Engaging Adolescents: Parenting tough issues with teenagers

Description

Parenting teenagers can be tricky at the best of times. But when the tough issues arise - behavioural problems, unacceptable risk-taking, bullying, alcohol abuse - things can get extremely difficult and parents can struggle with what to do. Drawing on psychologist Michael Hawton's 30 years of experience, Engaging Adolescents is a practical guide to help you steer your teenager through the challenging times with confidence. The book covers the following areas: teenagers and what helps them develop personal control how to sort out behaviour so you don't over react what we can learn from watching professionals who manage emergencies proven, practical methods for managing tempestuous teenagers. Using case studies and based on universally-accepted mediation principles, this is a highly practical, skills-based book that gives you the tools to resolve conflict and build better family relationships. Engaging Adolescents offers a clear, method-based approach to ease the distress of parents experiencing difficulties with their teenagers' behaviour.

Michael Hawton is a registered psychologist with over 30 years' experience, having spent much of his career working with parents and children. He teaches behaviour management to professionals, and has developed parent education programs that have been taught to over 100,000 people.

"At the end of it all you'll know how to navigate tough conversations, learn the factors that contribute to a teenager's ability to govern their own behaviour so that you won't need to be as much of a director." -- Rama Gaind * Engaging Adolescents * "Gives you the tools to resolve conflict and build better family relationships"