Growing up
Subtitle: limiting adolescence in a world desperate for adults
By: by Frank C. Strasburger
Contributors: Taft School. Faculty publications
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Victoria, BC, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9781770975569; 9781770975576; 9781770975583
Subjects: Adolescence; Youth; Young adults; Adolescent; Jeunesse; Jeunes adultes
Description: "How do we become adults? Is it by moving out of our parents' house? Earning an independent income? Getting married? Having children? Buying a house? Those are the benchmarks most of us use, but Growing Up suggests that maturity is more about qualities of character. Through the poignant stories of nearly half a century working with young people as a teacher, school administrator, high school and college chaplain, parish priest, and father of three, Frank Strasburger shares the encouraging news that the pace and power with which we become adults is largely within our control. Chapter by chapter, he unfolds the real process of growing up: facing down the fear of failure, wrestling honestly with identity and relationship, finding passion, overcoming illusions of power, discovering faith, and discerning a sense of mission. Strasburger's bottom line: it is in serving others that we become the people we're meant to be."--Jacket
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-135).
Table of contents: title: Who's in charge here?; title: Neither here nor there; title: Fear of failure; title: Identity and relationship; title: Empathy, or getting over the fairness doctrine; title: Passion; title: Power, gender, and sexuality; title: Finding a sense of direction; title: Vocation; title: Parenting for adulthood; title: Educating for adulthood; title: Building an adult society; title: So what does it mean to be an adult?