Raising Your Eleven to Fourteen Year Old in the Age of Chat Rooms and Navel Rings

Gives parents common sense advice on raising the modern teen and maintaining sanity, focusing on parental involvement and communication. Gives information on what to expect in teens' physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development, and anticipates changes that will take place within the family as teens mature. Panzarine holds a doctoral degree in nursing and has worked in the field of adolescent health for the past 20 years. She is also the mother of two adolescents. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.