Parent as Coach: Helping Your Teen Build a Life of Confidence, Courage and Compassion

by Diana Haskins

Book Overview

Parent as Coach is the indispensable guide for Parents, Teenagers, and Adults who care. Diana Haskins brings coaching and parenting together in a thought-provoking yet practical handbook that points... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883697778
• ISBN13: 9781883697778
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: White Oak Publishing
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

I Love this book!

If you want to be a #1 parent of a teenage adolescent-read this book! By applying the principles contained within this book, you are sure to become a #1 parent in teenagers' eyes. They are timeless techniques that really work! Yes, motivating teenagers to do what they are supposed to do is a challenge every parent must undergo. But books like this one make transfer the burden into a positive experience. Another point about this book. I love the wonderful, practical examples that Diana gives you throughout the book. You get to see first hand of how others applied these timeless principles and how you can do the same. You will now have the tools to help your teenager go from "teenager" into a "mature young adult"I think this book should be a mandatory reading for every parent on his or her child's 13th birthday. It's the best manual on how to parent a teenager that I have ever seen. Highly recommended.Zev Saftlas, Author of Motivation That Works and founder of EmpoweringMessages.com

Reviewer, Teddy Gardner, Portland, OR United States

Are you looking for some new tools to communicate with your children that make a difference? Then this is the book for you! As a mother of two, I have experienced the benefits of Diana Haskin's wisdom when it comes to connecting with children and approaching them with deep listening, respect, love and clear requests. Parent As Coach is personal, practical and offers sage advice for building a strong foundation with your beloved children, as well as all others near and dear to your heart.

Developing Creative Contributors

I have found the advice in Parent As Coach to be clear, well thought-out, and immediately transferable to my experience coaching teenagers and families. The sheer practicality of the PAC approach places it far above most other books on the topic, and I highly recommend it to parents, older siblings, and anyone who finds themselves in the position of coaching, counseling or teaching teenagers.This book receives my hardiest endorsement as a practical guide for moving beyond limited thinking about teenagers and on to developing the consciousness that will allow teens to become creative contributors of a caring society.Diana Haskins has written a useful guide for understanding and applying the concepts of how to coach anyone to the unique challenges faced by growing young adults. She begins this work by acknowledging the importance of creating a strong foundation for the relationship by: deepening the connection between adult and teen; strengthening the relationship through heartfelt, effective communications; and fostering a progressive learning dynamic between both parties by laying the groundwork for mutual respect. From this perspective of honoring and respecting the wisdom inherent in each teen, Diana presents the keys to effective life coaching and addresses some of the most essential concerns teens and parents face today. She reinforces her message by using the language of coaching as a means to respect and nurture, rather than diminish or abandon, the many talents, gifts and insights every teen possesses, giving them the confidence and courage necessary to developing their own unique, and therefore worthwhile, manifestations as fully expressing human beings.By sharing the principles of coaching in this book about coaching teens, Ms. Haskins has given everyone interested in understanding the heart of coaching, an easy to read, practical guide for learning and applying coaching skills to every relationship. I look forward to additional work by this author, in part because of her clear, well-conceived style of writing that turns sometimes-clinical theories of parenting into a very straightforward sequence of steps that can be practiced by anyone of any age to improve the quality of their relationships. It is this transference-capacity that makes Parent As Coach such a useful guide for all readers.Parent As Coach is a book I am happy to recommend to my own clients, professional associates and family. I recommend it to you as well.

Parent As Coach

This book is a thoughtful and insightful body of wisdom about parents and teens. Diana Haskins provides a blueprint of extraordinary value for parents. Combining professional coaching skills with the love, care and priviledge of parenting, Diana offers tools, guidance and a fresh perspective to the unique relationship that exists between a parent and their teen. As a parent of 2 grown children, I found her messages to be 'right on' with the successful elements of parenting. This book is strong, supportive and positive----I highly recommend it to all parents with children of any age! Sheri Boone, Professional Coach, Portland, Oregon

An important and essential book for parents and teens

The premise of this book really struck a cord with me. As a teen, I really could have used the active, and positive, support of my parents. When I was a parent of teens, I seemed to have forgotten this. I wonder what the world would be like if all parents and teens read this book. Imagine what would happen if teens really felt respected, listened to, understood, and appreciated. Parent as Coach presents these concepts clearly and concisely, making the book very easy to read and the principles easy to follow. I'd definitely recommend this book.