The Myth Of Maturity

Author : T. E. Apter
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393323177
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Maturity written by T. E. Apter and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A parent's guide to dealing with teenagers explains how to provide guidance and support while promoting responsibility, respect, maturity, and independence.

Author : Ron Luce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781577780373
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mature Christians Are Boring People... written by Ron Luce and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something Is About To Happen! God is up to something with young people all over North America and around the world. There is a stir in the air and a restlessness in the hearts of average church-going teens who want something deeper in their life. This is a practical devotional that will help you grow and mature in Christ. With daily powerful insights, Ron Luce provides simple, yet profound guidance on how to become the mature teenager God wants you to be. You will find in-your-face wisdom that will empower you to go after a deeper, more rewarding walk with Christ: How to "acquire the fire" to serve God and live righteously. Allowing God to restore your emotions. How maturity in Christ is measured. What is the meaning of a quiet time with the Lord? Moving from a self-centered behavior to caring for those around you.

Author : James E. Cote
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814715990
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arrested Adulthood written by James E. Cote and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination into the social influences that have prolonged youth in today's adults Why are today's adults more like adolescents, in their dress and personal tastes, than ever before? Why do so many adults seem to drift and avoid responsibilities such as work and family? As the traditional family breaks down and marriage and child rearing are delayed, what makes a person an adult?Many people in the industrial West are simply not "growing up" in the traditional sense. Instead, they pursue personal, individual fulfillment and emerge from a vague and prolonged youth into a vague and insecure adulthood. The transition to adulthood is becoming more hazardous, and the destination is becoming more difficult to reach, if it is reached at all. Arrested Adulthood examines the variety of young people's responses to this new situation. James E. Côté shows us adults who allow the profit-driven industries of mass culture to provide the structure that is missing, as their lives become more individualistic and atomized. He also shows adults who resist anomie and build their world around their sense of personal connectedness to others. Finally, Côté provides a vision of a truly progressive society in which all members can develop their potentials apart from the influence of the market. In so doing, he gives us a clearer vision of what it means to be an adult and makes sense of the longest, but least understood period of the life course.

Author : Sarah Andersen
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449478964
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adulthood Is a Myth written by Sarah Andersen and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COMICS! These casually drawn, perfectly on-point comics by the hugely popular young artist Sarah Andersen are for the rest of us. They document the wasting of entire beautiful weekends on the internet, the unbearable agony of holding hands on the street with a gorgeous guy, and dreaming all day of getting home and back into pajamas. In other words, the horrors and awkwardnesses of young modern life. Oh and they are totally not autobiographical. At all. Adulthood Is a Myth presents many fan favorites plus dozens of all-new comics exclusive to this book. Sarah's frankness on personal issues like body image, self-consciousness, introversion, relationships, and the frequency of bra-washing makes her comics highly relatable and deeply hilarious, showcasing how she became one of the most influential voices in web cartoonists.

Author : Tim Elmore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118258061
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artificial Maturity written by Tim Elmore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to raise kids who can handle the real world Today's Generation iY (teens brought up with the Internet) and Homelanders (children born after 9/11) are overexposed to information at an earlier age than ever and paradoxically are underexposed to meaningful relationships and real-life experiences. Artificial Maturity addresses the problem of what to do when parents and teachers mistake children's superficial knowledge for real maturity. The book is filled with practical steps that adults can take to furnish the experiences kids need to balance their abilities with authentic maturity. Shows how to identify the problem of artificial maturity in Generation iY and Homelanders Reveals what to do to help children balance autonomy, responsibility, and information Includes a down-to-earth model for coaching and guiding youth to true maturity Artificial Maturity gives parents, teachers, and others who work with youth a manual for understanding and practicing the leadership kids so desperately need to mature in a healthy fashion.

