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Active Parenting of Teens

Parent's Guide

Michael H Popkin

Concrete steps for effectively handling family problems through clear, honest communication and respectful discipline.

24x18cm

255 pages

$25.00

Adolescence

A guide for parents

Michael Carr-Gregg and Erin Shale

In this book, Michael Carr-Gregg and Erin Shale discuss: The three big questions in an adolescent's life:
'Am I normal?'
'Who am I?
'What is my place in the world?'
as well as the increasingly early onset of puberty, and its impact on you and your pre-teen child; useful approaches for parents and teachers: what good parenting is all about, techniques for communicating well, and knowing how to handle problems before they become crises; how to deal with serious issues such as depression, suicidal feelings, relationships and emerging sexuality, drugs and eating disorders; parents' most frequently asked questions; how to set appropriate, negotiated boundaries; how to raise our children to be resilient adults and cope with difficulties in life; why the key protective factor for adolescents is a sense of attachment to a significant adult in their lives; and how successful parenting is about providing young people with an environment where they feel safe, valued and listened to.

16x23cm

232 pages

$24.95

Before Your Teenagers Drive you Crazy, Read This!

Battlefield wisdom for stressed out parents

Nigel Latta

By popular demand, New ZealandŒs most popular parenting writer has drawn on his extensive experience in family therapy and working with the countryŒs most difficult teenagers to write the book that will save the sanity of parents everywhere. Once youŒve negotiated the terrors of toddlerdom and the perils of primary school you think youŒve got a pretty good handle on this parenting thing - then along comes Mother Nature with her horrible hormones and suddenly youŒre so far behind square one youŒre starting to wonder if this raging bundle of contradictions screaming at you was switched in the night by evil aliens. With his now trademark humour and pragmatic common sense approach, Nigel debunks the politically correct nightmare of perfect parenting and argues for sanity first - yours - and reclaiming the ground parents have lost in the great ŒIŒm my childŒ best friendŒ debacle.

21x13cm

304 pages

$28.00

Blame My Brain

The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed

Nicola Morgan

Written for teenagers but invaluable reading for those coping with them—parents, doctors, and teachers—Blame My Brain, a guide to the biology behind teenage behaviour, is informative, accessible, interactive, and fun. There are self administered "tests," scientific explanations (including wonderful images of trees to depict brain development), useful advice about emotions, sleep, risk, and harmful behaviours, and guidance about websites and other sources of reliable information.
From taking risks to sleeping late, gender differences to depression, uncontrollable emotions to the effects of drugs and alcohol, this book tells all you need to know about the biology and psychology behind the behaviour.

20x13cm

207 pages

$16.95

Curse of the Good Girl

Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence

Rachel Simmons

Argues that in lionizing the Good Girl we are teaching girls to embrace a version of selfhood that sharply curtails their power and potential. Unerringly nice, polite, modest, and selfless, the Good Girl is a paradigm so narrowly defined that it's unachievable. When girls inevitably fail to live up-experiencing conflicts with peers, making mistakes in the classroom or on the playing field-they are paralyzed by self-criticism, stunting the growth of vital skills and habits. Simmons traces the poisonous impact of Good Girl pressure on development and provides a strategy to reverse the tide.
Looking to the stories shared by the women and girls who attend her workshops, Simmons shows that Good Girl pressure from parents, teachers, coaches, media, and peers erects a psychological glass ceiling that begins to enforce its confines in girlhood and extends across the female lifespan. The curse of the Good Girl erodes girls' ability to know, express, and manage a complete range of feelings. It expects girls to be selfless, limiting the expression of their needs. It requires modesty, depriving the permission to articulate their strengths and goals. It diminishes assertive body language, quieting voices and weakening handshakes. It touches all areas of girls' lives and follows many into adulthood, limiting their personal and professional potential. Since the popularization of the Ophelia phenomenon, we have lamented the loss of self-esteem in adolescent girls, recognizing that while the doors of opportunity are open, many girls lack the confidence to walk through them. Simmons provides a catalog of tangible lessons in bolstering the self and silencing the curse of the Good Girl.

24x16cm

304 pages

$38.00

Five Love Languages of Teenagers

Gary Chapman

Just like adults, teenagers desperately need to feel that they are loved. yet communicating this truth to our kids can be challenging, since people naturally give and receive love in distinct - and often conflicting - ways. this book will teach you new insights into how and why teens need to be loved differently from pre-teens, what's at the root of much teenage misbehaviour and what you can do about it, how to stem the rising tide of violence, immorality and despair engulfing many teens today and insights on the special challenges of single parenting and blended families. Of course the book addresses how to speak your teenager's primary love language - quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, physical touch, acts of service.

