Betty Staley Boeken

A powerful, insightful book which clearly explains the behaviour of pre-teens and offers parents ideas on how to guide their child through these challenging years.

Tapestries uncovers the unique patterns that you weave throughout life. At a time of immense interest in biography, here is a unique set of keys to understanding the pattern and rhythms of your life. The unfolding phases of life are presented as the 'warp' of personal growth. You are invited to consider the 'shuttle' of the threads you use as the 'weft' of your life story. These threads include your temperament, gender, love, family, ethnicity, birth order, and developing relationships. A vivid picture of adult growth is presented. You can follow twelve very different people and their stories as they go through each life phase and wonder what will happen next. You can consider how you would respond to the choices they face. Life's dilemmas are explored: career versus parenting and choices related to old age. This opens up options: which roads to take in life and encouragement to reflect.

"Will make you more open and alive to the young people you love, and that will make many good things happen." —Steve Biddulph, ForewordThis is the third and fully revised edition of this book. Challenges are tackled around self-esteem, pregnancy, behavioral problems, stress, depression, media, genderfluidity, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse. Growth needs are explored in relation to family, friends, the media, education, the arts, loyalty and relationships. Parents value this wise, practical guide, as Betty uniquely addresses teenagers’ soul and spiritual needs at a time when the quest for meaning is so vital.Discusses how adolescents present either the ‘mask’ or the ‘volcano’ as they struggle with identity and self-esteem.Tackles the current questions of genderfluidity, eating disorders, media addictions and moreShares teenagers’ voices, stories and experiencesOpens up windows to the changing inner life of developing teenagers.Easy to read, with nutshell summaries and questions for reflection and actionWelcomed by parenting voices such as Steve Biddulph, Caroline Penney and Kim John Payne