What do young people want out of life? How Parents and Teachers Can Guide and Motivate Teenagers

Abstract

In his book What do young people want from life? Published in 2009, Damon brings the result of extensive research relating the importance of building vital projects in the development of young people and adolescents. Throughout the work, the author talks about the importance of having a vital project in the lives of young people and presents some categories of young people that he was able to identify throughout his research; like dreamers, disengaged, superficial and those with vital projects.