Relief for Hurting Parents: How to Fight for the Lives of Teenagers: How to Prepare Younger Children for Less Dangerous Journeys Through Teenage Y

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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: 13 years ago, we belonged to one of Buddy Scott's support groups and used his book as our manuel. I am firmly convinced that my husband & I would have been divorced now if we didn't have the help from Buddy's book. It is clear and concise with common sense approach to dealing with an out of control teen. It also gives principals to help younger children before they reach that horrible stage in their life. I will forever be grateful for Buddy's help! I am always recommending his book to those who are struggling with difficult teens. It's like receiving something substantial to hold onto along with the Word of God in a emotional emergency.

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Summary: Qualifications: counseling clinic director & hurting parent.
Review: I wrote RELIEF FOR HURTING PARENTS while director of a counseling clinic (24 years) and facilitator of a parent-support group. Also, I had a rebellious child. I know how frightening, insulting, consuming, and costly it can be to have a child who sabotages all attempts to help him or her. I experienced the prejudice: Bad parents raise bad kids. So, I write: "Hurting parents, God understands how you feel. God lost His kids (Adam and Eve)...and no one can say He didn't raise them right...our worth as parents does not hinge on the choices of our children." I give indepth, practical, user-friendly, and immediate help to parents in crisis while enhancing their self-esteem. A reader from Utah wrote: "Your book charged me with new hope and dedication." Great! Also, I help parents of pre-teens do their best to avoid the horror of severe problems. My new novel for strong-willed teens, TEENS FIGHT ADULT CORRUPTION, contains 20 "therapy sessions" kids receive by osmosis. A 14-year-old recently told me she read the novel seven times, and gave it to a friend. He read it three times. Teens love it. Amazon has it.

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Summary: A welcome resource when your child has you at wits end
Review: Our church used this as the core text for a series of group sessions for hurting parents-- parents of teens in various states of rebellion, destructive lifestyle choices, and apathy. It proved to be quite helpful, well-grounded in Christian principles, and with many good insights and practical steps to take.

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Summary: A wonderful help for my family - to be passed on.
Review: Our group of four couples "taught" ourselves the associated class based on the principles in this Christian-based book; three couples for rescue and one for prevention. I am now teaching the class for the third time and, as word spreads, several dozen families have been helped in rescuing their rebellious teens and by learning prevention techniques and guiding principles used in raising their children. We recommend it highly.

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Summary: A wonderful help for my family - to be passed on.
Review: Our group of four couples "taught" ourselves the associated class based on the principles in this Christian-based book; three couples for rescue and one for prevention. I am now teaching the class for the third time and, as word spreads, several dozen families have been helped in rescuing their rebellious teens and by learning prevention techniques and guiding principles used in raising their children. We recommend it highly.

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Summary: A wonderful help for my family - to be passed on.
Review: Our group of four couples "taught" ourselves the associated class based on the principles in this Christian-based book; three couples for rescue and one for prevention. I am now teaching the class for the third time and, as word spreads, several dozen families have been helped in rescuing their rebellious teens and by learning prevention techniques and guiding principles used in raising their children. We recommend it highly.

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Summary: Self-help for parents and user-friendly for professionals.
Review: RELIEF FOR HURTING PARENTS is a self-help manual for parents fighting for the lives of children who have ventured into the wrong crowd and grave danger. 75,000 copies are being used by parents, school counselors, therapists, pastors, military chaplains, and taught as a textbook in university psychology departments. Outline: Relieving pain; orchestrating a rescue effort to recover "prodigal" children; dealing with intimidation and manipulation from teens; avoiding seven common mistakes made by parents; reaffirming fifteen basic convictions for raising kids; building emotional strength in parents; working effectively with schools, clinics, treatment centers, juvenile authorities, and police personnel; choosing a counselor or treatment center; and starting a support group or class based on the text. See TEENS FIGHT ADULT CORRUPTION by R.A. "Buddy" Scott. This captivating novel mentors kids who defy their parents and/or sabotage counseling appointments. Amazon has it.