Teen Parenting- A book resource

Written by Laurie B. Freeman

The rules do change a bit with a teenager but the basics remain the same. For some insight in dealing with the surliness of the teenager along with some humor, read: Get Out of My Life, but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall? By Anthony E.Wolf, PhD. It provides an overview of adolescent behavior, which normalizes it and frames it in the realm of developmental tasks. It also does a nice job of identifying the hooks that teenagers consciously and unconsciously use to bait parents. It reminds parents of what they can and cannot control in their teens lives. When I first read this book, I thought the examples were extreme but as my own child grew into the teen years, they became more realistic.