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Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder

James Lock, Daniel le Grange

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The most helpful read at a most difficult time 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This book gave my husband and I a much needed understanding of this complicated disease. Nothing else was as clear and helpful.

Successful approach to recovery 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I found this book extremely helpful. It is very easy to understand and provides key information to helping teenagers recover from eating disorders using a new approach that includes parents and other family members supporting strategies to recovery,

Editorial Review:

Always harmful and potentially deadly, eating disorders can wreak havoc on families. Unfortunately, the same can often be said of their treatment: blaming parents for the illness, many eating disorder programs exclude parents and widen the rift in an already shattered family. This powerful and controversial book by top researchers James Lock and Daniel le Grange argues that parents are not the culprits but the key to their teen's recovery. Based on new research, Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder shows how parents can break the disorder's control over their child's mind and re-establish normal eating and family relations. The odds for full recovery drop precipitously if treatment is delayed. A radically important wake up call, this book urges parents to act now.

Adolescence: Continuity, Change, and Diversity

Nancy Cobb

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Good treatment of multucultural & gender issues 3 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I use this book in a Psychology of Adolescence graduate course with licensed teachers. We use it as "background information"-- the chapters guide discussion and allow teachers to reflect on their own students' development. Grad students react favorably to the text.

Not Bad for a Textbook 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I purchased this for a class. My uncle, who is a school psychologist, told me that Adolescent Psychology is one of the most interesting yet overlooked classes, so when it was offered, I took it to fulfill my requirement. Anyway, the topic was really interesting. This book spelled out everything in a clear and concise way. It was simple to understand, yet introduced new concepts and ideas. In addition, this text has a whole online study area you can go to and take practice quizzes, do activities and things like that. I would totally recommend that Psych professors use this text, and also, that if given the chance, students take Adolescent Psych! :)

Editorial Review:

Nancy Cobb’s Adolescence, recognized as one of the leading texts in the field, provides an up-to-date and thorough review of current research and theory. Praised for its clear and engaging writing style, this highly acclaimed text is distinguished by its excellent coverage of gender, ethnicity, and identity, and for its treatment of differences between early and late adolescence. Research Focus Boxes in each chapter provide comprehensive coverage of developmental research methods. Additionally, In More Depth boxes on topics of special interest to students extend the coverage of each chapter.

WHY Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen

David Walsh

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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In this national bestseller, acclaimed, award-winning psychologist Dr. David Walsh explains exactly what happens to the human brain on the path from childhood into adolescence and adulthood. Revealing the latest scientific findings in easy-to-understand terms, Dr. Walsh shows why moodiness, quickness to anger and to take risks, miscommunication, fatigue, territoriality, and other familiar teenage behavior problems are so common -- all are linked to physical changes and growth in the adolescent brain.

Why Do They Act That Way? is the first book to explain the changes in teens' brains and show parents how to use this information to understand, communicate with, and stay connected to their kids. Through real-life stories, Dr. Walsh makes sense of teenagers' many mystifying, annoying, and even outright dangerous behavioral difficulties and provides realistic solutions for dealing with everyday as well as severe challenges. Dr. Walsh's techniques include, among others: sample dialogues that help teens and parents talk civilly and constructively with each other, behavioral contracts, and Parental Survival Kits that provide practical advice for dealing with issues like curfews, disrespectful language and actions, and bullying. With this arsenal of strategies, parents can help their kids learn to control impulses, manage erratic behavior, cope with their changing bodies, and, in effect, develop a second brain.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, Mitch Claspy

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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I am a teacher in two high schools and I like to read the stories of the book to my students from time to time to inspirate them and reinforce their teenage self esteem! I suggest it to all teacher to make the same with a nice calm background music.

Editorial Review:

This book, the latest in the hugely popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series, contains stories, poems, and cartoons relating to the specific troubles that traumatize teenagers everywhere. There are plenty of stories about dating ("HE KISSED MY TEETH!"), friendships (don't gossip), and school. But Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul doesn't shy away from the big issues either, with essays on suicide, dying young, and drunk driving. This book stems from the knowledge that teens know their own concerns best—thus, much of the book is written by teens themselves, which gives the book a very accessible, informal tone. Also, the authors had each piece evaluated by as many teenagers as possible. The care shows. Teenage Soul is always respectful, and doesn't minimize any of the dramas of adolescence. It does, however, mete out plenty of perspective. This wise, tender, funny book is filled with wisdom useful to teens (and everybody else, too).

Teen-Proofing Fostering Responsible Decision Making in Your Teenager

John Rosemond

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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Parents can protect toddlers--with their maximum mobility and minimum logic--by pasting plastic on electrical outlets and putting poisons out of reach. But protecting teenagers is not so simple, says family psychologist and author of Raising a Nonviolent Child John Rosemond. "Short of solitary confinement, you can't guarantee that a teen won't use drugs, shoplift, drink or crash the car. In the final analysis, teens must protect themselves." Rosemond's Teen-Proofing provides parents with tough-love strategies for managing teens so they make self-protective, rather than self-destructive, decisions.

Many parents will recognize the error of their ways in Rosemond's portraits of parents as "micro-managers" who try to control their children and "wimps" who let their children control them. He offers a compelling alternative by urging parents to be "mentors, who realize they can control the parent-child relationship, but not the child." The author explores critical parent-teen issues including curfews, cash, cars, and cohorts--detailing an approach that gives teenagers a "long rope" to make their own mistakes and also offers "creative consequences" to encourage responsible decision making.

