[Apter] gives parents solid suggestions on ways they can keep their composure and let their kids know that they are trying to understand their point of view... [She] offers welcome insights and strategies for living through these stressful years.-- "Booklist"
A practical, informative guide to communicating with and understanding adolescents.-- "Library Journal"
Apter brings some needed clarity to the oft-baffling teenage years in this eye-opening parenting guide... [Her] reassuring tone and ability to cut through the chaos give her advice weight. This is a must-read for parents navigating their children's tumultuous teenage years.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
A refreshing and practical guide to raising teens... Apter's approach is original, thoroughly researched, and eminently constructive. Her strategies for using empathy and active listening to manage teen behavior are compassionate, clear, and proactive... A wonderfully atypical teen parenting book that leans into joy.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Few adults can see the world through teenage eyes or write about it as eloquently as Terri Apter. In this insightful book, she documents what she calls the interplay of passion, connection, and rejection that marks the dynamic relationship between parents and their teenagers. The Teen Interpreter is a perceptive guide for parents.--Ruthellen Josselson, author of Paths to Fulfillment
If you ever were a teenager, know a teenager, or are living with a teenager, you will find this wise and compassionate book to be a survival manual. These are hard times for teens, but harder for parents--or is it the other way around? Terri Apter will show you both sides, and the way forward.--Carol Tavris, coauthor of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
In this wonderful book, Terri Apter demystifies the often destabilizing period of adolescence. She's done so compassionately, grounding her advice in sound evidence. Both parents and teens will recognize themselves in her lively, often moving, case examples, and both will appreciate her guidance.--Janet Reibstein, professor emerita in psychology, University of Exeter
Superb! Terri Apter deftly and authoritatively integrates the latest scientific research with psychological insights and the vivid accounts of parents and teens themselves. This informative, thought-provoking, and helpful book will empower parents to communicate with, and support, their teens.--Susan Golombok, Director of the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge
Terri Apter is a true expert when it comes to knowing and helping teenagers flourish. In The Teen Interpreter, she explains the workings of the teenage mind with clarity and warmth and suggests ways to encourage deeper understanding between parents and their teenager. Everyone who has a teen in their life needs this wonderful book.--Linda Blair, clinical psychologist and author of Birth Order
Terri Apter shows remarkable insight into the challenges teens face when navigating life and relationships. Her discussion of the 'looking-glass self, ' and what it?reflects, plays to the heart of what first inspired me to create The Female Lead. I am a huge fan of this amazing author and original thinker--Edwina Dunn, founder of The Female Lead
Terri Apter's deep expertise on the development of the human brain gives fresh understanding of what it means to be a teenager in the twenty-first century--and how as parents we can love and support them best. It's a brilliant guide on how to move from confrontation to collaboration with your teen, to make these years as rewarding as possible.--Julie Etchingham, newscaster, reporter, and presenter