23x14cm

259 pages

$28.00

From Defiance to Cooperation

Real Solutions for Transforming the Angry, Defiant, Discouraged Child

John Taylor

Change Your Child's Life! Turn Negative Behavior into Positive Traits How do you deal with a difficult and defiant child or teenager? What can you do if your child has been diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or is resentful and constantly in trouble at school? Are there "constructive ways to channel such oppositional energy and determination? Dr. John F. Taylor will tell you how. Inside, you'll find new hope and hundreds of specific, sensible, and easy-to-implement suggestions for improving life with a rebellious and argumentative child. Parents and teachers -- anyone who deals with difficult children, teens, or young adults -- will also learn how to tap the potential of these natural-born leaders by discovering how to: -Understand "why an oppositional attitude exists -Open up new, safer avenues for children to express needs and wants -Enhance communication, avoid common mistakes, and reduce undesirable behavior -Teach a child conscience-based self-control -And much more!

21x14cm

240 pages

$24.95

He'll Be OK

Growing gorgeous boys into good men

Celia Lashlie

How do you raise boys to men in a world where trouble beckons at every turn? How do you make sure they learn the 'right' lessons, stay out of danger, find a path to follow? How do you ensure they'll be OK? New Zealand-based author Celia Lashlie has some of the answers. After years working in the prison service she knows what can happen when boys make the wrong choices. She also knows what it's like to be a parent - she raised a son on her own and feared for his survival. As a crucial part of the NZ Good Man Project she talked to 180 classes of boys throughout the country. Her insights into what boys need - and what parents can do to help them - are ground-breaking.

16x23cm

217 pages

$33.00

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk

Adele Faber , Elaine Mazlish

Filled with straightforward advice and written in their trademark, down-to-earth, accessible style sure to appeal to both parents and teens, this all-new volume offers both innovative easy-to-implement suggestions and proven techniques to build the foundation for lasting relationships. From curfews and cliques to sex and drugs, it gives parents the tools to help their children safely navigate the often stormy years of adolescence.

24x16cm

203 pages

$29.95

Into Adulthood

A parents guide to life with an 18 to 25-year-old student

Dr Jean Edwards and Jenny English

Helps parents understand and deal with the stages that their children go through after finishing school and moving into post-secondary study. The authors, counsellors at two Melbourne universities, work daily with problems faced by students and know well the stresses associated with the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Looks at the emotional and behavioural responses of students and parents to these changes. Many issues arise relating to separation from families and growing independence as the students struggle with questions such as 'Who am I? What do I believe in? What are my abilities? Am I gay or straight? What direction do I want my life to take?' and so on. Also examine the parentÐchild communication process with particular reference to 'difficult' subjects like drug and alcohol use/abuse and mental health issues.

22x14cm

181 pages

$24.95

Parent/Teen Breakthrough

The Relationship Approach

Mira Kishenbaum

A perceptive and helpful guide to building a respectful, loving, and effective relationship between parent and teen or pre-teen. With many sample dialogues and practical, concrete suggestions, the authors show how parents can offer help and guidance that a teenager will accept, and maintain a loving, non-combative relationship.

21x14cm

304 pages

$22.00

Parenting Teens with Love & Logic

Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood

Foster Cline & Jim Fay

Presenting a unique approach to dealing with the turmoil of adolescence, the authors recognize that teens learn best when they're allowed to make choices and learn from the consequences. The trick is in setting up choices so the consequences are constructive.

24x16cm

317 pages

$40.00

Parenting Your Out-Of-Control Teenager

7 Steps to Reestablish Authority and Reclaim Love

Scott P. Sells

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, this book gives parents the tools they need to turn their families' lives around for good.

14x22cm

368 pages

$30.00

Parents Teens and Boundaries

How to Draw the Line

Jane Bluestein

How you set boundaries with your teens is among the most important aspects of your parent-child relationship. Unfortunately, this ability does not come automatically with parenthood. Here Jane Bluestein, a former teacher and counselor, looks at 20 relationship-building techniques all parents can use to set limits with their teens. You'll learn the essential arts of loving, motivating, accepting, negotiating, respecting, acknowledging, communicating, supporting, empowering, trusting . . . and much more.
These practical strategies for boundary setting will enable you to avoid conflict, resolve problems and establish a foundation of mutual love and respect. As a result of learning to set healthy boundaries, you may actually begin to enjoy your children's teen years!