The author offers smart and seasoned advice--from coping with middle school "tweenagers" to understanding why teens are vulnerable and how the culture diminishes a parent's influence. Yet he undermines his clarity with snide asides about mental health professionals and one too many smug and self-congratulatory examples of his own parenting of a son and daughter. These distractions are unnecessary; the book's unconventional and provocative suggestions will speak volumes to parents of teens. --Barbara Mackoff

When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along

Joshua Coleman

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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This unique book supports parents who are struggling with the heartache of having a teenager or an adult child who is troubled, angry, or distant. Such rifts can cause unspeakable sorrow that parents too often must bear alone. Psychologist and parent Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., offers insight, empathy, and perspective to those who have lost the opportunity to be the parent they desperately wanted to be and who are mourning the loss of a harmonious relationship with their child. Through case examples and healing exercises, Dr. Coleman helps parents:

• Reduce anger, guilt, and shame
• Learn how temperament, the teen years, their own or a partner's mistakes, and divorce can strain the parent-child bond
• Come to terms with their own and their child's imperfections
• Maintain self-esteem through difficult times
• Develop strategies for rebuilding the relationship or move toward acceptance of what can't be changed
• Understand how society's high expectations of parents contribute to the risk of parental wounds

By helping parents recognize what they can do, and let go of what they cannot, Dr. Coleman helps families develop more positive ways of healing themselves and relating to each other.

Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager: 7 Steps to Reestablish Authority and Reclaim Love

Scott P. Sells

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Parents Beware 2 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Perhaps this book should have been titled, "Parenting your extremely disrespectful teen".

I read the first couple of chapters of this book with some hope that the author understood the deep frustration that parents of a wild teen are going through. While I still feel that to be true, the author continually addresses such "out of control" behaviors as "swearing" and "refusing to clean his room". If only those were the problems we were facing in our home!

I searched the book for the two primary problems which we are facing, which are lying and promiscuity. Sadly, the author does not address these two subjects in any detail. In short, he gives no strategies whatsoever to deal with those problems. If your teen is TRULY out of control, you may want to get this book from the library first and see if the issues you are facing are addressed before spending any money.

Editorial Review:

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.

The Bipolar Teen: What You Can Do to Help Your Child and Your Family

David J. Miklowitz, Elizabeth L. George

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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Bipolar disorder is difficult at any age, but it can be particularly daunting for teenagers and their families. David Miklowitz, author of the bestselling Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, provides invaluable information parents can use to help teens cope--and thrive. His adolescent bipolar treatment program has been tested and refined for a decade. Now for the first time, this book makes it available directly to parents. The Bipolar Teen helps parents distinguish between the typical ups and downs of teen life and the symptoms of mania or depression. With coauthor Elizabeth George, Dr. Miklowitz shows parents how to recognize the early warning signs of an episode so they can intervene before it's too late. They show how to strike a healthy balance of medications and psychotherapy, and offer practical tips for getting the most from doctors and from school programs. Crucially, they also demonstrate practical strategies for managing the chaos at home so every family member--including siblings without the illness--can find the stability and support they need. A dozen helpful reproducibles are included.

Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, Second Edition (Resources for Changing Lives)

Paul David Tripp

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Get to the heart of the matter 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This is the best book I've read on parenting teens from a Biblical perspective. Tripp helps parents think about what the heart issues are, not just control the external behaviors. If you're interested in taking the time to use the trials of life to point your child to the gospel of Christ, this book is for you.

Parenting Teenagers 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

GREAT BOOK.
If you enjoyed "Shepherding a Child's Heart" and desire to train your children to be thoughtful and caring of others in their heart - not just training behavior - you will love this book. It looks at the great opportunity we have in the teenage years to help them see their self-centeredness and trust in Christ to be transformed.

Teenagers 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Reading parenting books takes time of which parents have little. This book has been encouraging and convicting- well worth the time. I highly recommend Age of Opportunity to any parent!

Welcome Guide for Parents 5 out of 5 stars.
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Having read a number of books on parenting, this book was found to be the most inspiring in terms of causing us to reach to God. As Christians we are called to walk by faith in every area of our lives. This book shows us how to be loving and strategic in our parenting whilst reaching to God in faith believing for our children also to walk with Him.

Sex and the Teenager: Choices and Decisions

Kieran Sawyer

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Sex and the Teenager 1 out of 5 stars.
8 of 19 people found this review helpful.

This is just another outdated abstinence book. Teenagers deserve more. They deserve honest relevance, not moralizing. They deserve sex positive treatments that relate to who they are and how they behave. This is totally irrelevant to today's teenagers, who are sexually active.

Teach decision making, not guilt! 1 out of 5 stars.
8 of 18 people found this review helpful.

In a world where teens are exposed to a lot of sexual information and sexual stimulation, it does not help to attempt to control their behavior by preaching morality and attempting to instill guilt and shame. Early sex-negative indoctrination is not easily reversed and can impact later adult sexual relationships.

Books for teens should focus on responsible decision making, realistic appraisal of consequences, and endorsement of freedom to be naturally curious. Sexual feelings are not immoral, sexual thoughts are not sinful, and all informed sexual options should be carefully considered.

Editorial Review:

Sex and the Teenager: Choices and Decisions has a clear, goal: to encourage teens to say "no" to premarital sexual intercourse and to avoid such serious problems as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

This book provides a means for teenagers make their own decisions to refrain from sexual activity until marriage while encouraging comfortable sharing on a sensitive topic with peers, youth ministers, and parents. Sex and the Teenager is an engaging resource for teens that stays true to the teachings of the Catholic Church.