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. Now in one comprehensive AAP volume, parents can access accurate, up-to-date scientific information to promote and support positive physical, emotional, cognitive, and psychological growth in their teenagers. 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; and medical ailments common to teenagers.