A Positive Approach To Raising Happy, Healthy and Mature Teenagers
Adolescence can be a time of great stress and turmoil--not only for kids
going through it, but for their parents as well. It's normal for teens
to explore a new sense of freedom and to redefine the ways in which they
relate to their parents, and that process can sometimes leave parents
feeling powerless, alienated, or excluded from their children's lives.
These effects can be magnified even further in this modern age of social
networks, cell phones, and constant digital distraction.
This newly revised and updated edition of Positive Discipline for
Teenagers shows parents how to build stronger bridges of communication
with their children, break the destructive cycles of guilt and blame
that occur in parent-teen power struggles, and work toward greater
mutual respect with their adolescents. At the core of the Positive
Discipline approach is the understanding that teens still need their
parents, just in different ways--and by better understanding who their
teens really are, parents can learn to encourage both their teens and
themselves, and instill good judgment without being judgmental. The
methods in this book work to build vital social and life skills through
encouragement and empowerment--not punishment. Truly effective parenting
is about connection before correction.
Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust Jane Nelsen's
classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense
approach to raising happy, responsible kids. This new edition is filled
with proven, effective methods for coping with such parenting challenges
as:
-Fostering truly honest discussions with your teen
-Helping your teen handle the online world
-Turning mistakes into opportunities
-Keeping your sanity while raising your teen--and making sure your own
teenage issues aren't weighing you down
-Teaching your teen how to pursue the goal that make them happy...and
a few that make you happy too (like chores)
-Making sure you're on your teen's side, and that they know that
-Avoiding the pitfalls of excessive control and excessive permissiveness
