The Everything Tween Book: A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Turbulent Pre-Teen Years (Everything Series) [Paperback]

Linda Sonna (Author)

Book Description

Series: Everything Series | Publication Date: May 1, 2003

Has your daughter started wearing makeup and thinking about boys—years before you dreamed it could happen? Are you concerned that your son has been acting up and talking back—while you’re sure you should still be his hero?

As you know, the "tween" years, which fall between the ages of eight and twelve, can often be a challenging time for both you and your child. The Everything® Tween Book, written by child psychologist Dr. Linda Sonna, helps you navigate the trying years between childhood and adolescence. From addressing such serious issues as eating disorders and school violence to learning tolerance for pink and blue hair, The Everything® Tween Book helps you understand and cope with your child’s psychological, social, and emotional needs.

The Everything® Tween Book provides sound, professional advice on:

·Understanding—and dealing with—rebellion
·Improving communication
·Disciplining
·Managing sibling spats
·Helping your tween face peer pressure
·Ensuring good health

·Teaching sex education

Packed with practical advice and reliable tips to help you get through the worst conflicts, The Everything® Tween Book ensures that you stay sane while your tween blossoms into a healthy, happy, and mature young adult.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Linda Sonna, Ph.D., is a child psychologist and former foster mom. She is author of the highly successful The Everything® Toddler Book and The Everything® Potty Training Book, as well as The Homework Solution: Getting Kids to Do Their Homework and The Homework Plan: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Kids Excel. Dr. Sonna teaches psychology at the University of New Mexico.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580628702
• ISBN-13: 978-1580628709
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Before medicating your child for ADHD or depression, see the documentary at http://www.documentary-log.com/you-are-watching-the-drugging-of-our-children/. Then read my Parent's Guide to ADHD to find other ways to help your child.

I acquired a lot of technical knowledge about psychology while working on my doctoral studies at the University of Illinois, but my real education took place over the next thirty years.

The many young therapy patients I worked with were my real teachers. Most troubled children and adolescents, I learned, are acutely aware of their problems and needs. They helped me understand why they misbehaved, felt depressed and anxious, had trouble getting along at home, or weren't doing well in school. Once they were able to share their knowledge with the important people in their lives, the solutions for even the most difficult problems tended to be clear.

Living the exquisite joys and daunting challenges of being a foster mom also played an important part in my education. Helping to raise six children sensitized me to parents' struggles. It definitely made me more sympathetic to their dilemmas and need for concrete answers!

I began each new parenting book by reading all the self-help books and scientific studies I could find on the subject, and this research rounded out my education. I was amazed to find that often the self-help books and formal studies were at odds. For instance:

* Most potty training books say that children aren't ready to begin learning until age 2 to 2 1/2, while the research shows that most of the world's children are fully trained by age 2! In the early 1900s, most parents began working with infants on potty skills at age 2 months.

* While most self-help books recommend Ritalin and other psychiatric drugs as the only truly effective treatments for attention deficit disorder, the research shows that changes in diet and exercise can dramatically reduce or eliminate most children's symptoms!

* Research studies suggest that children with particular personalities respond differently to particular child-rearing methods, but most self-help books propose a single method for everyone.

Despite my many decades of study, I don't pretend to have all the answers about how to make the life better and happier for children. My ideas continue to change and evolve. I have many more books planned, and hope that this forum can be yet another method of educating myself. Let me know what you have learned, and I'll pass it on!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything Tween Book, April 10, 2003

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lois mark (Dallas TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Everything Tween Book: A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Turbulent Pre-Teen Years (Everything Series) (Paperback)

Finally a book that touches on the questions parents of "tweenagers" struggle with daily and offers workable solutions to the problems of homework, sex, drugs, moodiness, peers, etc. Dr. Sonna knows her stuff and shares it in a highly readable and understandable way.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book for a hard age, April 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Everything Tween Book: A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Turbulent Pre-Teen Years (Everything Series) (Paperback)

Kids are trying to grow up too fast, acting like teenagers when they're still in elementary school. This book has lots of good advice for keeping kids on a good track at school, and at home, along with tips for sleeping,safety, keeping them off of junk food, and "everything" else. Already my daughter and I are getting along better.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful for parent and child, August 30, 2004

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Lisa "Cyclothone" (Central CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Everything Tween Book: A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Turbulent Pre-Teen Years (Everything Series) (Paperback)

Lots of insight and useful suggestions. My tween is also reading it, and "suggesting" I read certain sections. A lot of good conversations have started that way.