The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens: Strategies for Unlocking Your Child’s Full Potential

Douglas Haddad

doi:10.5771/9781442256965

Summary

Are you concerned or frustrated with the choices your child makes when it comes to their peer groups, study habits, and use of social media?

Do you feel your child is pushing you away and your connection is weakening?

Are you unsure of the next steps you should take to help your child succeed?

A whole new set of parenting concerns arise during tween and teenhood that can be overwhelming for any parent. The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens offers a step-by-step plan for raising your adolescent through this tumultuous time. Douglas Haddad provides specific, proven tools for you to help your child become a problem solver and grow to be smart, successful, and self-disciplined.

In The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens, you will:

Discover the secrets of effective communication with your child
Learn the techniques to stop behavior problems right in their tracks when they happen
Know the strategies to best motivate your child and unlock their potential
Find out how to set appropriate limits and hold your child accountable for their actions
Understand today’s “child-limiting challenges” and the solutions for handling them with your child

Every parent wants the best for their child, and these years can be fraught with challenges: bullying, violence, gambling, sex, smoking, alcohol, substance use, eating disorders, depression, suicide, unhealthy eating, lack of physical activity, etc. Making sense of these challenges, this book offers exercises for incorporating the ten child unlimited tools into your parenting style and anecdotes to illustrate strategies and techniques. Supported by current research, the tools found in these pages will serve as a guide for any family with tweens or teens.

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Copyright Year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-5695-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-5696-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 264
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Disclaimer No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
1. Ch01. Use Empathy and Consequences No access
2. Ch02. Be Cool and See the Child in You No access
3. Ch03. “Monkey See, Monkey Do,” It’s Up to You No access
4. Ch04. Be the Boss by Sharing Power with Your Child No access
5. Ch05. “Kick Your Kid’s Butt” Effectively No access
6. Ch06. Use the Right Style to Shape Your Child No access
7. Ch07. Be on a Positive Wavelength with Your Child No access
8. Ch08. Give Your Child the License to “Leadership and Problem Ownership” No access
9. Ch09. Get Your Kid “iMotivated” No access
10. Ch10. Have Your Child Achieve the Goal by “Ready, Set, Grow” No access
1. Ch11. Bullying No access
2. Ch12. Youth Violence No access
3. Ch13. Gambling No access
4. Ch14. Sex No access
5. Ch15. Drug Abuse No access
6. Ch16. Alcohol No access
7. Ch17. Smoking No access
8. Ch18. Depression and Suicide No access
9. Ch19. Eating Disorders No access
10. Ch20. Poor Eating Habits and Physical Inactivity No access
Conclusion No access Pages 209 - 214
Notes No access Pages 215 - 234
Bibliography No access Pages 235 - 250
Index No access Pages 251 - 262
About the Author No access Pages 263 - 264