Profiles today's young people as a simultaneously depressed and entitled generation with unique challenges, in a reassuring guide for parents that addresses cultural changes that are affecting the ways in which children develop, experience the world, andembrace responsibility.
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Practitioner Young-Eisendrath (psychology and psychiatry, U. of Vermont) gives professionals and parents the basic information they need to differentiate the spoiled brat from the truly ill. She points out that many children reared in a culture of excessive self-regard lack values and perspective, pressure themselves and others to have or be "the best" without clear definitions of what that entails, are excessively self conscious, feel dissatisfaction with even the most desirable lives, and fail. She writes about the trouble with being "special" in all phases of life; discusses the roots of the problem (both parental and societal); analyzes the necessity of conscience, virtue, autonomy, and emotional maturity; and addresses the importance of religion and reverence. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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