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It is a "must" read. I love this book. It is my second book that I have purchased from these authors.
This book was recommended in the book "Adopting the Hurt Child" to provide practical tips for handling the control issues and power struggles. This can take awhile for the teenager to absorb the lessons but I can see enough results very quickly that I know this is going to help our child accept responsibility for her actions and help her to make good choices. They are 22 and 27 years old now.
The reason for this is that you offer choices to your teenager and then let them be responsible for the consequences. It also helps you keep showing love rather than anger to your teenager. And when the consequences are bad, you are encouraged to show a lot of empathy rather than saying "I told you so".
We have raised two teenagers somewhat successfully. When using the techniques offered in this book, one needs to be prepared to exercise a lot of patience - there are no instant results. I highly recommend this book.
The reason I purchased this book is because we have adopted a 15 year old and her attitude and behavior have been a challenge. It has been invaluable to me and is helping us concentrate on our relationship rather than fight over everything.
This is a great book I have learned many things already and i havent even finished it yet
The suggestions are derived from years of expertise of the respective authors, and have been used successfully by a multitude of grateful parents. This book will soon become your valued manual on how to parent teens.
Although this book is written in a very 'American' style and can be a little 'cheesy' for the British way of thinking, it is still an extremely effective and helpful tool that can help struggling parents and their children. It is a two way journey learning how to be a better parent who can understand and communicate better with their troubled teenager.
Using the advice in this book helps to bring harmony and laughter back into the homes of families by offering help for today's teenagers' problems and gives the parents hope for tomorrow. In the same way, if the parent takes on board the advice in this book then they will reap the rewards of having a well adjusted teenager and better family life altogether.
I was first given this book when I left my son with a theraputic Wilderness Program in Oregon in the US. My boy has benefited greatly from this book and so have I.
I refer to this book often and have bought this book to give to a friend and I know she will benefit greatly from it too. I travelled with my son from the UK to SageWalk, a therapy centre for Teens who were finding it difficult to fit in with their families, and who had fallen into bad and destructive behavour cycles.
There are sinarios in the book that can quite easily compare to the problems and struggles parents have today and there are helpful tips that can prevent a parent from screaming at their kids which gets them nowhere.
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