Uncommon Sense for Parents With Teenagers

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Summary: this is the best
Review: If you want to read a book htat will really help you to relate to your teens this is the one. I am the co-author of the Chicken Soup for Teens series and author of TEEN LOVE and I know teens very well. This is the first time I have read a book for parents that has advice that will actually work..it will do more. It will make the relationship a good one. This is a must buy.

Rating:
Summary: this is the best
Review: If you want to read a book htat will really help you to relate to your teens this is the one. I am the co-author of the Chicken Soup for Teens series and author of TEEN LOVE and I know teens very well. This is the first time I have read a book for parents that has advice that will actually work..it will do more. It will make the relationship a good one. This is a must buy.

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Summary: Prefer Developing Capable People
Review: Most of us spend our entire adult life trying to figure out our own childhood, so it's no wonder that raising a child can seem confusing, challenging and at times scary. This book saved me. It taught me (or at least reminded me) that all teenagers go through enormous physical, psychological and social change in the high school years. While the specific behaviors will vary from child to child, there is a common thread running through it all -- and it makes sense. This book reassured me that my child wasn't abnormal, that I was right in being confused and sometimes appalled by their behavior. And it let me take a step back and not take it so personally. After reading this book, I bought a dozen copies to give to friends and business associates who were struggling with teenagers (or soon would be). Read this and both you and your child will benefit.

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Summary: Making sense of it all
Review: Most of us spend our entire adult life trying to figure out our own childhood, so it's no wonder that raising a child can seem confusing, challenging and at times scary. This book saved me. It taught me (or at least reminded me) that all teenagers go through enormous physical, psychological and social change in the high school years. While the specific behaviors will vary from child to child, there is a common thread running through it all -- and it makes sense. This book reassured me that my child wasn't abnormal, that I was right in being confused and sometimes appalled by their behavior. And it let me take a step back and not take it so personally. After reading this book, I bought a dozen copies to give to friends and business associates who were struggling with teenagers (or soon would be). Read this and both you and your child will benefit.

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Summary: If you buy one book on teenagers, this should be it.
Review: This book has helped me make a 180 degree shift in how I view my teenager and my role as parent. In the past, when in a conflict with my son, I would react in frustration. Now, I'm able to look at him as a human on the winding, uneven path to becoming a mature adult. Instead of feeling frustrated, and thus reacting in an angry unproductive way, I find I want to help him learn to be an adult. He doesn't always like what I do to 'help' him, but he will someday...

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Summary: Uncommonly good!
Review: This book helps me to see my teenaged son as a human moving through an incredibly difficult time. But, more importantly, it helps me to disengage the parenting techniques that worked when he was younger, but are totally inappropriate now. I've stopped blaming myself, and doing those lame swings between strictness and giving up. Michael Riera explains this transition beautifully, and takes all the war out of the parent-teen relationship. Not just a book, but a genius-level act of compassion and generosity!