Forming Character in Adolescents

THE ONLY PSYCHOLOGY BOOK WE'VE EVER SEEN WITH AN IMPRIMATUR!

Will your children’s Catholic faith -- and morals -- survive adolescence? How to steer them safely through their teen years?

Catholic University psychologist Dr. Rudolf Allers was a friend of Edith Stein and a mentor of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Viktor E. Frankl. Catholics of the 1940s and ‘50s knew him through popular works like this one: an ingenious guide to help parents steer their children safely through the temptations and turbulence of adolescence.

Finally back in print, Dr. Allers rejects the Freud-inspired myth that adolescent unhappiness is inevitable, and almost wholly due to sex. In jargon-free chapters, he explains:

• the general principles of adolescent development
• how best to understand, approach and influence teenagers
• features unique to adolescents
• daydreams and sexuality
• vocational guidance

Throughout, Dr. Allers offers sound, practical advice for solving -- or preventing -- the problems that can trouble even the best-raised teens. Dr. Allers covers:

• sexual thoughts and temptations
• peer pressure
• stubbornness and disobedience
• bashfulness and timidity
• sullenness or silence
• hostility and anger
• extravagant ambition
• nervousness
• laziness and fickleness
• anti-social behavior
• law breaking
• dishonesty
• secretiveness
• despondency and apathy
• shallow amusements
• and so many other common behaviors of teenagers. 
  
  “Packed with hints, clues, corrections, this precious manual . . . will undoubtedly be highly prized by parents, teachers, priests and students.”  —Catholic World
  
  “Dr. Allers has again placed in his debt those engaged in the responsible task of training the young. Teachers, priests, and parents will derive a good deal of inspiration and of practical help from this book. . . . The whole treatment is characterized by saneness and simplicity. It can be understood by anyone.”
  —Catholic School Journal