Teenagers: Their Lives, their Future

No. 105 SEPTEMBER 2020

We love them, we find them strange, we want to support them and understand them. But what do we adults know about teenagers, their lives and their understanding of the world? Teenagers have characteristics that unite them as a group and others that set them apart. They are the fruit of the times they live in, but they chart their own different courses. Having eliminated the clichés that trivialise them, how can we look at them both consistently and flexibly? This book is for parents, educators, healthcare workers and adults in general, providing them with useful key ideas after exploring the central issues of adolescence: their relationship with their bodies, technology and leisure, decision-making, consumption, family and school ties, friends, conflicts, loves, expectations. Written during the Covid-19 pandemic, it takes the impact of the pandemic on the daily lives of teenagers into account.

Book recommended by the National Reading Plan.