Author : Varda Konstam
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319113011
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging and Young Adulthood written by Varda Konstam and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most distinctive feature of the Second Edition is its theoretical orientation coupled with a focus on understanding emerging and young adulthood from multiple perspectives. The updated and expanded book offers readers an opportunity to “listen to the voices” of emerging and young adults, parents, and employers, which is key to understanding this particular developmental period. In addition, the case studies provided throughout the book are diverse and detailed. The issues of emerging adulthood are complicated, nuanced, and defy easy characterizations. This book provides an opportunity to debunk many established pernicious stereotypes about emerging and young adults. The presentation of diverse voices and case material serves as a springboard for discussion and engages readers with material depicting emerging adults in the throes of working through developmental challenges characteristic of this period. In addition, the recent economic downturn has created havoc and further instability in the lives of emerging and young adults. The Second Edition focuses on the effects of – as well as possible solutions to – unemployment on emerging and young adults. A new chapter focuses on career experimentation versus career floundering, which is an important distinction. Additional new chapters address the effects of technology as well as depression and anxiety on emerging and young adults. The Second Edition examines emerging and young adulthood within a larger developmental and ecological context. In addition, it ensures that readers are well positioned to understand how the developmental demands of this period intersect with current economic, social, and political realities. It is a must-have resource for developmental, clinical child and school psychologists, rehabilitation counselors and therapists, I/O psychologists, and sociologists as well as for researchers and graduate-level students across these various disciplines.

Author : Thomas E. Bergler
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146744202X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Here to Maturity written by Thomas E. Bergler and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert guidance on how to grow up in Christ This book is a follow-up to Thomas Bergler’s acclaimed work The Juvenilization of American Christianity, which documents how church youth ministries over the past several decades have contributed to a process of adolescent spiritual traits becoming accepted and even celebrated by Christians of all ages. This “juvenilization” in the church is a real problem that must be addressed, says Bergler, and in his new book he addresses it head-on. Bergler’s From Here to Maturity is an accessible guide for helping both individuals and whole faith communities to grow spiritually. Bergler claims that spiritual maturity -- defined as “basic competence in the Christian life” -- is both desirable and attainable, and he effectively presents a biblical theology of spiritual maturity, identifying its traits from pertinent New Testament passages. Adapting Dallas Willard’s model of spiritual formation and applying it to congregational life, Bergler offers a wealth of practical, research-based guidance as to how Christian leaders can effectively foster spiritual maturity in their congregations. He also identifies six key faith-sustaining factors and provides a system for evaluating a church’s state of spiritual maturity and steps for improving it. Ecumenically friendly, From Here to Maturity will be useful to individuals and leaders from many different churches and theological traditions.

Author : Holdsworth, Clare
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335215386
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transitions In Context: Leaving Home, Independence And Adulthood written by Holdsworth, Clare and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by Clare Holdsworth and David Morgan, looks at the socially significant event of leaving the parental home.

Author : Tanya Loughead
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666907278
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics of Maturity written by Tanya Loughead and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is maturity? Politics of Maturity scrutinizes the process of maturing and how--and why--we have traditionally conceptualized it. Why is it that when we picture an "adult" we often envision someone who is married, has children, and is economically successful? Tanya Loughead challenges such traditional notions of maturity by raising fundamental questions about society and its structure. Which structures and experiences help us to mature or block us from maturing? One thing is certain: we do not mature by ourselves. This book argues that lack of maturity in society is not merely a problem of individual personalities; it is equally a political and philosophical problem that requires revolutionary rethinking and redefinition.

Author : Léonie Sugarman
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446237257
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counselling and the Life Course written by Léonie Sugarman and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-02-24 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Essential reading for student, fledgling and experienced counsellors alike′ - Mark Edwards, Nurturing Potential `Beautifully written and well researched and full of useful structured exercise for therapists and clients, this is a combination of psychology textbook and counselling handbook - theoretical a, yet practical′ - Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal Counselling and the Life Course introduces counsellors to the concept of the life course as a multidimensional and multidisciplinary framework for thinking about clients′ lives within and beyond the counselling setting. It aims to give counsellors an understanding of human development, and how it impacts practically upon their work with clients. The book engages with the tension between, on the one hand, recognizing age and life stage as important dimensions of difference, and on the other, avoiding the pitfalls of age stereotyping and ageist discrimination. At the same time, Counselling and the Life Course shows how the concept of the life course can be used as a framework for considering the commonalities between different life stages. This provides a focus for counsellors of how to draw on their existing skills and expertise when working with clients of a different age and life stage to those with whom they generally meet. The impact of both counsellor and client age on the counselling relationship is also considered. The book includes an `Activity Trail′ of structured exercises in order to encourage reflection on the concepts discussed and their relevance to clients, the readers themselves, and their counselling practice.