Psychoanalytic Reflections on Parenting Teens and Young Adults explores the rich, multi-layered parent-child interactions that unfold during the period of separation and launching. While this is a necessary transitional time, parents inevitably experience feelings of loss and longing for the past as well as hope for the future. With honesty, humour, and originality, the book brings together the voices of psychoanalysts, speaking frankly, and not just as professionals, but also as parents grappling with raising young adults in today’s fast-paced world.
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- Reflects on the joys, regrets, and surprises of parenting young adults.
- Covers a wide range of topics relevant to parents and practitioners.
- Focuses on five main areas of interest:
- Raising youth in the digital age
- Developmental difficulties
- Evolving gender norms
- Social concerns
- Building resiliency
- Offers an alternative lens on the challenges of parenting teens and young adults.
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The contributors reflect on the challenges and triumphs they experience as their children reach the threshold of young adulthood. The explorations in this book advance the idea that in the end, these struggles are essential for growth, buoyancy, and wisdom. It will appeal greatly to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, as well as family therapists.
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