Author: Foster Cline
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891096955
Category : Adolescent psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Even those who wait at home are eager to hear all about kindergarten. The animals are in a tizzy; Tommy is missing. The dog says Tommy is gone to a place called kindergarten. ?Where is kindergarten? they exclaim. ?What will happen to Tommy there? Will he ever come back?!? Eventually Tommy bursts into the barn with tales of all he learned in kindergarten. A charming and tender story that's sure to reassure any child heading to kindergarten.
Parenting Teens with Love & Logic
Author: Foster Cline
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891096955
Category : Adolescent psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Even those who wait at home are eager to hear all about kindergarten. The animals are in a tizzy; Tommy is missing. The dog says Tommy is gone to a place called kindergarten. ?Where is kindergarten? they exclaim. ?What will happen to Tommy there? Will he ever come back?!? Eventually Tommy bursts into the barn with tales of all he learned in kindergarten. A charming and tender story that's sure to reassure any child heading to kindergarten.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891096955
Category : Adolescent psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Even those who wait at home are eager to hear all about kindergarten. The animals are in a tizzy; Tommy is missing. The dog says Tommy is gone to a place called kindergarten. ?Where is kindergarten? they exclaim. ?What will happen to Tommy there? Will he ever come back?!? Eventually Tommy bursts into the barn with tales of all he learned in kindergarten. A charming and tender story that's sure to reassure any child heading to kindergarten.
Parenting with Love and Logic
Author: Foster Cline
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 163146907X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A time-tested parenting book with over 900,000 copies sold! Now updated to address technology use, screen time, and social media. Designed for preschool and beyond, this helpful and practical psychology-based parenting method is an invaluable guide for all parents! Teach your children healthy responsibility and encourage their character growth from a young age. Learn to establish healthy boundaries with your children through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles. Trusted by generations of parents, counselors, and teachers to lovingly raise responsible children, Parenting with Love and Logic includes solutions for dozens of specific topics such as: Tantrums Managing screen time Grades and report cards Chores Getting ready for school Peer pressure Cyberbullying Navigating crisis situations and grief And much more! Each issue is indexed for easy reference. Learn how to tame tempers and re-establish a calm, healthy relationship and positive communication with your child today! “This is as close to an owner’s manual for parents as you will find. Now, parents can embrace mistakes as wonderful learning opportunities to raise respectful, responsible, and caring children.” —Gloria Sherman, MA, MED, LPC, cofounder, Parenting Partnership “I have been delighted to share the powerful yet simple wisdom of Jim Fay and Foster Cline with my counseling clients. The principles in Parenting with Love and Logic are practical, proven techniques that keep parents on track to raising responsible, loving, confident children.” —Carol R. Cole, PhD, LMFT “Parenting with Love and Logic is a terrific book for parents that provides important concepts and practical solutions to help children become emotionally, socially, and morally healthy.” —Terry M. Levy, PhD, codirector of Evergreen Psychotherapy Center; coauthor of Attachment, Trauma, and Healing “Parenting with Love and Logic is an essential component for our schools, parents, and teachers. Thousands of families have been positively impacted by the love and logic principles.” —Leonard R. Rezmierski, PhD, superintendent support administrator, Wayne RESA
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 163146907X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A time-tested parenting book with over 900,000 copies sold! Now updated to address technology use, screen time, and social media. Designed for preschool and beyond, this helpful and practical psychology-based parenting method is an invaluable guide for all parents! Teach your children healthy responsibility and encourage their character growth from a young age. Learn to establish healthy boundaries with your children through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles. Trusted by generations of parents, counselors, and teachers to lovingly raise responsible children, Parenting with Love and Logic includes solutions for dozens of specific topics such as: Tantrums Managing screen time Grades and report cards Chores Getting ready for school Peer pressure Cyberbullying Navigating crisis situations and grief And much more! Each issue is indexed for easy reference. Learn how to tame tempers and re-establish a calm, healthy relationship and positive communication with your child today! “This is as close to an owner’s manual for parents as you will find. Now, parents can embrace mistakes as wonderful learning opportunities to raise respectful, responsible, and caring children.” —Gloria Sherman, MA, MED, LPC, cofounder, Parenting Partnership “I have been delighted to share the powerful yet simple wisdom of Jim Fay and Foster Cline with my counseling clients. The principles in Parenting with Love and Logic are practical, proven techniques that keep parents on track to raising responsible, loving, confident children.” —Carol R. Cole, PhD, LMFT “Parenting with Love and Logic is a terrific book for parents that provides important concepts and practical solutions to help children become emotionally, socially, and morally healthy.” —Terry M. Levy, PhD, codirector of Evergreen Psychotherapy Center; coauthor of Attachment, Trauma, and Healing “Parenting with Love and Logic is an essential component for our schools, parents, and teachers. Thousands of families have been positively impacted by the love and logic principles.” —Leonard R. Rezmierski, PhD, superintendent support administrator, Wayne RESA
