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Unhappy Teenagers: A Way for Parents and Teachers to Reach Them [Hardcover]

William Glasser (Author)
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April 30, 2002

The bestselling author of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy offers a powerful approach for helping troubled teens.

During his decades-long career as a therapist, Dr. William Glasser has often counseled parents and teenagers, healing shattered families and changing lives with his advice. Now, in his first book on the lessons he has learned, he asks parents to reject the "common sense" that tells them to "lay down the law" by grounding teens, or to try to coerce them into changing their behavior. These strategies have never worked, asserts Dr. Glasser, and never will. Instead he offers a different approach based upon Choice Theory.

Glasser spells out the seven deadly habits parents practice, and then shows them how to accomplish goals by changing their own behavior. Most important, however, in Unhappy Teenagers, Dr. Glasser provides a groundbreaking method that all parents can use with confidence and love to keep a strong relationship with their child.


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Glasser, a psychiatrist and the author of Choice Theory (1998), offers advice on how to apply that theory to dysfunctional relationships between parents and troubled teens, noting that while parents can't control the child's actions, they can control their own. By disconnecting from knee-jerk reactions, parents can regain control of the relationship and help their teen through crisis periods. Glasser outlines seven deadly habits many parents practice in reaction to teens: criticizing, blaming, complaining, nagging, threatening, punishing, and rewarding to control. He offers examples from his practice, re-creating conversations with parents and teens to demonstrate a range of problems--disrespect toward parents, failure in school, risky behavior with sex and drugs--and how parents can apply choice theory in dealing with the teen. The therapy is not a cure-all, and Glasser concedes that what he advises is often contrary to commonsense responses. Parents need to change patterns that seem natural but don't yield positive results, for example, continued lecturing and escalating restrictions. A helpful resource for parents looking for a fresh approach. Vanessa Bush
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About the Author

William Glasser, M.D., is a world-renowned psychiatrist who lectures widely. His numerous books have sold 1.7 million copies, and he has trained thousands of counselors in his Choice Theory and Reality Therapy approaches. He is also the president of the William Glasser Institute in Los Angeles.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 198 pages
  • Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (April 30, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060007982
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060007980
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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William Glasser, M.D.,is a world-renowned psychatrist who lectures widely. He is the author of many books including Choice Theory, Reality Therapy, The Quality School, and Getting Together and Staying Together, and he is the president of the William Glassner Institute in Los Angeles.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Resource, November 5, 2004
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This review is from: Unhappy Teenagers: A Way for Parents and Teachers to Reach Them (Hardcover)
If you are the parent of a teen who is having developmental problems of any sort, then you need this book. This book takes the essence of Choice Theory and applies it to the relationship between teens and their parents. The book consists of a number of case studies featuring the stories of typical young adults with all different sorts of problems ranging from anorexia to poor performance in school. As he is relating the story behind each case, the author will frequently turn to a brief discussion of various facets of his Choice Theory and how they apply to the case at hand.

Glasser's enlightened discussion of the Quality World concept of Choice Theory is central to the book, and how this applies to the teen's relationship with his/her parents. Coupled with this are discussions of the concepts of control and choice. Relinquishing one's control over a teen, and gently guiding them toward making better choices is another common theme running through these case studies.

My advice is, if you have a teen, or young adult, and you are experiencing some turbulence (and who does not?), buy this book, read it, underline the passages that strike you as most important (there are many), then keep this book at your side, within reaching distance, as you navigate these years. It is well worth it to be able to reach for this book in times of trouble, when your relationship with your teen or young adult seems to be deteriorating, to open a page at random, and just read. Very often, you will encounter an extremely important insight that can guide you forward.

Thank you Dr. Glasser for helping us parents to understand that the relationship is everything.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. I can't wait to read more from this brilliant psychiatrist, and talented author, May 12, 2007
This review is from: Unhappy Teenagers: A Way for Parents and Teachers to Reach Them (Hardcover)
Easy to read, provides a practical approach to a very challenging problem. Offers a workable, actually enjoyable way to improve every kind of relationship, not only those with teenagers. Since reading and discussing it with my family, we hear far less shouting in our house.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for new relationship with your kids, May 24, 2009
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Ignore references to his other works and you're home free. You have everything you need in this one book. Implementing it is the big challenge because it goes against the grain of what we've been taught growing up. If one can do it, it will change your relationship with your teen dramatically.
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Even though it doesn't seem this way to you, it is no more difficult to get along with your teenager now than it was when he or she was younger. Read the first page
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external control world, external control psychology, deadly habits, addicting drug, reality therapy, choice theory, quality world
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Choice Players, New York, William Glasser, Every Student Can Succeed, The New Reality Therapy
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