Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated 2 Disc Set
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Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated 2 Disc Set description
This is a survival guide for parents who find themselves marooned among volatile and incomprehensible aliens on Planet Teen. Area maps cover the obvious ground--there are chapters on school, sex, suicide, and so on--but it's the title of Chapter 2, "What They Do and Why," that best captures the book's spirit and technique. Anthony Wolf's modus operandi is not so much to make pronouncements about what parents should do, as to explain adolescent behavior in a way that's bound to leave parents with a changed view of the plausible options. Wolf is a clinical psychologist, and his writing is clear--even witty--and he doesn't resort to jargon. The expository text is punctuated with snatches of illustrative dialogue, which serve as concrete examples and help parents learn how to see, anticipate, and avoid "bad strategies." (One key mistake is getting dragged into no-win conflicts instead of having the wisdom to shut up at the moment when shutting up would be most effective--albeit the least satisfying--thing to do.) There are also some nicely tongue-in-cheek samples of "ideal" communication--the stuff we imagine might get said if only we were better parents. After one such rosily cooperative and considerate interchange between a father and his adolescent son, Wolf offers the following two-edged comfort: "The above conversation has never happened. Never. Not in the whole history of the world." Message: Parenting adolescents is inherently difficult. Don't judge your efforts by otherworldly standards. --Richard Farr |
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One of the biggest mistakes that today's parent makes is to act as if the parenting methods they were raised with will work on their own children. As this author shows, today's teenage is different. VERY different.They are not like you and me, the world is a very different place, and the stresses they endure today are beyond most parents'comprehension.
Which is why you should buy this book. The author, Anthony Wolf goes a long way toward helping parents understand why their children are bolder, less obedient, and willing to speak up and out when under great stress. The truth is, they are. With divorce rates soaring as high as 65% for first marriages and up to 85% for second marriages, no wonder Dr. Wolf's advice is needed more now than ever before.
Parents of today's "new teenagers" need to alter their parenting skills to be the role model that their children can follow. Wolf's book can help. Most adults think teenagers are trying to be difficult and make life miserable. What they want, says the author is love, guidance, and compassion. Not tough love. He helps parents understand why teenagers act the way that they do and offers ways to handle lying, breaking the rules teen sex, use of alcohol or drugs, or a threat of suicide.
In my work, parents often ask for help with parenting. I'm happy to recommend this book.
Alexia Parks, TeenLiberty.org/ author of An American GULAG, Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens |
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