Growing and Changing

by Kathy McCoy, Charles Wibbelsman

For more than 15 years, Growing and Changing has been helping kids cope with the transformation from child to adult. This new edition of the popular guide provides authoritative answers to the most frequently asked questions about: Why kids mature at different rates € Stressful family or school situations € Physical, mental, and emotional challenges of adolescence € Sex and health € Body image and eating disorders € Depression € Fitness € Personal grooming € and more.

224 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

Kathleen McCoy, PhD is a psychotherapist and the award-winning author of a dozen books including ALA's Best Books for Young Adults winner The Teenage Body Book (Random House, 2008) and Understanding Your Teenager's Depression (Perigee, 2005). Dr. McCoy was the columnist for Seventeen's "Sex and Your Body" and she is a former editor of Teen. Dr. McCoy has also written for national publications such as Readers Digest, The New York Times, Family Circle, Mademoiselle, TV Guide and The Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. Dr. McCoy and her husband recently moved from Los Angeles to Florence, Arizona, a small historic town where they live with their four cats Gus, Maggie, SweetPea and Hamish.