Some adolescents are troubled and some get into trouble. But the great majority (almost nine out of ten) do not. . . . The bottomline is that good kids don't suddenly go bad in adolescence. — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Peer pressure is not a monolithic force that presses adolescents into the same mold. . . . Adolescents generally choose friend whose values, attitudes, tastes, and families are similar to their own. In short, good kids rarely go bad because of their friends. — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
The parent-adolescent relationship is like a partnership in which the senior partner (the parent) has more expertise in many areasbut looks forward to the… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Some adolescents are troubled and some get into trouble. But the great majority (almost nine out of ten) do not. . . . The… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Peer pressure is not a monolithic force that presses adolescents into the same mold. . . . Adolescents generally choose friend whose values, attitudes,… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Adolescents sometimes say..."My friends listen to me, but my parents only hear me talk." Often they are right. Familiarity breeds inattention. — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
At a stage when young people want more than anything to be like everyone else, they find themselves the least alike. Everyone their age… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of therules and no… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
The public probably knows that teen drivers are at greater risk for fatal accidents. What the public doesn't know is what we ought to… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Adolescents need to be reassured that nothing-neither their growing maturity, their moods, their misbehavior, nor your anger at something they have done-can shake your… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse team, the… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
Parents sometimes feel that if they don't criticize their child, their child will never learn. Criticism doesn't make people wantto change; it makes them… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