Parenting beyond the Rules
Author: Connie Albers
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1631468863
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Parenting teens is one of the most challenging seasons of parenting, isn’t it? While this can be a difficult time of transition for parents and teens, there is hope. You can parent well and build a stronger relationship even through the teen years. After 30 years of parenting five children and 20 years of working with teens, Connie Albers has witnessed the negative impact of well-intentioned but misguided parenting styles, all focused on managing teens rather than guiding them. But through learning to focus on the hearts of your teens, you can avoid those pitfalls and build relationships that last beyond the transition years as you intentionally learn about, connect with, and listen to your teens. In a world filled with distractions and devices, it is possible to guide their hearts and remain the primary influence in their lives. In Parenting beyond the Rules, you will discover how to raise a teen according to his or her strengths, talents, and personality type, as these things equip teens to manage life. Join Connie Albers in discovering practical solutions for every parent trying to raise a responsible, godly teenager.
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1631468863
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Parenting teens is one of the most challenging seasons of parenting, isn’t it? While this can be a difficult time of transition for parents and teens, there is hope. You can parent well and build a stronger relationship even through the teen years. After 30 years of parenting five children and 20 years of working with teens, Connie Albers has witnessed the negative impact of well-intentioned but misguided parenting styles, all focused on managing teens rather than guiding them. But through learning to focus on the hearts of your teens, you can avoid those pitfalls and build relationships that last beyond the transition years as you intentionally learn about, connect with, and listen to your teens. In a world filled with distractions and devices, it is possible to guide their hearts and remain the primary influence in their lives. In Parenting beyond the Rules, you will discover how to raise a teen according to his or her strengths, talents, and personality type, as these things equip teens to manage life. Join Connie Albers in discovering practical solutions for every parent trying to raise a responsible, godly teenager.
Letting Go with Love and Confidence
Author: Kenneth Ginsburg M.D.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101517336
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
A parenting guide to adolescence - a sensible and considerate resource for navigating your teen to adulthood, transforming a traditional time of strife into an opportunity for positive growth for both you and your child. For parents, nurturing their teens to become healthy, well-adjusted adults seems more challenging now than ever before. There are many pressures for kids to grow up faster than they should. Here, renowned adolescent medicine specialist Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D., and award-winning journalist Susan FitzGerald offer parents a practical, thoughtful strategy for guiding children through all the turning points on the way to adulthood - the "whens" and "hows" of adolescence. Letting Go with Live and Confidence helps parents achieve five goals: Manage Their Own Emotions. Many parents are conflicted about their teens growing up. The desire to keep things the way they've always been may get in the way of wise parental decisions. This book addresses the emotional turmoil that surrounds letting go, and urges parents to care for themselves, so they can better care for their children. Reduce Conflict Around the Whens. It's the everyday "When can I?" questions that trigger many struggles. Parents will learn to turn potential sources of conflict into opportunities for growth as they consider 18 scenarios, including When is my child ready to stay home alone? Get a cell phone? Manage money? Date? Drive? Minimize Anxiety Over the Hows. Certain subjects are tough to talk about and the stakes in these conversations are high. How in the world do you talk about sex? Drugs? Peer pressure? Parents will learn how to approach critical topics with honesty and clarity, increasing the chances that they'll actually be heard. Gain Confidence To Make the Right Decisions. Parents reading this book will be better prepared to make decisions because they'll have a strategy to apply to each situation and gain new insight into their child's developmental needs. Understand That Nurturing Independence Is An Act of Love. The ultimate goal of parenting is to produce a well-adjusted adult. When teens understand that their parents support their independence, they're less likely to rebel. As importantly, when independence is not a battle, families can move toward lifelong interdependence. Letting Go with Live and Confidence is filled with the latest findings on successful parenting and is infused with Dr. Ginsburg's expert advice on how to build resilience in teens. This comprehensive volume also contains stories from real parents from diverse backgrounds who have faced the challenges of raising teens. Empowering and groundbreaking, this book is a one-stop resource to parenting teens in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101517336
