How to Deal With Your Acting-Up Teenager

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Summary: Saved our marriage and lives
Review: We found out about this book at a parents group called, Parents Together. Our two oldest girls were acting out big time and we needed help. This book taught us , How to talk to them, What to do and How to do it. And it worked!!! I am still suffering from post traumatic stress over our daughters antics. But I am still in my marriage and have a relationship with my two daughters. Doing what they say in this book is not easy. Follow the suggestions and it should work. Need more help, GET IT!! Your kids are worth it.

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Summary: Most sensible, useful book this desperate parent found....
Review: When my teenager seemed to be going off the deep end and our home life was almost unbearable, I went to my city's largest bookstore, skimmed alot of titles, and bought four or five books. I sampled quite a range, from "control your child and don't take no for an answer" to "tough love" to "understanding adolescence" to this wonderful book, which was the only one that in the end really made sense to me, and WORKED. I learned things from the other books but this is the one that was deeply grounded in reality (and, more than most, in scientific knowledge), wasn't trying to suck me into a movement or a religion, wasn't trying to make me or my children behave the way other people thought we should behave, and wasn't just another slick attempt to make money off of desperate parents. I won't tell you what the main messages are because you really need to go through the process of reading the book to get to a place where some of these messages make sense. I'll just say that my son's behavior changed dramatically, that our home life (and my personal life) went from a negative 8 to a plus 8, and that I feel as if a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I'm proud of my son and now take great pleasure seeing him grow and explore. I also trust him

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Summary: This book saved my son and myself from a downward spiral
Review: With Drugs, drinking, staying out and verbal abuse constant problems with my son (not to mention school absence and failures, theft from the house etc.) I was at my ropes end. This book and it's methods not only saved me and gave me a new outlook on the issues, but helped me to deal with the important issues first and to help my son to turn around which he did willingly almost all on his own in about 2 months of time using the methods in this book. 7 years later my 15 year old son is giving me trouble, I dusted off the book and within a day we both had new attitudes and ways of dealing with each other to respect both our needs! I highly recommend this book and approach. It allows you to grow up independent, respectful young adults and keep your sanity too! Regain your life and find some peace. Good luck and good reading!