August 28, 2008
Take Time for Your Teen
BookWire’s “Year in Reviews Magazine,” December 2006 issue, lists a review of my book “Help Me With My Teenager! A Step-by-step Guide for Parents that Works.”
All in all a very positive review, the reviewer states: “Help Me With My Teenager!” speaks in a clear and understandable language directly to parents. Some techniques, such as stopping whatever you’re doing when your kid is ready to talk, will be difficult for already busy parents to implement. However, the extra effort promises to pay excellent dividends in form of a healthier, more supportive relationship.”
I never said it was easy or that no effort on the parent’s part is necessary. As a matter of fact, throughout my book I emphasize that parents will need to utilize a lot of self control and implement strategies before responding to their teen’s actions or questions. The statement “stopping whatever you’re doing will be difficult to implement for already busy parents” touches on one of the most important factors when it comes to parenting your teenager.
To put this issue into perspective, here is the following analogy:
Consider you are working for a large company, managing a department of several employees. You double task by managing your group as well […]
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