A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens
Talking to Your Kids About Sexting, Drinking, Drugs, adn Other Things That Freak You Out
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Publisher Description
The teenage years will bring problems that will make any parent long for the days of their childhood. However, you’re not alone! This invaluable resource tackles all of the issues that you can possibly encounter with your teen.
Oh to be able to return to the days of messy bedrooms and preteen attitudes! Now as parents of teenagers, the days have the potential of bringing us not-so-fun issues like sexting, cyber-bullying, and eating disorders. Let’s not forget the old standbys of drugs, alcohol, and depression. As much as you pray that your child will be the shining exception, as their parent you must still be prepared!
Will you know what to do when a naked picture of your daughter gets forwarded by her “boyfriend” to the entire school? How will you respond when your child is bullied online--or is the bully himself?
A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens has thought through all the issues you haven’t, covering a broad range of issues including:
sex,drinking,drugs,depression,defiance,laziness,conformity,entitlement, and more
Parenting expert Joani Geltman approaches 80 uncomfortable topics with honesty and a dash of humor. She reveals what your teens are thinking and feeling--and what developmental factors are involved. A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens explains how to approach each problem in a way that lets your kid know you “get it” and leads to truly productive conversations.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Like a good horror movie, this book begins with pedestrian problems: your teen won't get up in the morning; your son won't tell you what's bothering him. By the time the author starts listing "icky" websites like Chatroulette and Ask.fm, where a teenager may be doing a striptease for a total stranger, the parenting horrors have begun. Though the book may freak some parents out, it helpfully prepares parents for situations that didn't exist before smartphones and social networking. (The author even cautions against buying your teen a smartphone at all). Geltman encourages parents to over-supervise teens, whether it's triple-guaranteeing that parents are home during every teen gathering, monitoring texts and computer activity, or keeping "a tally of all the money you give to your teen" as a way to teach money management. She peppers her text with real-life tragedies of parents who allowed their teen and his friends to drink at home, or a boy who forwarded his girlfriend's naked photo to friends and was charged as a sex offender. In other words, she gives parents the ammunition, information, and permission to meet these parenting challenges with open eyes and firm resolve.
