP*
This book is required reading for anyone who worries that their
kids aren't happy, aren't happy enough, or might be happy now but
could become unhappy in the future. Lisa Damour explains why
intense feelings-including negative ones-are a key part of teenage
development, and how we can help young people (and ourselves)
understand, express, manage, and most importantly, embrace the full
spectrum of human emotion. The Emotional Lives of Teenagers is
written as clearly, usefully, and warmly as anything I've read
about the psychology of adolescence. As a psychologist and a mother
of two teenagers, I give it my highest recommendation!
*Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of GRIT and
co-founder of Character Lab*
In her latest book, and her first for parents of all genders, Dr.
Damour uses her signature wisdom and relatability to first dispel
harmful but pervasive myths about teen mental health, then to
reframe our understanding of the mysterious inner workings of
teenage emotionality.
If, like most parents, you find yourself alienated or confused by
your teen's unruly, unknowable, or unpredictable feelings, add this
book to the top of your reading pile immediately. It will put you
at ease and your child will thank you for becoming the competent
and confident resource on whom they want, and need, to depend.
*Michelle Icard, author of FOURTEEN TALKS BY AGE FOURTEEN*
In The Emotional Lives of Teenagers Lisa Damour applies her
powerful intellect, decades of clinical experience, and deep
empathy to one of the most essential questions of our time: How can
adults best support adolescent mental health? Damour lays out a
new, essential framework for understanding teens' emotional lives
and hands parents, teachers, coaches, and mentors the playbook they
need to help teenagers feel heard, healthy, and whole.
*Jewel, singer/songwriter and mental health advocate*
I can't recommend The Emotional Lives of Teenagers enough. Damour
delivers on her promise to give parents practical and actionable
research-backed advice that will ensure their children develop the
emotion skills they need to thrive."
*Marc Brackett, PhD, director, Yale Center for Emotional
Intelligence, professor, Yale Child Study Center, and author of the
bestselling book, Permission To Feel.*
Lisa Damour is a wonderful, rigorous thinker who draws beautifully
from both research and clinical practice to help adults understand
teenagers. Damour's striking clarity and insight make her the
perfect guide for those looking to make sense of teens' emotional
lives.
*Richard Weissbourd, author of THE PARENTS WE MEAN TO BE*
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