Now in one comprehensive AAP volume, parents can access accurate, up-to-date scientific information to promote and support positive physical, emotional, cognitive, and psychologic growth in their teenagers. Spanning the full spectrum of adolescent development issues, this easy-to-use handbook helps parents and their children navigate the tumultuous teens with practical advice from a trusted authority-an essential survival guide to meet the challenge of raising a happy, healthy teenager. This handbook covers a wide range of teen health and development issues: Setting limits and maintaining discipline; Handling peer pressure and the temptations of cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs; Dating, sexuality, and sexually transmitted diseases; Nutrition, body image, and eating disorders; Changing relationships between teens and other family members; 12 keys to developing self-esteem; Hormones and a teenager’s changing body; Medical ailments common to teenagers; And much more!