The second family
Subtitle: How adolescent power is challenging the American family
By: Ron Taffel with Melinda Blau
Contributors: Blau, Melinda, 1943-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Popular culture; Parent and teenager; Teenagers; Social networks
Notes: "Please be advised: contains explicit language and sexual material"--Title page.
Table of contents: title: "What the hell is going on?" : why we don't know our kids; title: "You adults don't have a clue" : understanding the second family; title: "I'm not who you think I am" : the two faces of teens; title: "Why don't you invite your friends over?" : dealing with the second family; title: "Don't let me slip away" : lying and the empathic envelope; title: "Listen to me!" : increasing empathy and self-reflection; title: "How dare you!" : dealing with privacy, confidentiality, and other matters of trust; title: "Don't you grownups ever talk to each other?" : creating adult partnerships to protect kids.