Untangled : guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood / Lisa Damour, Ph. D.

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Dr. Damour draws on decades of experience and the latest research to reveal the seven distinct -- and absolutely normal -- developmental transitions that turn girls into grown-ups, including Parting with Childhood, Contending with Adult Authority, Entering the Romantic World, and Caring for Herself....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Damour, Lisa, 1970- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Teenage girls > Psychology.
Adolescence.
Adulthood.
Adolescent psychology.
Birth control.
Nonfiction.
Genre:
Nonfiction.
Physical Description:xix, 326 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Parting with childhood. The cold shoulder
  • Allergic to questions
  • Surprisingly mean
  • The swimming pool
  • Totally competent, except for when she's not
  • Blooming, reluctantly
  • Smoke without fire
  • Parting with childhood: when to worry. The female Peter Pan ; Rushing into adulthood
  • Joining a new tribe. The pull of the popular
  • Tribal warfare
  • Frenemies
  • If your tribe jumped off a bridge ...
  • When tribes need elders
  • Social (media) skills
  • Joining a new tribe: when to worry. Social isolation ; Being bullied ; Being a bully
  • Harnessing emotions. You: the emotional dumping ground
  • I'm upset, now you're upset
  • Befriending distress
  • Catalytic reactions
  • Coping by posting
  • How to become an accidental helicopter parent
  • Harnessing emotions: when to worry. Recognizing adolescent mood and anxiety disorders ; Self-destructive coping
  • Contending with adult authority. Seeing behind the curtain
  • The end of "Because I said so"
  • Framing danger
  • Rupture and repair
  • Crazy spots
  • Adults with faults
  • Holding the line
  • Contending with adult authority: when to worry. Too good to be true ; Constantly contending ; Adults contending with each other
  • Planning for the future. Impulses, meet the Internet
  • The road to the future: who drives?
  • Making the grade
  • Tense about tests
  • Planning for next week
  • Dealing with disappointment
  • Planning for the future: when to worry. All plan and no play ; No plan in sight
  • Entering the romantic world. A dream deferred
  • A match made in a marketing meeting
  • Offering some perspective
  • The inner compass
  • Dating for credit
  • Being gay: the slur and the reality
  • Entering the romantic world: when to worry. The tributaries and the lake ; April-June romances
  • Caring for herself. Nodding without listening
  • Girls, food, and weight
  • Sleep vs. technology
  • Getting real about drinking
  • Straight talk about drugs
  • Sex and its risks
  • Caring for herself: when to worry. Eating disorders ; Not ready to launch.