22x14cm

200 pages

$19.95

Pathways to Change

Brief Therapy with Difficult Adolescents (2ND ed.)

Matthew Selekman

Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this innovative, practical guide presents an effective brief therapy model for working with challenging adolescents and their families. Solution-oriented techniques are augmented by ideas from other therapeutic traditions.

292 pages

$64.00

Positive Discipline for Teenagers

Empowering your Teen and Yourself through kind and firm parenting

Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott

Adolescence is often a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for you, their parents as well. During the teen years, kids aggressively begin to explore a new sense of freedom, which often leads to feelings of resentment and powerlessness for parents who increasingly are excluded from their children's lives. This revised edition shows you how to break the destructive cycle of guilt and blame and work toward greater understanding and communication with your adolescents. Inside, you'll:
Find out how to encourage your teen and yourself
Grow to understand how your teen still needs you, but in different ways
·Learn how to get to know who your teen really is
Discover how to develop sound judgment without being judgmental
Learn how to use follow-through—the only surefire way to get chores done
Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust the classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commmonsense approach to child rearing. Inside, you'll discover proven, effective methods for working with your teens.

23x19cm

347 pages

$30.00

Preparing Adolescents for Success in School and Life

Part of the PACE and Resilient Families Initiative

Constance jenkin and John W. Toumbourou

As you gazed down at your newborn baby cradled in yur arms, it would have been hard to believe that, one day, they would probably tower over you, argue with you, cause you heartache and generally challenge everything you held near and dear.
Do you enjoy being the parent of an adolescent? are you constantly amazed by their ability to argue a point, change their mood and create chaos where peace once reigned?
Most parents are unprepared for the roller coaster ride of adolescence. Caring for yourself and adult relationships as well as understanding the needs of adolescents is the key ingredient to focus on as you navigate this phase. This book explains how parents can care for themselves and prepare adolescents for success in school and life. (Aussie authors)

15x21cm

119 pages

$15.00

Princess Bitchface Syndrome

Surviving adolescent girls

Michael Carr-Gregg

This book focuses on the special trials of raising adolescent girls. Its full of sanity-saving suggestions about what to do when your previously quiet, beautiful and loving little girl morphs into a restless, rebellious stranger who behaves like a responsible adult one day and a spoiled brat the next. Carr-Gregg also explains how the old ways of navigating the perils and insecurities of adolescence now have extra complications.

14x17cm

164 pages

$19.95

Raising Real People

Creating a Resilient Family

Andrew Fuller

The Australian bestseller that explores the delights, frustrations and dilemmas facing parents of adolescents.
From the serious (relationships, depression, youth suicide) to the not-so-serious (pocket money, homework, parties), author and clinical psychologist Andrew Fuller offers practical solutions to common problems drawn from parents, their children and his own experience as a family therapist.
Full of insight, humour and good advice, this revised edition includes a new chapter on the 'Click and Go' generation. Raising Real People is a must-have guide for all parents of teenagers.

17x24cm

207 pages

$31.95

Six Steps to an Emotionally Intelligent Teenager

Teaching Social Skills to Your Teen

James Windell

Helping teenagers navigate the rocky years between childhood and adulthood has always been a parenting challenge— a challenge that has only grown more difficult in today's fast-paced society. Noted parenting author and psychologist James Windell knows teens. He interacts with them every day. In this book, he offers exercises and practical ideas on how parents can raise a well-adjusted teenager with a solid chance for a successful life. Unlike so many books on parenting and teens that focus on discipline, this book emphasizes the importance of goal-setting, communication, and the development of social skills during the teen years. It reveals how to develop teens' emotional intelligence by demonstrating to them how they can handle their own emotions and respond constructively to the emotions of others.

14x22cm

213 pages

$33.00

Surviving Adolescents

The must-have manual for all parents

Michael Carr-Gregg

Young people today enter puberty earlier than ever before and leave home later. The good news is that teenagers aren't impossible to live with, especially if parents adopt the common-sense strategies set out in this book. Surviving Adolescents is a clear and very down-to-earth manual, with advice on all the thorny issues that confront families with teenagers - sexuality, risky behaviours, laziness, school and study problems, and much more. And it is full of practical tips for everyday survival, including: communicating effectively with young people defusing family conflict setting limits keeping the stress of parenting at bay avoiding common mistakes like fighting over things that don't matter.

