The Cry of Adolescence: Parent-Child Relationships in Adolescence

Author: Zhu Weiliang
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: We are living in an era of reform and opening up. Chinese children today are facing unprecedented challenges, and many parents lack adequate psychological preparation for the rigor and intensity of the changes. We hope that the two generations on either side of the generation gap can swap places and listen to each other's stories, fostering communication and understanding through an equal spirit and love for one another. We hope our good intentions can be realized through these two small books. This book attempts to build a bridge of the heart for parent-child communication and dialogue across the generation gap. It represents the voices of rebellious teenagers and young adults who yearn for independence, freedom, and respect, while also expressing the hardships, burdens, and confusion of being a parent in today's world from the perspective of "how pity the world's parents." We hope that the two generations on either side of the generation gap can swap places and listen to each other's stories, fostering communication and understanding through an equal spirit and love for one another. We hope our good intentions can be realized through this small book.