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
A parenting guide to adolescence - a sensible and considerate resource for navigating your teen to adulthood, transforming a traditional time of strife into an opportunity for positive growth for both you and your child. For parents, nurturing their teens to become healthy, well-adjusted adults seems more challenging now than ever before. There are many pressures for kids to grow up faster than they should. Here, renowned adolescent medicine specialist Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D., and award-winning journalist Susan FitzGerald offer parents a practical, thoughtful strategy for guiding children through all the turning points on the way to adulthood - the "whens" and "hows" of adolescence. Letting Go with Live and Confidence helps parents achieve five goals: Manage Their Own Emotions. Many parents are conflicted about their teens growing up. The desire to keep things the way they've always been may get in the way of wise parental decisions. This book addresses the emotional turmoil that surrounds letting go, and urges parents to care for themselves, so they can better care for their children. Reduce Conflict Around the Whens. It's the everyday "When can I?" questions that trigger many struggles. Parents will learn to turn potential sources of conflict into opportunities for growth as they consider 18 scenarios, including When is my child ready to stay home alone? Get a cell phone? Manage money? Date? Drive? Minimize Anxiety Over the Hows. Certain subjects are tough to talk about and the stakes in these conversations are high. How in the world do you talk about sex? Drugs? Peer pressure? Parents will learn how to approach critical topics with honesty and clarity, increasing the chances that they'll actually be heard. Gain Confidence To Make the Right Decisions. Parents reading this book will be better prepared to make decisions because they'll have a strategy to apply to each situation and gain new insight into their child's developmental needs. Understand That Nurturing Independence Is An Act of Love. The ultimate goal of parenting is to produce a well-adjusted adult. When teens understand that their parents support their independence, they're less likely to rebel. As importantly, when independence is not a battle, families can move toward lifelong interdependence. Letting Go with Live and Confidence is filled with the latest findings on successful parenting and is infused with Dr. Ginsburg's expert advice on how to build resilience in teens. This comprehensive volume also contains stories from real parents from diverse backgrounds who have faced the challenges of raising teens. Empowering and groundbreaking, this book is a one-stop resource to parenting teens in the twenty-first century.
Grown and Flown
Author: Lisa Heffernan
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250188954
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250188954
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
Wonderful Ways to Love a Teen
Author: Judy Ford
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 168481023X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Parent Teenagers in Loving and Thoughtful Ways “A source of lovingly gentle perspective with powerful relationship saving tools that every parent of teenagers should have to refer back to”—Becca Anderson, Bestselling Author of Badass Affirmations Even when your relationship appears hopelessly beyond repair, you can reach past the bad days and reconnect. In this funny parenting book, find guidance on how to parent teenagers and rebuild a loving bond. Learn healthy parenting habits. When it comes to parenting teenagers, there can be a lot of highs and lows. Some days teens are hard to understand but there are many ways to make the teen years easier for both you and your child. In Wonderful Ways to Love a Teen, learn how to parent teenagers with love, respect, and a positive mental attitude. Love them through this season. Author and licensed clinical social worker Judy Ford offers honest and valuable advice to parents who feel depleted when it comes to their relationship with their teen. With gentle wisdom and a healthy dose of good humor, Ford guides parents and teenagers through one of the most difficult times in parenting. Learn how to shift the focus from the hardships and the mishaps to the joys and heartfelt moments. Inside this parenting teens book, you’ll find: • Easy-to-follow advice for how to parent teenagers • Powerful and poignant examples from true life stories and examples • A how-to guide for loving your teens, even when it feels impossible If you liked Untangled, The Connected Parent, or Parenting Teens with Love and Logic, you’ll love Wonderful Ways to Love a Teen.