14x16cm

159 pages

$19.95

Teenagers

A Natural History

David Bainbridge

What's the point of all the aches, pains, lumps and bumps? Are teenagers driven by their hormones? And do they really need so much sleep? Why are they brainier than everyone else?
Taking a 'zoological' approach to the topic a Cambridge University vet and anatomist reveals where teenagers come from, what they are for, and why the second decade of life is the most important and the most exciting in the human life cycle. In lively, engaging prdse, he explains the science behind the changes that suddenly occur on the surface of the teenage boyd and explores what happens deep within the brain.
Whether you are one yourself, or you just live with one, you will come away from this book convinced that the teenager is the most amazing and impressive creature on the planet.

20x13cm

358 pages

$25.00

Too Stressed to Think?:

A Teen Guide to Staying Sane When Life Makes You Crazy

Anne Fox

Most teens today are stressed out. Considering what they have to deal with?family conflicts, school, friendship and dating issues, peer pressure, harassment, bullying, identity issues, anxiety, depression, alcohol, drugs, sex, and on and on?it's no wonder they feel like they?re going crazy. This book is packed with practical information teens can use every day. Real-life examples cover specific situations all teens face. Questionnaires, exercises, role plays, and more help teens discover what they need and what works for them. Teens gain a basic understanding of stress and learn specific ways to relieve the stress in their lives. Succinct, helpful, and user-friendly, Too Stressed to Think? is for any teen who wants to stay sane.

22x15cm

163 pages

$29.95

What Do You Really Want?:

How to Set a Goal & Go for It! a Guide for Teens

Beverly Bachel

Research shows that effective goal setters have less stress, concentrate better, and are more satisfied with their lives. For teens, goal setting is linked to improved school performance, motivation, and self-esteem. This step-by-step guide to goal setting helps teens articulate their goals and put them in writing, set priorities and deadlines, overcome obstacles, cope with roadblocks, build a support system, use positive self-talk, celebrate their successes, and more.

22x15cm

152 pages

$29.95

When Our Children Come Out

How to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people

Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

A valuable guide for all those whose lives are affected by a young person coming out. Includes first-hand accounts from families, schools and communities across different socioeconomic levels, diverse regions and many cultural backgrounds. Also provides vital suggestions and advice for those at the coalface of this issue - parents of young people who need to come out, high-school teachers and community leaders - as well as effective responses and strategies for dealing with homophobia in any environment.

22x15cm

256 pages

$29.95

When Parents Ask for Help

Everyday Issues Through an Asset-Building Lens
Handouts for People Raising Adolescents

Howard Renie

With reproducible articles that speak directly to parents and caregivers about the dilemmas ADOLESCENTS face, this collection reframes issues from an asset-based point of view to give parents plenty of encouragement, hope, and practical ideas.
Everyday issues include curfews, homework, chores, dating, grades, body image, conflicts, risky activities, jobs and fights.
As a professional working with the parents of teenagers here is the opportunity to help them do more than just solve problems, you can help them build "developmental assets" - the qualities, values, and skills all children need to succeed.

27x21cm

144 pages

$53.95

When to Really Worry

Mental health problems in teenagers and what to do about them

Michael Carr-Gregg

Australian authority on adolescent mental health offers practical information on the symptoms, causes and treatment for everything from ADHD and eating disorders to anxiety and depression. Includes tips on
detecting early warning signs
encouraging your teenager to visit a doctor
finding a youth-friendly GP
counsellor or therapist navigating the public mental health system.

16x14cm

248 pages

$19.95

When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends

Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life

Victoria Secunda

This, the first book ever to say that mother is not always a girl's best friend, is based on a landmark study of the mother-daughter relationships. Secunda offers breakthrough advice on understanding, and improving, what could be a woman's most critical relationship.

16x24cm

432 pages

$32.00

You Don't Really Know Me

Why Mothers and Daughter Fight and How Both Can Win

Terri Apter

Through case studies and conversations between mothers and daughters, Terri Apter shows mothers how to interpret the meanings behind a daughter's angry words and how to emerge from arguments with a new closeness.

21x14cm

256 pages

$22.95


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