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 V. SUMMARIZING (ABSTRACTING) AS AN INDEPENDENT WORK                         that is where they can let it all hang out.» That's the time to remember
                                                                             it's probably not about you. Your teen is going through emotional
       Summarizing (or abstracting) can be also viewed as an inde-           changes that are often frightening. «Teens feel isolated. They are no
pendent work besides being a part of the process of rendering. As            longer kids and not quite adults. They don't know where to fit in,» says
summarizing can be helpful in many other spheres of life outside the         [Dr.] McGinnis. This can make for some chaotic moments. The chal-
classroom, here are some more clues on how to summarize effectively.         lenge for parents, jokes McGinnis, is to «try to maintain your self-es-
                                                                             teem while being totally devalued by your children.» He recommends
                                                                             being deaf during heated moments. In other words, don't be pulled into
        How to summarize effectively
                                                                             a fight. That doesn't mean giving in, but rather saying you'll discuss the
                                                                             situation at a different time.
      1. Accuracy when Summarizing
                                                                                    Excerpted from Lynn Utzman-Nichols, «Surviving the Teen
       It is crucial to accurately describe the main points of the work      Years»
being summarized. As with paraphrasing, you should not distort the
source material's original meaning. Before you can accurately summa-                Accurate summary
rize a source's ideas, you must understand them, of course. Misunder-               In her article, «Surviving the Teen Years,» Lynn Utzman-
standing an author's sarcasm, for example, when you read the original        Nichols, a frequent contributor to Fort Collins-Greely-Loveland Parent
source, could lead you to believe he or she is promoting a certain idea,     Magazine, discusses how parents can cope with the «emotional rol-
when they are actually opposing it. Once you are confident of a              lercoaster» their adolescent children ride through their teen years.
source's meaning, when you write your summary of the source pay              While hormones do contribute to some of the changes parents see,
close attention to the precise meaning of the words you use to ensure        Utzman-Nichols feels that worries about their place in society are a
accuracy. Also, do not introduce any ideas that were not expressed in        larger factor in causing stress for teenagers-stress, she says, that they
the original source into your summary. You must be sure not to leave         sometimes relieve by taking out their anger and fears on their parents.
out any crucial ideas from the source material, even if those ideas con-     She advises parents to not take their children's' emotional outbursts
tradict your own opinions.                                                   personally. Also, parents should not react to their children's anger right
                                                                             away. Instead, they should postpone discussing the problem until a
      Example of Accurate vs. Inaccurate Summarizing                         calmer moment.
      Original Source                                                               Inaccurate summary
      Parents often say their kids turn into emotional yo-yos once ado-             Lynn Utzman-Nichols, in her article, «Surviving the Teen
lescence sets in. «My friend claims her daughter had PMS for three           Years» argues that parents should simply ignore their children's emo-
years until she finally had her period. Then everything fell into a          tional outbursts during adolescence. Parents need to recognize that their
rhythm and life was fine,» says Sue Hammerton, a nurse who works at          children are not really concerned with their parents' opinions anymore,
Centennial High School and teaches classes on puberty for Poudre Val-        but only care about «fitting in» to their peer group. Home becomes a
ley Hospital. Part of the emotional rollercoaster is caused by hormones,     convenient dumping ground for their fears and worries, she says.
Hammerton says, but much of it is caused by trying to manage busy,                  This summary is inaccurate in several ways. Utzman-Nichols did
complicated social lives. «Kids, especially pre-teens, constantly worry      not recommend «simply ignoring» a teenager's outbursts. Rather, she
about whether they fit in or not. They think they are at the center of the   suggested waiting. Also, while she does say teenagers are very con-
universe and everyone is watching them,» says Hammerton. «When               cerned with their peer group, she never says they don't care about their
they feel insecure, they might throw dirt on their home life, because        parents' opinions anymore.
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