Parenting
Untangled
Lisa Damour, PhD
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Teenage girls aren't chaos; they're moving through seven understandable developmental transitions. Knowing the map tells you when to worry and when to step back.
A developmental map of adolescence for girls, laying out seven predictable "strands" of development — from parting with childhood to caring for herself — so parents can tell normal growth from real trouble.
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