Our authors - Hawthorn Press

We publish books by some of the leading authorities in the fields of education and personal and social development. Read more about our authors below.

Featured author

Betty K. Staley, author of Between Form and Freedom: Raising a Teenager

Betty Staley is a long-time Waldorf teacher, international lecturer on child and adolescent development, consultant with schools, and author of eight books. A New Yorker by birth, she has lived in the Sacramento area for over fifty years, earned her M.A. in education from St. Mary’s College of California. She has three adult children and five grandchildren.

Q&A with Betty K. Staley author of Between Form and Freedom

Between Form and Freedom
Raising a teenager
Betty Staley
£14.99

Betty Staley explores the vibrant and exuberant nature of adolescence, offering a wise guide to raising a teenager, including: the stages of adolescence, the search for the self, the birth of the intellect, the release of feelings, male-female differences, temperaments and character.

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