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Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall

A Parent`s Guide to the New Teenager

Overall Rating Rating 4.8  |  6 reviews
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    This updated version of author Anthony Wolf's bestselling book on raising adolescents includes a new chapter on the Internet, a ...more

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This updated version of author Anthony Wolf's bestselling book on raising adolescents includes a new chapter on the Internet, a section on drinking and drug use, and a section devoted to gay lifestyles.

Author:
Wolf, Anthony E.
ISBN:
9780374528539
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
212
Publish Date:
08/21/2002
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Language:
English

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Overall Rating: 4.8

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  • A must read.

    Every parent with a preteen child should read this book. It will help them understand what to expect and how to respond as their child enters the exciting world of teenagers. Our local school uses this book in their class for parents of middle school students.

  • school book

    My son had to buy this book for school and couldn't find it in the bookstore . Condition was very good. Shipping was a bit slow for the cost. Would recommend seller.

  • Now I understand teens

    This book really helped me understand the behaivior of teens. The book is very entertaining as well as informative. And I am usually really tired, but I was able to concentrate on this. If you have teens and have been praying for help, here is your answer. I have one child with ADD one with ADHD. this even helped me understand them.

  • This book should be owned by every parent with a pre-teen or teen who would like a little insite to what is happening naturally to their child at this age.The reading is so enjoyable and easy to understand, which I especially appreciate. My 12 year old son's hormones have kicked in and as I read the book it is so reassuring to understand that he is a "normal" adolescent. Normal,but still difficult. I especially enjoy the way the author explains what is happening to the kids to prepare them for later years and he discusses possible ways to handle situations so life is not quite so earth shattering between parent and child.I'm sure I will read this book over and over again.

  • I certainly gained much insight from the book. I did not buy it hook line and sinker but can apply many areas to my situation. The author is not convinced punishment and grounding is helpful to detouring bad behavior of teenagers. He feels they will continue the bad behavior if it's what they want. He admits some professionals feel otherwise and I admire his admission of that fact. I believe simply pointing out that you caught the child doing something unacceptable is useless. In fact it seems like almost a reward for the effort the teenager made to conceal the behavior. I also part ways on the language that he uses in his examples of dialogue with teens. If my adolescents used any fraction of these words they would be in a very sorry place. Being from the Midwest we cant imagine such disrespect, even in adolescence.

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  • This updated edition (a chapter on gay and lesbian teenagers and the ramifications of the electronic world have been added) will be as useful to parents as the 1992 version. Wolf, a clinical psychologist who works with adolescents (Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster?), clearly has a feel for both the angst of young people who must deal with an evermore complex world and the difficulties parents face when a cooperative loving child morphs into a teenager who lies, talks back and avoids parental company. Humorous and insightful, Wolf describes what is, rather than what mothers and fathers of rebellious and thoughtless adolescents wish would be. He is forthright in stating that "you do not win the battle for control with teenagers... usually the best you get is imperfect control." Despite the best efforts of parents, today's adolescents frequently drink, experiment with drugs and are sexually active. According to the author, however, it is still important to have rules even though a teenager may break them. If parents clearly state their expectations of behavior and restate them when a teen disobeys, their son or daughter will, to some extent, internalize the rules and abide by them sometimes. In addition to providing excellent advice on particular situations, including divorce, school problems and stepparenting, he makes the often obnoxious manner in which teens communicate with their parents understandable as a rite of passage that they will eventually outgrow. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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