Parent-Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Mira Kirshenbaum (Author), Charles Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1994

A perceptive and helpful guide to building a respectful, loving, and effective relationship between parent and teen or pre-teen. With many sample dialogues and practical, concrete suggestions, the authors show how parents can offer help and guidance that a teenager will accept, and maintain a loving, non-combative relationship.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Plume Books 1991 (December 31, 1994)
• ISBN-10: 0452266165
• ASIN: B000GG4III
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mira Kirshenbaum is clinical director of the Chestnut Hill Institute, a center for therapy and research in Boston, and has been treating patients in individual and couples therapy for more than thirty years. She is the author of ten other books, including Our Love is Too Good, To Feel So Bad, Everything Happens for a Reason, and When Good People Have Affairs.

Customer Reviews

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter and I are best friends., January 6, 1998

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This review is from: Parent/Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach (Mass Market Paperback)

Wonderful! No pushy theories that don't make sense, no religious intonations, just plain, simple, understandable reality. "Parent Teen Breakthrough" not only showed me what to do, but how. And so much is so simple. In just over a month, I have seen triumphs almost daily - and not just with my teenager, but with my two younger children as well.. Ever wonder how you are supposed to accomplish whatever it is you are supposed to do or just how you are supposed to act as a parent? I have been a single mom for most of my children't lives and it has been difficult, at best. Though I have always tried to give them my best, there was something missing. My adolescent daughter was slipping from my grasp. The harder I tried, the further away she ran until, a few short months ago she tried suicide. I was devestated. But with a little help, we have made so much progress since then and this book gave me the insight and wisdom I needed to make it happen. I learned that I really am a great parent. All I need is a little shaping, a little change here and there. The closeness I am sharing with all of my children is the greatest reward I could ever have asked for in the world and I have "Parent Teen Breakthrough" to thank for showing me how.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars changed my relationship with my 2 teens for the better, October 26, 1999

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Ann Brady (New Jersy, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Parent/Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book browsing in a store. I have been referring to it for over a year now and it has changed my relationship with my 15 and 16 year old. There are no more fights over the little things in life, no more nagging. Just deep concern for my children and the time we have together. When I tell my friends of the theories in this book they think I am avoiding dealing with teen age conflicts, but they will admit to arguing a lot in their homes. Sometimes I think it's a gamble to practice this method, what if at the end of the teen years it was not the way to parent? But the results now are so incredibly rewarding, it almost imossible to think it is not the best way to go.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parent/Teen Breakthrough, December 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Parent/Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach (Mass Market Paperback)

Excellent book for parents with preteens and teens. It is full of very compelling examples of behaviors that can be expected if a solid relationship between the parent and child has not been established. The crux of the problem is often the parent. We are comfortable controlling our children (it works) when they are smaller and we're quite surprised when they begin to mature and really need us to be a best friend. The book does not preach, but clarifies the value of building a new relationship. Perfectly appropriate for people of any religious faith. It is a gift that I give to parents very often.