CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: The Last Stage of Adolescence

CHAPTER TWO: Delayed Maturity

CHAPTER THREE: Challenge #1: Missing Home and Family

CHAPTER FOUR: Challenge #2: Managing Increased Freedom

CHAPTER FIVE: Challenge #3: Flunking Out of College

CHAPTER SIX: Challenge #4: Unemployment

CHAPTER SEVEN: Challenge #5: Roommate Problems

CHAPTER EIGHT: Challenge #6: Broken Love Relationships

CHAPTER NINE: Challenge #7: Substance Use

CHAPTER TEN: Challenge #8: Indebtedness

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Challenge #9: Stress

CHAPTER TWELVE: Challenge #10: Emotional Crisis

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Challenge #11: Fear of the Future

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Contracting for Return Arrangements

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Claiming the Gifts of Adversity

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The End of Adolescence

EPILOGUE: The Benefit of the Boomerang Experience

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