How to painlessly navigate the period of rage between 12 and 17 years old
He is reckless, takes risks, has no friends, is addicted to video games, drinks, smokes, his room is a complete "mess". She likes to provoke. He lacks motivation… Boys, girls, all struggle to control their emotional reactions during adolescence. And, to be honest, we parents often lose control too! We would gladly accuse them of doing it on purpose to get on our nerves. They have a talent for breaking us down…
But adolescence is a period of major processes happening inside the brain. Thinking, memory skills, artistic creation take leaps forward, while other areas like empathy, anticipation, organization, risk calculation, are still… a mess. The teenager is an engine running at dizzying speed, a hypersensitive accelerator with non-existent brakes!
With We Don't Understand Each Other Anymore! we discover what is happening in the heads and bodies of our teenagers and explore our parental capabilities to react with sensitivity, love, and empathy.
Isabelle Filliozat, psychotherapist, author, and Anouk Dubois, illustrator, are the creators of the bestsellers I Tried Everything! and Not All Is Lost!.