When to Worry: How to Tell If Your Teen Needs Help & And What to Do About It [Paperback]

Lisa Boesky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 18, 2007

Parents of adolescents sometimes wonder if their teen's erratic behavior could be a sign of a more significant problem. Compassionate and reassuring, this practical and userfriendly guide is invaluable to any parent concerned about their teenage child. "When to Worry" helps parents distinguish typical teenage behaviors from those that warrant concern. Parents will learn how to recognize the warning signs of serious problems, which solutions work best for each one and how and where to get professional help.

Editorial Reviews

Review

""When to Worry" is a gem. Boesky's compassion for parents and their children shines through on every page. Her solid knowledge, astute appraisals and calls for action make this book a sound and reliable reference not only for parents, but for anyone working with families and teens."

-"Counseling Today Magazine"

Book Description

iParenting Media Awards 2007

Parents can easily feel overwhelmed when suddenly faced with a moody, defiant, unfocused, unpredictable, angry or overly sensitive teenager. They wonder if these changes are a normal part of adolescence of if their teen is in need of help.

When to Worry helps parents distinguish typical teenage behaviors from those that merit concern. It then walks parents through steps they can take to help troubled teens before it's too late. Parents will learn:

Warning signs of potential problems

Which strategy works best for each issue

How to effectively communicate with teens

How and where to get professional help

The pros and cons of medication for teens

When to Worry provides essential information on problematic teenage issues: mood swings, rebellion and defiance, school difficulties, teen depression, ADHD, alcohol and drug use, self-injury ("cutting"), low self-esteem, delinquency, learning disabilities, out of control teens, worries/fears and stress, eating disorders, aggression, bipolar disorder, aspergers, teen suicide, trauma, and more.

Parents learn how to recognize warning signs of important teen problems and are given specific "dos and don'ts" to decrease their teen's struggles and increase peace in the family home.

Compassionate and reassuring, this practical and user-friendly guide is invaluable to any adult concerned about a teenage child.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Lisa Boesky; 1 edition (July 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814473636
• ISBN-13: 978-0814473634
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Much Needed Book, January 12, 2008

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Donna Coffeen (Walla Walla, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When to Worry: How to Tell If Your Teen Needs Help & And What to Do About It (Paperback)

I teach in a juvenile justice center school and work with kids who have developed problems that many of them will not outgrow and should have been addressed much sooner.

This book is just what parents need when it come to sorting out whether behaviors are normal teen development or something to be truly concerned about. I have many parents come to me trying to tease apart behaviors to figure out if their child is troubled or just moody, heading for danger or just experimenting within an expected range. This book, while not simplistic, is surprisingly easy to understand. I appreciated that it puts things in perspective in a very clear way. Having raised 2 teens myself, I believe that every parent can use this book as they face those tumultous years. This book goes right to the top of the book list I recommend for parents of teens. Once again, Dr. Boesky, gets to the chase and offers realistic help instead of just theory.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saving Families Agony and Suffering, July 2, 2007

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V. R. Palmer "Lifelong Learning Grandmother" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When to Worry: How to Tell If Your Teen Needs Help & And What to Do About It (Paperback)

When to Worry by Dr. Lisa can save families a lot of agony and suffering. I found it to be a very detailed and concise guide in how to weave your way through what can be very confusing and scary (and complicated!) in the mental health system. Thank God my daughter has this reference book to turn to for guidance in raising her teenage sons. I have bought copies for everyone in my life who is raising or working with a teenager. And I even donated a few copies to the counselors at the middle school where I live. I wish there were a Dr. Lisa years ago when I was struggling with one of my own children.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Single parent mom found EVERYTHING from Dr. Lisa., June 27, 2007

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Elizabeth Lyon "book editor, writing teacher ... (Oregon) - See all my reviews
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As a mother of a son and daughter, each with many worrisome problems, I learned more, understood more, and received clearer direction from Dr. Boesky's book than from a dozen others combined. I was literally riveted to each page, at last feeling like someone, Dr. Lisa, knew exactly what I could do and where I could find help. Every parent should have this guidebook "at the ready!"