An exploration of human adolescence, unique due to its ethological perspective. Psychologist Glenn Weisfeld presents a comprehensive treatment of adolescent development from a functional, evolutionary point of view, providing a research-based description of human adolescence. He also offers a comparative perspective, describing adolescence in other species, human cultures, and historical periods.
We should not try to prepare the next generation for a specific set of circumstances, since we are unable to predict even with modest accuracy what the future will hold. Charles Ungerleider, Failing Our Kids (2003)