All Grown Up & No Place to Go [antikvár]

Preface Over the past twenty-five years I have worked with young people in many different settings. 1 have worked with teenage patients at psychiatric hospitals and with delinquent teenagers who were being brought to court. I have also seen teenagers who came with their families to child guidance clinics or to my private practice. And, with colleagues, 1 have conducted research with students who were attending junior and senior high school. That research often involved interviewing large numbers of young people. 1 have reported my observations and concerns about teenagers in articles, book chapters, and books for professionals and for parents. I know, and care, about young people. Over the past two years, however, 1 have had a very different kind of interaction with teenagers, with their parents and teachers, and with professionals in many different fields who provide for their health needs. With the publication of an earlier book. The Hurried Child, 1 had many requests to speak from all parts of the United States and Canada. I have now traveled to every state in the Union and to all the Canadian provinces. Everywhere 1 go, 1 make it my practice not only to speak but also to hsten. What 1 have heard, and what 1 am hearing, was the impetus for writing this book. Not only are children still being hurried, but the phenomenon is becoming more common and accepted. vu