Product Description

Author of the highly successful Sixty Minute series Rob Parsons turns his attention to that very difficult period of adolescence - the teenage years.

He explains how to cope with this often disruptive period in a family's life and how to continue feeling close to your teenagers as they grow up and become increasingly independent.

He gives clear and easy to follow advice making sure that you will not feel on your own and you will be able to make the most of your precious time with your children.

“Insightful and practical. It will help every parent navigate those turbulent teenage years.” - David Lumsdon Educational Psychology Academic and Professional Tutor University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

“This incredible book will save not just our relationships with our children, but our sanity. And the really lucky ones will discover it before their kids are teenagers.” - Parentalk

“It was as if somebody turned on a light. This book whispered to me, ‘You’re not the worst mother on the face of the earth. This stuff with your teenager is normal.’” – Jennie, mother of three teenagers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #94298 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Prima Magazine
In the battlefield that is the parenthood of teenagers, this book
is not just wonderfully enlightening but strangely comforting.

Review

'In the battlefield that is the parenthood of teenagers, this book is not just wonderfully enlightening, but strangely comforting.'

About the Author
Rob Parsons is a lawyer and international speaker on family issues. Each year he addresses thousands of people in live seminars as well as on radio, television and film. He is married with two children.

Customer Reviews

For 21st Century Parents and beyond...
I wish this book had been around when we were negotiating the white water rafting phase of parenting - the teenage years.

Rob's book is great in that it does two key things:

1)It touches on the enduring and foundational aspects of maintaining and building on the relationship between parent and child. It helps nourish and builds positively on the desire of every parent to have a relationship of mutual love and respect with their kids, which will last a lifetime.

2)It helps parents to consider and work out strategies to deal with the scary scenarios which the internet, bullying, sex etc pose. When we find ourselves plunged into these issues with only the background of being a teenager from a different generation to help us, it's so easy to flounder. But here the lid is lifted off the issues we face and gentle but wise advice is offered in developing good strategies as a parent.

The conversational style is really easy to read and once you start you'll find it hard to put down!

Informative and Reassuring!
To any parents who are struggling through the teenager years - grab this book now! Having read all the Parsons books, I knew it would be good but this one is probably going to top the list with parents. Having emerged slightly the worse for wear from this stage of parenting myself, I appreciated the opening message "It's Normal!" and the theme of reassurance for both parent and teenager that runs through the book. The fascinating statistics are well researched and the explanation of how brain development affects teenage behaviour is particularly interesting. Stressed parents everywhere will appreciate the keys for dealing with the really testing teenager and identify with the stories of those going through so many of the same situations as themselves.

This book is informative, helpful and encouraging - yet another success for Rob Parsons.

...Don't take all the credit; don't take all the blame
How reasuring to know that you are not alone. I am sure that all parents will be able to relate to at least one of the stories in this book. Rob has such an easy manner to help the reader become comfortable to look at their relationships with their children and how to address some of the issues calmly and sensibly. My favourite quote is "Don't take all the credit; don't take all the blame" hopefully by remembering this I can manouvre through the teenage years with my daughter relatively unscathed!