Rating: Summary: Don't have a teenager without it Review: Excellent. Can't say enough about how it helped.
Rating: Summary: Get out of my life, but first could you drive me and cheryl Review: Read it and weep. Keep reading it. Don't forget it. When you forget it and start cursing at your teenagers, pick it up and read it again...and again...and again. They are strange people, these teenagers. This book allows us to allow our teens to be different people than the children we raised. EVEN THOUGH IT DRIVES US CRAZY. Don't fight this battle alone. Read this book. Keep reading it
Rating: Summary: I highly recommend this for parents of teenagers Review: I had to smile when I read this book. I felt as if the author had been eavesdropping in my house and heard the shouting matches between me and my daughter. He helped me to understand what was really going on between us and that this is a normal stage of development. I feel that our communication has already improved somewhat. The author has an easy, humorous writing style that is not condescending or overly clinical.
Rating: Summary: Finally a useful book for REAL people Review: I was so happy to read this book it really helped my daughter and I get along so much better. This book is very up to date and is wrote in an intelligent way. It was nice to have a book that talked about young people and how they talk, dress, and act and actually make sense about why.I think this book really speaks to those who realize that there are all different kinds of kids and they look and act different but they will grow up to be great people even if it doesn't seem so at the time. If you are really frustrated with your teen person- get this book!
Rating: Summary: This Author Must Live at My House!! Review: Being the parent of a 15 1/2 year old daughter and a 18 year old son, I feel like this book was written for me. This book offers very "real" situations without the "fluff" used by other writers. It has helped me a lot with my attitude towards dealing their attitudes and I don't take things as personally as I used to. I have used several of the author's suggestions and to my great suprise THEY WORKED!!! I love my kids dearly, but these teen years have to be the hardest years by far. This book offers good, firm, loving advice.
Rating: Summary: This book really hit home! Review: While no two teens are exactly alike, Dr. Wolf does a great job of capturing the experience of raising a teen. The teen-parent dialogs are right on target, and his suggestions for dealing with the day to day aggravations of living with "baby adults" are very practical and sound. This book confirmed much of what I had discovered by trial and error, and it was a relief to have the validation and reassurance of an expert.
Rating: Summary: No parent should go without reading this! Review: I whole-heartdedly recommend this book to any parent who has young children or teenagers. I only wish I had had this book months ago, years ago. It has changed our household in a matter of just 2 days. It is truley remarkable. To be able to have some understanding of what a teenagers thinks and feels and to know that you really do have some control changes everything. Just "really" knowing that you not the only parent going though it, was a real wake up call. Don't pass up this chance to have some calm now or in the future when you have teenagers. Prepare now for the long road ahead, and make each of yours lives, you and your teenagers, much more pleasurable. I could never say enough about this book. It has changed my life and possibly my daughters. Thank you so much to my boss who recommed it and to Anthony Wolf for writing it.
Rating: Summary: The truth shall set you free.... Review: It's true! All the guilt feelings, the wondering if you are doing okay as a parent, the worry over your child's behavior (or lack of), the horrible sense that you just may have created a monster - it all goes away with this book. And pleasantly too! Any parent of teenage children will appreciate this book immensely. Sometimes just knowing that you are not alone is enough. Enjoy!
Rating: Summary: You can't learn how to parent from a book Review: Well, I thought I'd get a lot out of this book, all I really learned is you can't control people and you can't learn how to parent from reading a book.Most of his examples were realistic of interactions with teens, but his follow through on how to deal with these issues was weak. His approach is less is more. Don't argue with them, tell them what is expected. He covers the high points, but you really can't learn how to relate to people via a book. If you truly have problems with your teens and stepkids...go to see a counselor with them. You'd be amazed what they will say when a third party is present that they won't talk about at home.
Rating: Summary: Get Out of My Life. . . A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager Review: Outstanding! I read numerous books trying to learn how to get along with my teenage daughter because I sure couldn't do it alone. From the very first page, I felt like this book was about us. I found that our problems were not unique and that there really was a better way to deal with the situation. It turned me completely around and conflicts have been minimal since reading this book. I recommend it to everyone who is fighting with their young teenager.
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