At last there is a way for parents of teenagers to begin to get a hook on their rebellious children. Just read this brilliant expose on the teenage psyche and your life and your relationship with your teenager will be so much easier. Phew.
Written in their trademark practical, sensible and accessible style, and reinforced with cartoons and reminder pages, How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk offers innovative suggestions that can be put into immediate action and practical ways to build the foundation for lasting relationships. Covering topics ranging from curfews and cliques to sex and drugs, the authors give parents and teens the tools they need to safely navigate the often stormy years of adolescence.
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk Synopsis
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish examine the inevitable stresses faced by parents of teenagers. Through role play and discussion, they show how to keep communication open with rebellious offspring, how to let go gracefully and yet retain respect and some degree of co-operation throughout these difficult years.
'No peace-loving parent should be without a copy.' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'A real find…What Faber and Mazlish have to offer is a wealth of specific solutions to difficult situations and challenging behaviour, which they encourage readers to tailor to their own personality.' TIME OUT
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About Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Internationally acclaimed experts on communication between adults and children, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish have won the gratitude of many parents and the enthusiastic endorsement of the professional community.
Both authors studied with the late child psychologist, Dr Haim Ginott, and both are former members of the faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York City and the Family Life Institute of Long Island University. In addition to their frequent lectures throughout the United States and Canada, they have appeared on every major television show from Good Morning America to The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Adele and Elaine’s recent book, How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, was cited by Child magazine as the ‘best book of the year for excellence in family issues and education’.
Adele and Elaine both live in Long Island, New York and they each have three children.
