Author: Betty Staley

Between Form and Freedom has a wealth of helpful insights about teenagers, offering a wise look into the souls of children and adolescents. Betty Staley invites you to explore the vibrant nature of adolescence - the search for the self, the birth of the intellect, the release of feeling, male-female differences and character.

Teenagers’ growth needs are explored in relation to family, friends, the media, education, the arts and love. Issues around stress, depression, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse are tackled, clarifying the options.

By Ken and Elizabeth Mellor, authors of Parent Craft

So the time you have been waiting for is finally here! Your children are teenagers, at last! Have you been waiting with excitement or trepidation? Whatever you anticipated, you may be sure that they have almost certainly had their own fantasies. They are likely to have been hanging out for the ‘magical thirteen’ when they could be called teenagers, with all the power, romance and new beginnings that the word implies to the young. And it is magical, wonderful and exciting. For many parents and teenagers, however, the teenage years are also challenging, hard or very, very though.

By Julian Sleigh

Adolescence creeps quietly into the life of a child bringing many changes and much inner conflict. Julian Sleigh sheds light on the familiar problems of loneliness, meeting with others and relating to them, difficulties with parents, drink and drugs, awakening of sexuality. Is adolescence just a burst of freedom lasting only a few tender years, or can this freedom be preserved and grow in spite of the narrowing-down of options as adulthood approaches? This is the vital question each adolescent faces. Writing directly for the parents involved, the author shows the young person awakening to make decisions out of his or her own sense of responsibility and feelings. If parents are sufficiently aware of this time of trial and error they will be able to show trust and confidence in the emerging personality.

By Betty Staley

This book offers a wealth of insights about teenagers. There are sections on the nature of adolescence – the search for the self, the birth of intellect, the release of feeling, male-female differences and character. Teenagers’ growth needs are explored in relation to family, friends, school, the arts and love. Issues such as stress, depression, drugs, alcohol and eating disorders are included.

By David Elkind (Author of The Hurried Child)

Once our society set aside time for adolescents to grow from children to adults, to become accustomed to their expanding bodies and minds. Now the markers that defined that passage – differences in dress, behaviour, and responsibilities – have vanished. The institutions that guarded adolescence, such as family and schools, now expect “young adults” to deal with adult issues. Those trends leave teens no time to be teens.