As most of my readers know, I’m a positive psychologist. I’m fascinated with lots of the universal struggles that most of us seem to go through. One that I find repeated again and again is the secret crush that tweens and teens often have. Almost everyone has been there and it can be very exciting but also very painful. Whenever I do a workshop women in the audience always have their stories to tell about early crushes and the fun, adventures and sometimes misadventures that happened. In my new book, The Truth, (I’m a girl, I’m smart and I know everything) the girl is very involved in her head and her heart with her crush. It is much more major than her mother wants it to be and it takes over a lot of her inner life. The girl can hardly concentrate on her school work when she thinks about Paul and she can’t imagine growing up and not marrying him. One of the themes in this book is how the girl finally comes to terms with her crush, as she must. Have you had an early crush? Can you share the story about your early crush? Are there other books out there that have a main character that is a tween or young teen with a crush? What are they and did you enjoy the book? Let’s chat about this subject.
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, www.enchantedself.com
