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Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
By Steinberg, Laurence
- ISBN
- 9780544279773 9780544253162
- Publisher
- Eamon Dolan: Houghton Harcourt
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Starred Review on September 1, 2014 | Social Sciences
Listen to so-called talk show "experts" or peruse books about family communications and they'll advise asking kids why they did what they did, why they got in trouble, why they acted so irresponsibly. This is the wrong approach, according to Steinberg (psychology, Temple Univ.; Adolescence; Beyond the Classroom). Teens can't know why they do what they do; they can't think about future consequence...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
