Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Advances in Adolescent Psychology (2nd ed.)
Claudio Violato & LeRoy Douglas Travis (eds.) · 2001
78/100
👍 Worth It
Know what this is before you click: a 424-page Canadian academic anthology, not a parenting handbook. Chapters get cited in peer-reviewed journals; the perspectives (historical, socio-political, empirical) are the real scholarly thing. A parent wanting help with a struggling teen should look elsewhere — but for a student, counselor, or researcher who wants a serious grounding in how adolescence is theorized, this is worth hunting down used.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety85
substance85
craft70
originality70
accuracy88
Penny’s verdict78
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