Raising Teens: A Synthesis of Research and a Foundation for Action

Prepared by A. Rae Simpson, Ph.D., Raising Teens: A Synthesis of Research and a Foundation for Action is the culmination of a groundbreaking initiative to pull together current research on the parenting of adolescents and to distill from it key messages for the media, policy makers, practitioners, and parents. 

In creating Raising Teens, particular emphasis was placed on identifying those conclusions about the parenting of adolescents about which there is widespread agreement among researchers and practitioners. The report concluded that, contrary to popular perception, there is significant agreement within research findings about important basic principles for raising teenagers in the United States today. 

These central ideas, which cut across a broad range of disciplinary and cultural perspectives, are encapsulated in clear, short charts and summaries within the report. 

You will find, for example, a set of Five Basics of Parenting Adolescents, with a list of strategies for each.  Also featured is a list of Ten Tasks of Adolescence, which delineates the main aspects of adolescent development that parents and other adults need to be aware of and support. 

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