The Crucial Years

The Crucial Years is a comprehensive, scientifically-driven and shame-free guide for all parents of children entering, or already going through, early-onset puberty in today’s world, addressing the factors that kids are facing earlier than ever before, such as physical changes, moodiness, body image, substances, gender and sexual identity questions, friendship changes, social media, pornography, race and class differences in puberty, sleep disturbances, anxiety and depression.

As a clinical psychologist with twenty years of specializing in both children in crisis and puberty, Dr Ziegler offers age-appropriate, practical interventions that parents and caregivers can use at home or school to guide children through middle childhood and puberty today, with an emphasis on emotional intelligence and mental health.