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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Dr. Michael Bradley's book, "Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!" is an
inspiration and should be on every parent's night stand, indefinitely. From the frightening statistics on teen suicide today to safety and privacy issues, you will finally understand what you're dealing with as a parent and what you can do to make the experience better for your teenager and your family. Dr. Bradley's grasp of teen fears, trials and needs is a pleasant reminder to be kind to our teens in an otherwise punitive society. This book is a guiding light for parents trying to love sometimes unlovable kids while also providing security in the face of panic. He offers excellent guidelines to help conquer your fears while also helping your teen deal with their own tumultuous world.
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Summary: Well worth the full price!
Review: Dr. Bradley has written an informative and insightful book for parents and guardians of adolescents/teenagers. However, it is a book where any and every person who works with adolescents and teenagers can find important information and ideas about successful interaction with this volatile, exciting, and most important time in these young lives. Dr. Bradley is very open, honest, and caring about teens and adolescents. He offers both personal and client insights into life lessons that have been learned and used successfully. I very highly recommend this wonderful book for anyone who cares about teens and preteens and how to support them as they negotiate this time in their lives.
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Summary: A must-read book for parents of teens!
Review: I have never written a review on a book, but everyone out there needs to know how amazing and right-on this book is. The author explains & clarifies so much about our kids and what is going on in their head and in their world. It will suck you in and give you an amazing, eye-opening understanding of what teenagers are all about and the skills to make things better in your relationship with them. Help is here, seriously!
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Summary: Superb (don't be put off by the title)
Review: Superb! I am the mother of two teenagers and also a professional working with children and teenagers - this book was worth every cent and every second I spent reading it.
I found it very helpful personally, I am already reaping the benefits in my family...
It will also go on my short list of book recommendations for parents of troubled teens.
It is transforming, empowering - and reassuring. Just add a caring parent (even if confused, angry, ineffective - as we all are from time to time). Just one burning issue - I hate the title which may be fine for parents but is insensitive to teens. I discarded the dust jacket, so all my recently raging teen would see was an innocuous grey cloth binding, as I read the book. Please retool the title for future editions which will surely follow.
And thank you Michael Bradley !!!
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Summary: Eric's Review
Review: This book offers much insight into the teenage mind. Being an average teenager myself, reading this book really helped me understand, well, Me! I was astonished by the wisdom offered by Dr. Bradley. I will warn that this book is for parenting but can be used as a guide for the MATURE teen too. This is a well organized guide to becoming a more educated parent for your teenager! Dr. Bradley helps us see that the parents and the teenagers, are all fighting the same battle, those dreadful Teenage Years. I highly recommend this book. "Yes Your Teen is Crazy" expands and updates one's mind in the scary realm known as the teenager. Buy this book!
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Summary: It works! Great book!
Review: As others have said, this is a great book. Not only is it helpful, it's an easy, entertaining read. Dr. Bradley is hilarious. I contrast this book with the only other teen-help book that I have read; that book, while interesting and high on kid psychology and biology, but left me, the parent, clueless about how to make the problems better. This book is totally different. While the title implies this is all about your teen and teen psychology, that really is only part of it. Mostly this book is about you - the parent. It's about working on your self-esteem and changing your behavior. And, quite frankly, that's probably why it works -- because you are in control of the changes. Just starting into the book I loved it and by the time I finished the book I understood it. The techniques suggested in the book are clear, simple, and very natural. They never seem phony; my son hasn't a clue that I've read a book on the subject. I started implementing the techniques even before I finished the book and saw an immediate improvement in my relationship with my son. After about 2 weeks I actually had a laugh with him! For us that was a pretty big thing. A month after reading the book I used Dr. Bradley's negotiation steps. That was kind of scary because that isn't a very natural thing. But, I guess my son wanted to negotiate badly enough that he was willing to sit down and talk. Using the negotiating steps outlined in the book, my son immediately saw and verbalized my concerns; he brought these up without me even mentioning them! We tried various alternative solutions and it took us a couple of hours to reach an acceptable conclusion. But you know, in the end, it was quite an experience and I think we both felt better about the decision. Anyway, the book helps you focus on getting over your feelings, developing your self-confidence, changing your behavior, looking at the big picture, and helping your teen become a wonderful happy person.
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Summary: A must-read book for parents of teens!
Review: I have never written a review on a book, but everyone out there needs to know how amazing and right-on this book is. The author explains & clarifies so much about our kids and what is going on in their head and in their world. It will suck you in and give you an amazing, eye-opening understanding of what teenagers are all about and the skills to make things better in your relationship with them. Help is here, seriously!
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Summary: Sense (Of Humor) and Sensability!
Review: As the facilitator of a drop-in support group for parents of rebellious teens I have my nose in parenting books all the time. Dr. Bradley's book is one of the best I've read dealing with the trials of parenting today's teens. (No! They're not just like us when we were teens! And, No! You can't parent them like your parents parented you!) His sense of humor combined with his wisdom gained from couseling teens and their parents, and the excerpts of actual counseling conversations leave you feeling like you've been given the privilege of sitting in on real-life sessions of this successful psychologist's practice - all for only the price of the book! Since the number one problem parents bring in to our support group is teen rage and anger, I found Chapter 13-"Surviving Your Kids Rage" especially useful - yes, useful - following his first commandment for parents of teens: Thou shalt be as the dispassionate cop unto thine own child: be cool, not the fool" Dr. Bradely takes the reader step-by-step through a very new way of responding to the dreaded purple faced, popping neck veins and clenched fist emotion of rage. If on a scale of 1-10 you have reached a "10" in wanting to do something to become a better parent (and in return be rewarded with an improved relationship with your teen) read this book - and then do what Dr. Bradely suggests! Changing your teen's behavior starts with changing you! Full of humor, practical ideas, and best of all-hope for hurting parents.
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Summary: Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your
Review: As the grandmother of two boys ages 10 & 13, I bought this book with the hope that I could help my daughter cope with some of the negative behaviors the boys are exhibiting. I now preach to everyone I know who have children and grandchildren that they need to read this book. It is wonderful at providing insight into what the child is experiencing. Dr. Bradley is even better at nudging us (sometimes in a gentle manner, sometimes in a not so gentle manner) to look in the mirror at our own behavior and parenting. I laughed, I cried, and then I laughed and cried some more. My daughter is now reading this masterpiece and is enjoying it as much as I did.
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Summary: Adventurous World Of Advanced Parenting
Review: I'm still enjoying the use of this incredible book!! It was an approach to mainly understand about the tedious reality of parent and adolescent relations. For those who are still parents but want to have a very early start in approaching to your children before adolescence strikes this is a #1 must have guide for better maintaining stable relationships. In the next generation, our society is still dying to develop a new environment for many teenage children. It'll be very helpful for an adolescent (aged 13-16) to live with his or her adult guardian, a major part of their intelluctual development. Or, if you're a non-parent but want to become a counselor in this parental field must get this truly, incredible book to study from. Please parents and stepparents, don't ever attempt to discuss this at all with your teenagers once you start your exploratory in reading this book. Most of all, enjoy!
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