★A hush-hush “level-up guide” slipped into your hand—written for anyone “not yet grown, no longer a child.”
★These aren’t “how-to-be-better” manuals; they’re invitations to “get better together.” No lecturing, just a slightly-older friend laying out every stumble and tear in plain language so you understand yourself—and everyone else.
★Crack any volume and you’ll smell the same anxiety your classmates wear; turn the page and find the exact antidote. Real-life cases you can step into, plus grab-and-go micro-skills.
★The answer books every teen actually needs: every confusion about parents, friends, yourself, and the wider world in one set. By the last page you’ll see “growing up” not as a solo boss fight but as a string of gentle counter-moves—toward parents, friends, the world, and yourself.
★Parent gold, too: see the digital-era struggles your kids face, decode the fireworks on both sides, and learn to talk and reconcile.

Series Introduction
Lately psychology has gone mainstream: celebrities open up about depression in vlogs, influencers unpack “toxic relationships” in 30-second clips, and TV characters get crowd-diagnosed in scrolling bullet comments. Peel off the tech veneer and adolescence is still the same journey—separation anxiety, identity formation, drawing boundaries—only the stage set has changed.
Ironically, modern schooling, in the name of “not falling behind at the starting line,” quietly trades childhood and free time for parental anxiety and ambition. Schedules swell, screen time lengthens, real conversation shrinks. Surprisingly, kids have sharpened their emotional radar: they spot gaslighting fast, put scare quotes around “it’s for your own good,” and even assign parents “psych homework.”
When parental authority is no longer the default, kids need a “stand-by adult” who doesn’t preach or take over. These books play that role—offering a quiet lounge with the door ajar and the light always on, where answers surface as you turn the pages.

The series includes 4 books:
-I'm So Done! How to Make Parents Press Pause
-You're Crossing the Line! How Not to Let Yourself Be Steamrolled
-Nobody Likes Me! When You Feel Abandoned by the World
-I Said No! Please Don’t Use “It’s for Your Own Good” to Guilt-Trip Me

If relatives or classmates push you to do what you don’t want—like “Let me borrow that hoodie”—or invade your personal space—like “Lemme see who you’re texting”—it’s time to figure out what “personal boundaries” are and how to hold them. Child psychologist Maria Shatalova has built a boundary survival manual so you can stand your ground and still keep your cool in the toughest scenes. In this book you’ll learn: how to mute nasty comments and unsolicited advice; how to get along with parents and peers without losing yourself; how to put on an “emotional bullet-proof vest” in conflicts; and how to know what you want and dare to say it out loud.

【Golden quotes】
• “Healthy boundaries let you say ‘no’ without guilt and push back politely without being manipulated.”
• “The golden rule of two borders: I’m OK, you’re OK.”
• “Dad says there are only two opinions in the world: his and the wrong one—every single topic. Then he sulks: ‘Why don’t you ever talk to me?’”
• “A difference of opinion isn’t the end of the conversation—it’s the starting point for a map upgrade: either broaden your horizon or sharpen your critical thinking.”
• “The most common boundary violation is being late—paying with someone else’s time.”
• “To figure out your own borders, first plug into your emotions: know what you’re feeling right now, which things are OK for you and which are absolutely not.”
• “Ask yourself: is this my authentic feeling and choice, or am I just drifting with the crowd?”
• “Even if you can’t feel warm and fuzzy toward your parents right now, start by accepting them as they are—later that acceptance will be your strongest anchor.”
• “No career success, salary or picture-perfect family beats the happiness weight of a good friend.”
• “Friendship has no hierarchy—only equal rights and equal chances.”
• “Sometimes you talk a river and your parents hear only white noise.”
• “Relationships occasionally take turns being the ‘parent,’ but the base of a healthy bond is always two grown-ups on equal footing.”
• “Positive-consent principle: any physical contact—even just holding hands or a pat on the shoulder—requires a clear, spoken ‘yes’.”