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Bob Myers - Parenting Teenagers - 9781853023668 - V9781853023668
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Parenting Teenagers

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Description for Parenting Teenagers Paperback. Based on more than twenty years' experience, this very level-headed text is intended for all who have to deal with the needs of adolescents. Strategies are developed for problem solving and helping the teenager build self-esteem, responsibility and independence while at the same time keeping the carer's sanity. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.

Parenting Teenagers is invaluable for parents or for anyone filling the parenting role - temporarily or permanently. Bob Myers makes complex theory simple, and explains how to make, maintain, repair and strengthen relationships with teenagers. He encourages adults to take control of the parenting situation by taking control of their own actions and reactions. He seeks to remove conflict from parent-child relationships and identifies the traps that block good communication.

Parents, teachers, residential youth workers, social workers, and probation officers will find much in the book to support them in the often difficult task of getting children ready for ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853023668
SKU
V9781853023668
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1

About Bob Myers
Bob Myers has, since 1979, been Director of the Brophy Memorial Hostel, where he works with young people who are either homeless or unable to live at home. Some have been severely emotionally damaged and present very challenging behaviours. Bob has adopted the radical approach that solutions to these difficult behaviours have to be found, without the option of expulsion. ... Read more

Reviews for Parenting Teenagers
Myers writes accessibly without condescension, increasing the intelligibility and impact of the text by assiduous use of numbered or bulleted points and succinct chapter summaries. The chapters present a depth of theoretical understanding of adolescence and the parent-child relationship and of misbehaviour and consequences. These are sensibly interwoven with practical chapters on being assertive, on communicating with teenagers, on helping ... Read more

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