The Ten Most Troublesome Teen-Age Problems: And How to Solve Them [Hardcover]

Lawrence Bauman (Author), Robert Riche (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1997

Offering hope, insight, and practical solutions to help resolve the common problems of the teen years, this essential guide focuses on the parent's and child's role in establishing effective communication in order to have a loving, trusting relationship.

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The Ten Most Troublesome Teen-age Problems examines why teen-age children push away from their families and seem to resist all advice, instruction,and affection. Lawrence Bauman explains how the once strong family ties of love and respect seem to be replaced by contempt and constant animosity. Teen-agers have always wrestled with the problems associated with their changing bodies, their need for independence, the changes that come with more mature social interactions, and the development of a self-image. But today's teen-agers face frightening new problems on top of these: the very real dangers of available drugs and alcohol, along with the growing problems with sex and AIDS. The battle of wills between parents and rebellious children has become more perilous than ever. Yet all these problems are solvable. Bauman is not only descriptive with real-life examples, but proscriptive with specific techniques of practical resolutions for the problems reflected in the issues of teens not taking responsibility, teens filled with anger, uncommunicative teens, drugs and teens, teen-parental relationships, and more. The Ten Most Troublesome Teen-age Problems is an invaluable addition to any parenting guide reference shelf. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Birch Lane Pr (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559723963
• ISBN-13: 978-1559723961
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,273,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bauman and Riche are right on target, February 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ten Most Troublesome Teen-Age Problems: And How to Solve Them (Hardcover)

As two fifty-something grandparents suddenly having a very angry sixteen year old child-woman unexpectedly thrust into our home because she disowned her mother, Bauman and Riche describe her to a T. It is like they sat in the corner of our home and observed what was happening. There were times when my wife and I got some real chuckles as they described our turbulent, resentful, self-absorbed, uncommunicative, secretive, rude and seemingly lazy sixteen year-old. Even more amusing was the perfect description of our frustration, resentment, and sometimes helplessness we felt. The book was an enormous help in showing us what and why she was doing things, and how the old techniques we used with our kids won't work any more. They just make the problems worse. We are applying some of the suggestions and they are working. Slowly, (not as fast as some of the case histories they used in the book) and not perfectly, but they are working. We are actually seeing some glimpses of the bright, wonderful person she will eventually become. Certainly, not all teens have these problems, but our extremely intelligent sixteen year old has a majority of the ten the authors used as discussion points. I highly recommend this book to any parent who is seeing some strong rebellion emerge in their teenager. If nothing else, it will help you keep your sanity.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but a little too idyllic, May 17, 2007

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Samuel D. Piper "dave" (sacramento) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ten Most Troublesome Teen-Age Problems: And How to Solve Them (Hardcover)

As a parent of a [..](who is my oldest) I got some value out of this book. That being said, I found the examples to be so cookie cutter obviously "made up" it strained the credibility of the book. Although it was acknowledged that being a parent and a divorcee can make things considerably tougher (which is my case and I think most parents these days) there was absolutely no helpful information on such a situation and every example contained married parents who seemingly were able to work together (wouldn't that be nice) or one primary parent with the other one entirely absent (which also simplifies some aspects of being a parent).

4 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Well-Written but Degrading, March 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Ten Most Troublesome Teenage P (Paperback)

"The Ten Most Troublesome Teenage Problems" is just another member of a recent cult of parenting and self-help books. This cult believes that all human joys and woes can be boiled down into categories, usually seven or ten. See "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective ________ " and "Ten Stupid Things Women do to Mess up their Lives".

I read the introduction thinking "Yeah, this guy has a point. We need to communicate with our teens and solve problems individually." Unfortunately the book then proceeds to portray adolescents as irresponsible, immature creatures who can be classified according to ten undesirable attitudes and behaviors.

When we learn to respect our teens the way they are instead of putting them in categories, they will have fewer "problems" with parents, peers, and society in general. And books like this will no longer sell.