Between Form and Freedom

Here is a wealth of insights about teenagers, providing a compassionate and intuitive look into the minds of children and adolescents. She explores the nature of adolescence - the search for the self, the birth of the intellect, the release of feeling, male-female differences and character. Teenagers' growth needs are explored in relation to family, friends, the media, education, the arts and love. Issues concerning stress, depression, drug and alcohol abuse and eating disorders are tackled, clarifying the options.Parents find this book to help as a special spiritual and practical guide to the teenage years, that has really made a difference to their families. Since first publication in 1988, Between Form and Freedom has been reprinted many times, and will be available in a second edition in Spring 2009.''In this excellent book, Betty Staley has given us a compassionate, intelligent and intuitive look into the minds of adolescents ... I can only hope it will be read by a significant number of significant people-namely, parents, teachers, and, indeed, adolescents themselves.''- Joseph Chilton Pearce