This week, Holly interviews Robert! We talk about how we define adolescence, why it’s such an important time of life, and three specific shifts in our understanding that can be helpful when working with adolescents. This one’s for the parents, teachers, youth workers, therapists, and more!

Things we mention in this episode/other resources:

- Age Of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence by Laurence Steinberg

- Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

- Books by Dr. Lisa Damour:

- - Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls

- - Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

- - The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents

- Dr. Damour’s podcast: Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

- Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions: DBT Skills to Help Your Teen Navigate Emotional and Behavioral Challenges by Pat Harvey and Britt H. Rathbone

- The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults by Frances E. Jensen, MD

- CXMH ep. 168 - Our Teens are Sleep-Deprived (& It's Hurting Their Mental Health) (feat. Lisa L. Lewis)

- CXMH ep. 109 - Teens, Stress, & Mindfulness (feat. Gina Biegel)

- CXMH ep. 70 - Teens, Anxiety, & Self-Esteem (feat. Lisa Schab)

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Intro/Outro music for this episode is ‘Fall Down’ by Rivers & Robots.