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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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.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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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
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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
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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.
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Best Parent/Teen Book I've Ever Read!
I have read tons of parenting books for those of us with teenagers. There are some very good ones out there. However, nothing spoke to me the way this book did. Read more
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my bible
Don't be fooled by the boring whitebread cover, this book is filled with effective ways to work with teens, help them feel heard, make sure you are heard, and believe me, it works. Read more
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Best parenting book I've read and that's saying a lot. My two sons are now young men in their 20's, and I read many, many parenting books over the years. Read more
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A different approach for parents of teenagers
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I'm the mother of a 15 yo daughter, 14 yo son and 3.5 yo toddler so I've got teenage snitfits plus toddler tantrums in my home! Read more
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The definitive book on raising healthy teens
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If you have a difficult relationship with your teen, buy this book!
This book is a gem. If you find yourself having frequent screaming matches with your teen, this book will rescue you. Read more
Published on March 28, 2009 by Aileen Cheatham
This book is invaluable
I too found this book while browsing for books on parenting teens and it was the best of the six I read. I've passed on my copy and told countless others about it. Read more
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Published on December 15, 2007 by Pamela A. Nesbitt
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Published on March 2, 2007 by R. Kinder
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If you're like most parents of teenagers, you wish you could break through the barriers that have prevented your good intentions from getting good results. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sure your teenager, permission technique, better your relationship, strengthening your relationship, relationship approach, magic question, battling for control Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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If you're like most parents of teenagers, you wish you could break through the barriers that have prevented your good intentions from getting good results. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sure your teenager, permission technique, better your relationship, strengthening your relationship, relationship approach, magic question, battling for control Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mary Beth, The Needy Victim, The Criticizer New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Liberated Parents, Liberated Children by Adele Faber on page 194, and Back Matter
- The Nature of Adolescence. 3e (Adolescence and Society Series) by John C. Coleman in Back Matter
- The New Peoplemaking by Virginia M. Satir in Back Matter
- When Your Child Drives You Crazy by Eda J. LeShan in Front Matter
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- The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap by Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld M.D. in Front Matter
- Daughters and Mothers: Making it Work by Julie Firman in Back Matter
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