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 168481023X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Parent Teenagers in Loving and Thoughtful Ways “A source of lovingly gentle perspective with powerful relationship saving tools that every parent of teenagers should have to refer back to”—Becca Anderson, Bestselling Author of Badass Affirmations Even when your relationship appears hopelessly beyond repair, you can reach past the bad days and reconnect. In this funny parenting book, find guidance on how to parent teenagers and rebuild a loving bond. Learn healthy parenting habits. When it comes to parenting teenagers, there can be a lot of highs and lows. Some days teens are hard to understand but there are many ways to make the teen years easier for both you and your child. In Wonderful Ways to Love a Teen, learn how to parent teenagers with love, respect, and a positive mental attitude. Love them through this season. Author and licensed clinical social worker Judy Ford offers honest and valuable advice to parents who feel depleted when it comes to their relationship with their teen. With gentle wisdom and a healthy dose of good humor, Ford guides parents and teenagers through one of the most difficult times in parenting. Learn how to shift the focus from the hardships and the mishaps to the joys and heartfelt moments. Inside this parenting teens book, you’ll find: • Easy-to-follow advice for how to parent teenagers • Powerful and poignant examples from true life stories and examples • A how-to guide for loving your teens, even when it feels impossible If you liked Untangled, The Connected Parent, or Parenting Teens with Love and Logic, you’ll love Wonderful Ways to Love a Teen.
Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager
Author: Scott P. Sells
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429980478
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Every teenager rebels against authority at some point--talks back, breaks curfew, or disobeys. But literally millions of teens take their rebellion to a point where it disrupts their families and endangers their own futures or even their lives. If one of these teens is yours, you've probably lived through years of conflicting advice and pat solutions that don't last. Finally, this breakthrough guide from a master therapist will show you the seven steps to positive, permanent change for you and your teenager: 1. Learn the real reasons for teen misbehavior. 2. Make an ironclad contract to stop that behavior. 3. Troubleshoot future problems. 4. End button-pushing. 5. Stop the "seven aces" -- from disrespect to threats of violence. 6. Mobilize outside help. 7. Reclaim lost love within the family. Clear, compassionate, and packed with real-life solutions to real-life problems, Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager gives parents the tools they need to turn their families' lives around for good.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429980478
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Every teenager rebels against authority at some point--talks back, breaks curfew, or disobeys. But literally millions of teens take their rebellion to a point where it disrupts their families and endangers their own futures or even their lives. If one of these teens is yours, you've probably lived through years of conflicting advice and pat solutions that don't last. Finally, this breakthrough guide from a master therapist will show you the seven steps to positive, permanent change for you and your teenager: 1. Learn the real reasons for teen misbehavior. 2. Make an ironclad contract to stop that behavior. 3. Troubleshoot future problems. 4. End button-pushing. 5. Stop the "seven aces" -- from disrespect to threats of violence. 6. Mobilize outside help. 7. Reclaim lost love within the family. Clear, compassionate, and packed with real-life solutions to real-life problems, Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager gives parents the tools they need to turn their families' lives around for good.
Parenting Teens in a Confusing Culture
Author: Mark Gregston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615248356
Category : Christian teenagers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Holding a family together when it seems the world is falling apart is the challenge faced by parents of today's teens. Their children face a level of evil in their everyday world that their parents can't imagine, don't understand and often misjudge. When the cultural divide threatens to invade a family it is easy for parents to feel lost and alone, and without a plan to survive. Parents don't know to intervene effectively when their teen spins out of control. Fortunately, teen-expert Mark Gregston understands the affects of today's confusing culture on teens and offers the right kind of help in his newest book, Parenting Teens in a Confusing Culture. Mark answers 32 tough questions asked by parents of teenagers, with his usual wit and the biblical wisdom of the ages. His ongoing ministry to teens and their families spans more than thirty years and when he writes about how to address problems with teens, he knows what he's talking about. Parenting Teens in a Confusing Culture helps parents better understand the forces behind the issues their teens face, like -teenage drinking -experimenting with drugs -problems at school -gender identity and same sex relationships -social abuse -immaturity -rebellion -entitlement -teenage anger -Internet influences -Disobedience, disrespect, dishonesty There is no better resource for Christian parents trying to successfully navigate today's cultural minefields than Parenting Teens in a Confusing Culture. The compassionate wisdom found in this book makes it a must-read for every parent, grandparent, counselor or those involved with directing a teen or pre-teen's path through this confusing world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615248356
Category : Christian teenagers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Holding a family together when it seems the world is falling apart is the challenge faced by parents of today's teens. Their children face a level of evil in their everyday world that their parents can't imagine, don't understand and often misjudge. When the cultural divide threatens to invade a family it is easy for parents to feel lost and alone, and without a plan to survive. Parents don't know to intervene effectively when their teen spins out of control. Fortunately, teen-expert Mark Gregston understands the affects of today's confusing culture on teens and offers the right kind of help in his newest book, Parenting Teens in a Confusing Culture. Mark answers 32 tough questions asked by parents of teenagers, with his usual wit and the biblical wisdom of the ages. His ongoing ministry to teens and their families spans more than thirty years and when he writes about how to address problems with teens, he knows what he's talking about. Parenting Teens in a Confusing Culture helps parents better understand the forces behind the issues their teens face, like -teenage drinking -experimenting with drugs -problems at school -gender identity and same sex relationships -social abuse -immaturity -rebellion -entitlement -teenage anger -Internet influences -Disobedience, disrespect, dishonesty There is no better resource for Christian parents trying to successfully navigate today's cultural minefields than Parenting Teens in a Confusing Culture. The compassionate wisdom found in this book makes it a must-read for every parent, grandparent, counselor or those involved with directing a teen or pre-teen's path through this confusing world.
