Difficult Teens: A Parent's Guide for Coping

by Robert J. Meadows and Joan H. Blacher

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097173450X
• ISBN13: 9780971734500
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Meadow Oaks Press
• Length: 172 Pages

Customer Reviews

A Turbulent Teen Road Map for Parents

Got difficult teens? Then pick up this guide to navigating the life path shared with teens whose emotional makeup make that road a rocky one. Packed with resources to help parents cope with teens who are oppositional and defiant, "Difficult Teens" helps parents maintain their sanity while guiding their teens away from the well of big trouble. Highly Recommended. -- Troy Corley, mother of two teens and editor of "Free L.A. The Ultimate Free Fun Guide to the City of Angels."

A solidly written and "parent friendly" guide

Collaboratively written by Robert J. Meadows (Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the graduate Program of Public Policy, California Lutheran University) and John H. Blacher (licensed marriage, family therapist and educational psychologist in private practice), Difficult Teens: A Parent's Guide For Coping is a solidly written and "parent friendly" guide to dealing with troubled teenagers who are rebellious, failing in school, or at risk for antisocial behavior. Extensively researched, offering perceptive and practical insights into why teens misbehave and positive parental responses, Difficult Teens is written in direct, no-nonsense terms which are accessible to any concerned parent. Difficult Teens is a superbly presented and highly recommended resource for an parent faced with having to deal with a problematic adolescent.