All Grown Up And No Place To Go: Teenagers In Crisis, Revised Edition by David ElkindISBN: 9780201483857
In addition to the pressures on young children to race through their developmental years, so are teens rushed into performance pressured high level sports, rushed into getting a job, and rushed through their adolescence by well-intentioned but misguided parents, teachers, and coaches. He explains that many teens exhibit risky and self-distructive behaviors due to the pressures placed on them. Teen years, says Elkind, is a time for exploration and searching for identity and adults need to provide them with opportunities to become comfortable in their own skin.