Parenting Today’s Teens
Author: Mark Gregston
Publisher: Certa Publishing
ISBN: 1946466514
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Parenting today’s teens is not for cowards. Your teenager is facing unprecedented and confusing pressures, temptations, and challenges in today’s culture. Mark Gregston has helped teens and their parents through every struggle imaginable, and now he shares his biblical, practical insights with you in bite-size pieces. Punctuated with Scriptures, prayers, and penetrating questions, these one-page devotions will give you the wisdom and assurance you need to guide your teen through these years and reach the other side with relationships intact.
Publisher: Certa Publishing
ISBN: 1946466514
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Parenting today’s teens is not for cowards. Your teenager is facing unprecedented and confusing pressures, temptations, and challenges in today’s culture. Mark Gregston has helped teens and their parents through every struggle imaginable, and now he shares his biblical, practical insights with you in bite-size pieces. Punctuated with Scriptures, prayers, and penetrating questions, these one-page devotions will give you the wisdom and assurance you need to guide your teen through these years and reach the other side with relationships intact.
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers
Author: Maurice J. Elias
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 9780609602980
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The authors of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting focus their attention and expertise on the toughest parenting job of all: raising emotionally intelligent teenagers. Just when parents think they've successfully navigated the baffling challenges of raising young children, they're astonished to find those same kids have become teenagers -- an entirely new genus altogether! Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers provides specific strategies for applying the insights of Daniel Goleman's best-seller, Emotional Intelligence, to this most challenging stage in parenting. Not only do raging hormones make everything more intense for teenagers, but they have their own special issues concerning identity, self-confidence, peer pressure, and responsibility, including individuating from their parents. Drs. Elias, Tobias, and Friedlander, all respected experts in child behavior, have written a clear, informative book of sound advice to help parents raise knowledgeable, responsible, nonviolent, and caring teenagers who will mature into well-adjusted young adults. Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers is packed with real-life scenarios, practical strategies, the answers to the questions parents ask most frequently, and even questionnaires and quizzes. All of this useful information is drawn from the authors' professional and personal experiences and is given with warmth and humor. There is a great chapter for parents and teens to read and laugh over together and one that addresses teens who are particularly tough to raise. The authors, professionals and parents who have seen it all, know how to help you and your teenagers communicate.
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 9780609602980
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The authors of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting focus their attention and expertise on the toughest parenting job of all: raising emotionally intelligent teenagers. Just when parents think they've successfully navigated the baffling challenges of raising young children, they're astonished to find those same kids have become teenagers -- an entirely new genus altogether! Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers provides specific strategies for applying the insights of Daniel Goleman's best-seller, Emotional Intelligence, to this most challenging stage in parenting. Not only do raging hormones make everything more intense for teenagers, but they have their own special issues concerning identity, self-confidence, peer pressure, and responsibility, including individuating from their parents. Drs. Elias, Tobias, and Friedlander, all respected experts in child behavior, have written a clear, informative book of sound advice to help parents raise knowledgeable, responsible, nonviolent, and caring teenagers who will mature into well-adjusted young adults. Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers is packed with real-life scenarios, practical strategies, the answers to the questions parents ask most frequently, and even questionnaires and quizzes. All of this useful information is drawn from the authors' professional and personal experiences and is given with warmth and humor. There is a great chapter for parents and teens to read and laugh over together and one that addresses teens who are particularly tough to raise. The authors, professionals and parents who have seen it all, know how to help you and your teenagers communicate.