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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Laurence D Steinberg |
ISBN: | 9780544570290 0544570294 |
OCLC Number: | 1019802159 |
Notes: | "An Eamon Dolan Book." |
Description: | 264 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Seizing the moment -- The plastic brain -- The longest decade -- How adolescents think -- Protecting adolescents from themselves -- The importance of self-regulation -- How parents can make a difference -- Reimagining high school -- Winners and losers -- Brains on trial. |
Responsibility: | Laurence Steinberg, Ph. D. |
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Abstract:
In Age of Opportunity, Laurence Steinberg leads readers through new findings that reveal what the new timetable of adolescence means for parenting 13-year-olds versus 20-somethings. He explains how the plasticity of the adolescent brain, rivaling that of years 0 through 3, suggests new strategies for instilling self-control during teenage years.
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