This week’s book recommendation is The Emotional Lives of Teenagers (Affiliate link) by Lisa Damour. I wish this book was around 10 years ago when my oldest child was a tween. It would have saved both of us a lot of heartache. Lisa Damour is a psychologist specializing in teenagers so she knows what she is talking about. It was very helpful to learn more about teenagers and why they are the way they are.

One thing that surprised me from this book is that these teenage-type issues start in much younger children than I thought. She says that some of these changes start happening when kids are as young as 9 or 10. So, it almost feels like it isn’t too early to read this book.

I you have school age kids give The Emotional Lives of Teenagers a read, In a few years you will be glad you did.