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Summary: A "MUST HAVE" for all parents of teens!!
Review: I bought this book for my husband and myself. I felt so relieved to know it wasn't "just us" going thru these so called "stages" with our teens. I had to set the book down for a moment. When I went back to grab it, my teenage daughters we reading it! They also felt relieved that they weren't the only teens going thru this. It has helped all of us to understand each other. What a great feeling that is! Especially when your teens tell you "You're doing a good job Mom". Thanks for a fantastic book!!
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Summary: Great for parents w/ teenagers - A MUST for fathers w/ girls
Review: An insightful book. Wolf helps us understand the differences between our growing up and that of today's adolescents. His perception of the different ways girls and boys react to conflict is very much on the mark.
As a single father raising a young girl it became very important to me. (Bachelor father is not as easy as TV made it look!)
Fathers of girls should read it closely - it really helps the male relate better to the emotions of the young girl. I lent the book to friends who passed it on to other fathers, all of them giving it positive reviews.
It was originally recommended to me by a friend who is a high school counsellor and said it was almost required reading in her school district.
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Summary: Sad Reality But True
Review: I read this book about a year and half ago and I though the writer was in my home. I am the father of TWO teenage daughters. What I am going to say I know does not apply to everyone, but it is interesting that the majority of posts on this board discuss teenage daughters. I wish I read this book BEFORE my daughters turned to their teen years. I am in my mid 50's and raised in a strict Italian family. Many parents today are doing no favors to their children, spoiling them to excess (me included). We as parents need to be satisfied as long as our children are not pregnant, drug addicts, smoke, etc. It is a sad statement but true. We need to judge our children on how they act on the outside and in school and inter-act with others. Don't judge your children on how they treat you as a parent, if you do you will have no relationship with them. This is the picture the author paints, it is a sad picture but a true one for many families (not all as I said before), many parents are way too embarassed to discuss the way their children act in the home, if more did and spoke to other parents it would help them. You need to read this book before teenage years set in or early on, if you read it at the end it is too late and you are probably ready for the mental hospital. A "good child" will only drive you crazy, I can only imagine what parents who have "bad kids" go through, I keep you in my prayers.
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Summary: Survival Guide that has actually led to my survival
Review: I spent my childhood as a male, 'only' child. This did not prepare me for my current situation: the father of multiple female teenagers. I used to cry out to the universe "WHY, WHY, why me? what did I do to deserve to be subject to this abuse?" Mr. Wolf provided the insights into teenage psyche that has allowed me to survive the daily test of wills. He asserts that teenage girls argue with parents not to win, but simply to argue: It is their method of staying connected to parents while expressing independence. I found this to be exactly true. My blood pressure has even retreated to 'pre-hypertense' from the 'imminent stroke' range. I simply refuse to argue, using 1 word replies like 'no' or 'whatever'. I could go on and on with simple realities of teen years I learned from this book. It is an absolute must-have.
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Summary: Take my daughter......please!
Review: This book should be standard issue for every parent of a millennium teenage daughter. After reading this book, I have recommended it more friends, family AND STRANGERS than any book I've ever read! It's so nice to finally understand the entitlement that these girls feel and why she takes it out on me and not her father. "GET OUT OF MY LIFE" was laughable at times, which is not a common occurrence when raising a teenage girl. Sweet 16 needs is a misnomer and needs to be rephrased as Soured 16. But now, I can more easily make it through another day of motherhood, with a bit of a smirk (well hidden) since the psyche of the teenage drama scream has been revealed. Thank you Mr. Wolf!
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Summary: Let your teens read it also
Review: This book was recommended to me. It has a lot of good ideas about understanding and dealing with teenagers. However I was very distressed by the use of bad language throughout the book. It was used while quoting "typical" teenage responses to parents, but it still is unnecessary. I am a teacher. I don't allow that language from my teenagers at home, from my students, or from the adults I work & associate with when they are talking to me. I certainly don't need to read that kind of language in my parenting materials. The more we accept bad language in our media, the more of it we will hear. It is something we do not have to tolerate. Because of the language, I do not recommend this book.
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