E15 Prof. Deborah Christie - Adolescence as a Diagnosis: Loving Our Adolescents and Tips for Parents

Tuesday Talks with Prof. Deborah Christie Prof. Deborah Christie is a Professor of Paediatric and Adolescent Psychology and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead for Paediatric and Adolescent Psychological Medicine at University College London (UCL) Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust, where she has worked since 1998. Join us for a real and fun conversation about adolescence. How do we manage ourselves and our growing children? How do we adapt our behavior to their stage of life—unique, sometimes difficult, but always short? If we can ride it well, we end up with wonderful adults who want to hang out with us again.

Let's remember we were once young too. Dr. Coco Novak writes about this stage in her and her children's lives in her book Single, and Too Tired to Mingle. Let's not be tough on our adolescents but embrace this part of gro ...