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Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
by Gabor Maté, Gordon Neufeld
This book is pure blasphemy! Everyone KNOWS that children MUST socialize heavily with other kids in order not to become damaged adults later in life. We also KNOW that the best way to deal with angry teenagers is to leave them alone and stay out of their lives. Well, this book throws out all that "knowledge" out the window...
I've never felt comfortable with the societal acceptance of 'typical teenage angst'. Why would angst be typical in a healthy environment? From a historical perspective, angry teenagers estranged from their parents sound like dead meat. This book does a very good job of pointing out that angry teenagers are a modern development, as well as addressing the causes.
It's a revolutionary book and it will take time for this to sink in. In the meantime, I'm finding it very difficult to discuss it with people who are vehemently on board the "children must socialize with other children to the max" choo choo train.
I've never felt comfortable with the societal acceptance of 'typical teenage angst'. Why would angst be typical in a healthy environment? From a historical perspective, angry teenagers estranged from their parents sound like dead meat. This book does a very good job of pointing out that angry teenagers are a modern development, as well as addressing the causes.
It's a revolutionary book and it will take time for this to sink in. In the meantime, I'm finding it very difficult to discuss it with people who are vehemently on board the "children must socialize with other children to the max" choo choo train.