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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.
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Summary: For A Single Parent, This Is A Godsend!
Review: I have a teenager daughter, and for all of you also have one, you know the frustrations that come along with being a parent. This has helped me greatly in better understanding what goes on in a teen-age girl's mind. Before, I might as well have tried to jump for the moon to touch it! You will find this lacking if you have that special knack for connecting with your children, for all others though... Many of the kids out there are just like the ones described in this book, and that's frightening. It's a good thing for us parents that we have books like these to turn to.
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Summary: What else can I say...
Review: I have just finished this book (a few pages left really)..it is wonderful and has given me hope..definately worth the price, I will recommend to everyone I know.
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Summary: A good conversation starter.
Review: I liked the book. It gave my wife and I a starting point for trying to understand our first teenager's behavior. It's main point is that being a teenager today is different than when we were 14, and understanding where they are coming from can help us deal with behaviors that were totally unacceptable from us at 14. If you want a "Do this...." sort of book you will be disappointed. It offers a point of view that we didn't necessarily agree with 100%, but it helped us to find what we do agree on.
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Summary: Helps you put your worries in perspective
Review: I loved reading this book. It helped me realise that it's normal for my teenager to swear at me, be rude, refuse to do things for me, prefer her friends to me, and so on. This is all part of a necessary step of growing up. As a parent, you need to keep restating the rules and boundaries, make sure the limits are there, but not totally lose it when they are transgressed.This book has helped me to get a more objective -- and much more sympathetic -- view of what's going on in her head. The fact that my darling little 14-year-old girl has gone gothic and spends hours playing heavy metal on her electric guitar suddenly seems more endearing than worrying! Now I can focus on the more important things, like the fact that she also seems happy, relaxed and is doing well in school. Any amount of black nail varnish is worth that! It's an easy-to-read, fairly light book, but despite its simplicity it has made me feel much more confident about my ability to deal with her teenage years. I'm currently reading "Yes, Your Teen is Crazy" which is a good complement to "Get Out of my Life". PS - It's refreshing to see a book that has realistic dialogue. Swearing and all.
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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: 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!
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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.
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Summary: Five star advice, Double X language
Review: I would like to give the parents of my teen clients each a copy of this book! The approach is wonderfully realistic, and the humor is very helpful in helping adults reframe some of their teens' infuriating behavior. I'd even like to give it to some of my teens. Only problem is that the kids in this book use language far worse than my juvenile delinquent clients use in the presence of adults. I don't want to offend the parents or give the kids ideas. If kids here started talking to their parents like this, there would be violence. Regional difference?
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