"With wit and wisdom, Peter [Marshall] gives parents practical, useful and thoughtful advice to help their teenagers grow into responsible, resourceful, and resilient people who treat themselves and others with dignity and regard." -Barbara Coloroso, educator and author
Everyone troubled by teens of their own will find consolation in this book. Dr. Peter Marshall, child psychologist, father of five and former teenager, provides an abundance of practical information, advice and observations on all walks of adolescent and pre-adolescent life. The result is a fun and easy-to-read book for the salvation of beleaguered parents everywhere. Among other things, Dr. Marshall discusses the transition from childhood to adulthood and the drive for independence that can wreak havoc on the whole family.
Included are such timely issues as:
Ways to support and strengthen self-esteem
Various parenting styles, such as authoritarian, permissive, democratic and management by guilt
The intense rate of change in teens' lives
The "Boomerang Generation" - kids who never leave home
Difficult teenage issues, including sex and sex education, values, school, work and play, cliques, crowds and friendships
Ways to encourage a healthy lifestyle, to promote fitness and to deal with the growing epidemic of obesity
Helping teens find constructive ways to channel their concerns about the environment
Safety on the Internet.
More issues than ever challenge young people today. This book provides thoughtful counsel for dealing with them.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 1.0 / 5.0
Clichés and a borrowed title:
Cutesy stories about coping with teenagers; there isn't anything here you haven't already heard, many times before, or read for free from Dear Abby. The only thing this book has going for it is the catchy title, and even that was borrowed from the movie Caddyshack, and was first spoken by the late, great, Rodney Dangerfield. Take away the catchy title and you've got, "Oh, Those Wacky Teenagers!"
