Teens and Preteens

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If you have been a good parent up to this stage, raising a teenager should go pretty smooth. There is still a lot to learn about teens and preteens, and a lot of bad situations that can be avoided, with the right help. For avoiding problems, or dealing with existing ones, these books should prove useful. With the proper knowledge, parenting teens and preteens, truly can be an enjoyable experience.

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Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Early Teen Years Normally confident moms and dads grow weak-kneed when their children enter -- gasp! -- puberty. Barbara and Dennis Rainey, parents of six teenage or older children, map out the unfamiliar, demanding landscape of both pre-adolescence (ages 10-12), as well as the teen years that follow. "Preadolescence is when convictions are shaped; adolescence is when convictions are tested", they advise parents. In Parenting Today's Adolescent the Raineys deliver a proactive, tested approach to help children and parents build a satisfying relationship while forging a vision for a productive, God-honoring life -- before, during, and after adolescence.

The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior to College Life Launching a child from home is second only to childbirth in its impact on a family. Parents can end up reeling with the empty-nest blues, while teens find their powers of self-reliance stretched to the breaking point. During the time of upheaval that begins senior year of high school with the nerve-wracking college application process and continues into the first year of life away from home, The Launching Years is a trusted resource for keeping every member of the family sane. From weathering the emotional onslaught of impending separation to effectively parenting from afar, from avoiding the slump of "senioritis" to handling the newfound independence and the experimentation with alcohol and sexuality that college often involves, The Launching Years provides both parents and teens with well-written, down-to-earth advice for staying on an even keel throughout this exciting, discomforting, and challenging time.

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The Myth of Maturity: What Teenagers Need from Parents to Become Adults A parent's guide to dealing with teenagers explains how to provide guidance and support while promoting responsibility, respect, maturity, and independence. By the author of Altered Loves. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Sex and Your Teenager: A Parent's Guide Adjusting to the changes in your children as they grow is often difficult. Coping with the change from child to sexual person can be the toughest one yet. How can I talk about sex without becoming embarrassed? How do I protect him/her from pregnancy and disease? They think my values are just old-fashioned, I think theirs are naīve - who's right? Dr John Coleman provides parents and carers with clear and helpful advice on these and many related issues, based on his long experience of working with young people and their families. Illustrated by real-life situations and filled with practical solutions, each chapter also provides details of organisations that can help and other sources of information. An invaluable source of advice for all families, this book will also be useful to teachers, nurses and other professionals working with young people. Anne Weyman, OBE, Chief Executive of the Family Planning Association, has written the Foreword to the book. "This excellent and comprehensive book will inform and reassure parents about sex and young people. Many adults find the topic difficult and embarrassing; John Coleman, in clear and direct language, covers topics such as bodily changes, relationships, personal safety, risky behavior, sexual orientation, sex and the law and the roles of parents and schools. The book will prove invaluable for those adults with a responsibility for young people." - Doreen E. Massey

Closing the Gap Finally, there is a solution for both teenagers and parents, one that will not only bridge the gap between them, but show both sides how to prevent it. Closing the GAP: A Strategy for Bringing Parents and Teens Together introduces a new plan for teens and their parents to work through issues that divide them and, in the process, rediscover the love that initially defined their relationship.

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens This entertaining handbook applies the principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the life-changing decisions they face. An indispensable book for young students, as well as parents, grandparents and mentors.

Tips For Parenting Teens and Preteens

Do you have any tips that have worked well for you? By taking a moment to share them, maybe they will work for another parent. Teens and preteens are an interesting group, and they will always have their share of problems. Do you know of a good book, or have other good advice, to help parents of teens and preteens?

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