"Like Whatever": The Insider's Guide to Raising Teens (Capital Ideas for Parenting) [Paperback]

Rebecca Kahlenberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 14, 2008 | Series: Capital Ideas for Parenting

Your teen may think he or she is almost an adult who doesn t need your advice. Not!! You as a parent still have much influence over your kids during this last stage of childhood. In Like, Whatever, 15 experts who are also parents help you navigate through these challenging parenting waters, offering savvy and practical tips on a wide range of current teen-related issues: Money, sex, risky behaviors, health, athletics, faith, discipline, single and blended families, travel, games, generosity of spirit, and others. Each chapter features personal stories, interviews with experts, the latest research, and useful resources to help make these years more understandable, more bearable, and (gulp!) more fun for you as a parent.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

REBECCA KAHLENBERG is a freelance journalist who specializes in family and health topics. She has had numerous articles published in the Washington Post and has also written for Parents and Washingtonian magazines, as well as for some nonprofit organizations. Kahlenberg lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and four daughters, including three teenagers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Capital Books (March 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933102470
• ISBN-13: 978-1933102474
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,656,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful and Entertaining, April 8, 2008

By 

Mary N. Peters - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: "Like Whatever": The Insider's Guide to Raising Teens (Capital Ideas for Parenting) (Paperback)

Like, Whatever is a rich resource for parents of teens or pre-teens. It includes serious research, lots of practical advice, plus funny anecdotes from the fifteen parents who each contributed a chapter. I loved this idea in the chapter "Teens & Driving": to make teaching parallel parking less scary, ask "Just how much trouble do you think you can get into going one mile an hour?" Each section reads like a conversation with a very smart, experienced friend, and includes helpful "Take-Away Tips." I will be reading the chapter on college admissions next. The most important "take-away" is the guidance the writers give parents who, against all odds, want to build strong relationships with their teens.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for parents of teens, November 18, 2008

By 

Bonnie Neely - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: "Like Whatever": The Insider's Guide to Raising Teens (Capital Ideas for Parenting) (Paperback)

"Like Whatever": the Insider's Guide To Raising Teens By Rebecca Kahlenberg, Editor. This book is a priceless tool for any parent of a teen, especially fathers. Written by professionals and parents together the book is a treasury of tips and advice that has proven helpful with today's teens for today's problems and situations that confront both teens and their parents and affect the relationship. The chapters are all from personal experiences with real families and tell the pitfalls, what worked and what didn't, and it is all told with humor and balance. Chapters cover Teens and Our Culture, Generosity, Risk, Driving , Money, Faith, Discipline, Health, Single Parenting, Games, Fitness, Travel, College Admissions, and Blended Families. Each Chapter has excellent summary tips that are helpful take-aways in a nutshell. The book is a MUST for EVERY parent of teens today. This will be your daily guide and best friend for these perilous years so you can help your teen make wise choices and keep communications open for the best possible relationship and outcome for these final formative years and his or her approaching adulthood. EXCELLENT and NECESSARY!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Anthology, June 2, 2008

By 

Ejames LIEBERMAN (Potomac, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: "Like Whatever": The Insider's Guide to Raising Teens (Capital Ideas for Parenting) (Paperback)

Imagine having a collection of the best articles of the decade on parent-teen relations in one volume. Then check out this splendid book. All the essays are up-to-date and together provide a tome of uncommonly good sense. The essay on driving is clearly a life-saver, as are, potentially, others, including sex, intoxication, health, sports. The writers' diverse voices read like...well-edited!