Healthy Teens, Body and Soul: A Parent's Complete Guide [Paperback]

This breakthrough book covers the head-to-toe, outside-inside health needs of today's 10- to 21-year-olds. Written by experts in adolescent medicine and parent-child relationships, this comprehensive reference gives no-nonsense, straightforward guidance on how to talk with teens in a way that will help them take charge of their own health.
Andrea Marks, M.D., and Betty Rothbart, M.S.W., take a unique approach -- they focus on the interplay of physical, mental, emotional, and social issues that make these years such a challenging time. They show how physical health concerns must be considered within the context of the three main goals of adolescence:
• gaining independence
• clarifying sexual identity
• Finding a realistic, satisfying place in society
Combining authoritative information with sound advice on communicating with teens, who really do want and need their parents' help (even though at times it may seem otherwise),Healthy Teens, Body and Soulwill teach parents how to open the lines of communication that will result in healthier, happier teens (and parents!).Andrea Marks, M.D.,a specialist in adolescent medicine, directed academic programs before opening a private practice for patients ages 9 to 30. She is on the faculty of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and also writes a monthly column, Ask Dr. Marks, forCosmo Girlmagazine. Dr. Marks will be President of the Society for Adolescent Medicine in 2004.Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Stages and Tasks of Adolescent Development

What to Do About the Fears

Defining Adolescence

The Tasks of Adolescence

Early Adolescence:

Ages 10 to 14 -- the Middle School/Junior High Years

Health-Partnering in Early Adolescence

Middle Adolescence:

Ages 15 to 18 -- the High School Years

Health-Partnering in Middle Adolescence

Late Adolescence:

Ages 18 to 21 -- the Years l3¨