{"product_id":"surviving-your-childs-adolescence-9781118228838","title":"Surviving Your Childs Adolescence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpert suggestions for guiding your child through the roughteenage years  Does it sometimes seem like your teenager is trying to push youover the edge? Learn what your child is going through and what youcan do to help your teen navigate this difficult period in thispractical guide from psychologist and parenting expert CarlPickhardt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychologist, prolific parenting author (Boomerang Kids) and Psychology Today blogger Pickhardt focuses on helping parents understand the adolescent years, \"the age of argument.\" Pickhardt identifies four adolescent stages, beginning with early and mid-adolescence, and then moving on to late adolescence and trial independence (which ends after the college years). With characteristic clarity and wisdom, Pickhardt walks parents through various ages and stages, explaining how to be supportive, empathetic and accessible while at the same time providing limits and boundaries. He concludes with \"eight anchors for adolescent growth,\" including completing homework, cleaning up one's room, doing household chores, joining in family gatherings, community service, saving money, developing proficiency and relating to salient adults (a counterbalance to the overwhelming influence and \"mixed blessing\" of peers at this age). He also covers such familiar teen topics as sex, substance use, the Internet, dating, and effective communication. Pickhardt is adept at deconstructing the complexities of the parent\/adolescent relationship, pointing out, for instance, that the mother\/adolescent daughter relationship is often the most conflicted and intense due to the \"double closeness\" created by being attached by birth and sexually similar. This witty yet sensible guidebook to the adolescent years will help parents stay steady as their kids negotiate the rocky waters on their journey to independence. (Mar.) (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor’s Note xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoices of Parents Past xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Preparing for the Inevitable 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Road Map to Early and Mid-Adolescence 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Road Map to Late Adolescence and Trial Independence 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Parenting Adolescent Sons and Daughters 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Complexities of Spoken Communication 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Use and Abuse of Conflict 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Discipline That Does and Doesn’t Work 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Informal and Formal Education 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Problems with Peers 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Power of Parents 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Climbing Fool’s Hill 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Reading 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 255 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866367537495,"sku":"9781118228838","price":13.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118228838.jpg?v=1722278312","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/surviving-your-childs-adolescence-9781118228838","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}