In her new book, Unsteady, What Every Parent Absolutely Must Know about Teenage Romance, author JeaNette Smith says we send a mixed message, “winking” at boy/girl emotional attachments, while forbidding physical expression. She says it puts pressures on teens they just aren’t ready to handle.
JeaNette G. Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
www.smithfamilytherapy.org/
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