Adolescence can be shocking and painful both to experience and, as a parent, to observe.
Complete with original suggestions for how to improve parent-child communication, Field Guide lets parents stand briefly in their teenager's shoes, ultimately guiding families toward genuine mutual respect and understanding. Field Guide gains us the kind of insight that will lead to real understanding and improved relationships with all the teens in our lives. The author of two other popular books on adolescence, he is the host of a show on life issues for teenagers on Oprah Winfrey's online and cable network, Oxygen. Both authors live in Berkeley, California. Joseph Di Prisco, Ph.D. , is an educator and writer who has taught for over twenty years in public, independent, and Catholic schools, middle school through college.