In Artificial Maturity: Helping Kids Meet the Challenge of Becoming Authentic Adults, Elmore leads the reader to understand what authentic maturity looks like, how it impacts society, and how to create a balanced environment that enables children to lead themselves well and influence others in a positive way.

Artificial Maturity gives parents, teachers, and others who work with youth a manual for understanding and practicing the leadership kids so desperately need to mature in a healthy fashion.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-118-25806-4

“I have LOVED this book!  It is exactly the kind of pro-active instruction I’ve been looking for as we guide our pre-teen into adolescence and adulthood.  I particularly appreciated that it didn’t make us feel guilty for what we haven’t done right.  Instead, it inspired and motivated us to look toward a bright future of our emerging leaders.  Thanks Growing Leaders, for growing parents, too.”
Kadi Cole
Director of School of Leadership