During pre-adolescence you go through a real transformation. With puberty and development, changes occur in the body that make emotions go up and down like on a roller coaster. The head is crowded with all kinds of questions and doubts. It’s not easy to build your self-esteem despite the most common stereotypes, to defend against situations you do not like or make you feel bad, to bring together sense and sensibility when you live your first intimate gestures, not to fall into risky behaviours in real or in online life. Alberto Pellai and Barbara Tamborini, two experts in psychology of the developmental age,  help kids overcome the most sensitive trials of pre-adolescence and jump over obstacles landing on their feet in the adult life. From the best seller authors of L’età dello Tsunami and Girl R-evolution, a book that explains our chilren to become who they are and that parents should read with them.

Alberto Pellai is a  doctor and children psychotherapist. He is also a researcher at the Bio-Medical department at the Università degli Studi of Milan, where he works on prevention. In 2004 the Italian Ministry of Health awarded him the silver medal of merit in Public Health. He is the author of many books for parents, teachers, teenagers and children.With DeAgostini he published 15 titles, among which many best seller titles both for parents and for kids such as L’età dello tsunami and Piccole grandi sfide.

Barbara Tamborini is an educational psychologist and writer. She conducts educational workshops in schools of all levels and educational activities for parents and teachers. With Alberto Pellai, she is the co-author of many parenting books. She is a mother of four.