The Adolescent offers an eclectic, exciting approach to the study of adolescence, presenting both psychological and sociological viewpoints as well as educational, demographic, and economic data. This text discusses not just one theory on the subject, but many, and outlines the contributions, strengths, and weaknesses of each. The authors also take into consideration current and important topics such as ethnic identity formation, gender issues, the Internet, effects of single-parent families, etc. The result is a treatment of the adolescent that offers current scholarship as well as an understanding of what it means to be an adolescent today.
This book is okay. Yet another one that I only read half of, except I actually would've liked to be able to finish it. Part of the reason I didn't keep up with this one was because I took a Human Development class last year and so a lot of the material was the same, but in more depth. So when it came to priorities, this one was not at the top of my list. But it was definitely a'ight overall.