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Adolescence, 6/e
Laurence Steinberg, Temple University

The Contexts of Adolescence
Families

Essay Questions



1

If you were in charge of developing a training program for parents designed to prepare them for their child's adolescent years, what would you include in the training?
2

Explain whether or not you believe it is necessary that adolescents and their families "survive" the teen years without major conflicts.
3

What would you expect teens who are labeled "juvenile delinquents" to have difficulty with their own children?
4

How would one go about teaching permissive, authoritarian, or indifferent parents to become authoritative parents?
5

Describe and explain any sex differences that exist today in the ways male and female adolescents are "parented" by their mothers and fathers.