Teenagers

In Hold On to Your Kids, Dr. Neufeld and Dr. Maté explore the phenomenon of peer orientation: the troubling tendency of children and youth to look to their peers for direction - for a sense of right and wrong, for values, identity and codes of behavior....

Lisa Damour pulls back the curtain on the teenage years and shows why your daughter's erratic and confusing behavior is actually healthy, necessary, and natural....

A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood....

Never before has raising teens been so perplexing. If you are wondering what on earth you're doing wrong, you're not alone. But there is hope....

This best-selling book examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects it has on an individual's management of repressed anger and pain....

Interweaving clear summary and analysis of research data with anecdotes drawn from her years as a clinician, researcher, and public speaker, Dr. Jensen explores adolescent brain functioning....

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face....

Between the ages of twelve and twenty-four, the brain changes in important and, at times, challenging ways....

What the award-winning, best-selling Boundaries has done for adult relationships, Boundaries with Kids will do for you and your children....

For many women, having a baby girl is a dream come true. But as girls grow up, the narrative of innocence and joy changes to one of dread as moms are told, "Just wait until she's a teenager!" and handed a disheartening and too-often-true script about a daughter's teenage season of life....

After years of research, lecturing, and feedback, Faber and Mazlish have developed an innovative approach to maintaining a candid, open, mutually respectful dialogue between parents and teens....

Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere 20 years ago....

On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price in He's Not Lazy, and you'll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail and so do not try....

This book will equip you with all the tools you need to build the right foundation to help your daughter make smarter choices and empower her during this baffling, tumultuous time of life....

From tantrums to technology to talking to kids about tough topics, How to Talk When Kids Won’t Listen offers concrete strategies for these and many more difficult situations....

What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. It's a crisis of sexuality. It's a crisis of purpose....

A clinical psychologist’s exploration of the modern dilemmas women face in the wake of new motherhood....

Love is important, but it is respect that is the key to your son's heart....

From best-selling author and counselor Dr. John Townsend, Boundaries with Teens is the expert insight and guidance you need to help your teens take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions and gain a deeper appreciation and respect both for you and themselves....

From the moment a mother holds her newborn son, his eyes tell her that she is his world. But often, as he grows up, the boy who needs her simultaneously pushes her away....

Are you ready to learn how to truly love and accept yourself as the perfectly imperfect person you are now? The 21-Day Self-Love Challenge will help you to develop self-love....

In teenagers, powerful emotions are the rule, not the exception. Unfortunately, many of today’s parents now regard their teens’ negative feelings as disruptive, dangerous, or diagnosable, thanks to the rise of the wellness industry and the widespread use of psychotropic drugs....

How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident, independent, and resilient people...who just might save the world one day....

One basic need all children have, educator Alfie Kohn argues, is to be loved unconditionally, to know that they will be accepted even if they screw up or fall short....

You have a teenager in your home. Life will never quite be the same again (of course, you already know that). But it can be better than you’ve ever dreamed....

Psychotherapist Iben Dissing Sandahl brings to life the Danish upbringing values that form the basis of raising the happiest, healthiest and most well-adjusted teenagers in the world. From finding uniqueness and freedom to efterskoles, in The Danish Way of Raising Teens, you will discover the ten core principles Danes use to raise their teens, to describe this exciting phase from child to adult.

Maggie and her daughter, Renée, have made this audiobook from their own experience. A fierce love of her teen and a determination to push through all the difficulties led Maggie to challenge her parenting style, change her approach, and learn about the best psychological method to help both herself and her daughter.

A new way of thinking about (and celebrating!) your child during these critical years! Congrats—you're having a teen! No, really—congratulations! You're entering one of the most exciting, important phases of parenting. These years are your best opportunity to guide your child toward a thriving adulthood and strengthen your relationship with them for life. This guide will help you understand, encourage, support, love, and, yes, even celebrate your teen!

Kid on the Go! is Neill McKee's third work of creative nonfiction. It's a standalone prequel to his award-winning Finding Myself in Borneo. In this new audiobook, McKee takes listeners on a journey through his childhood, adolescence, and teenage years, from the mid-40s to the mid-60s in the small, then industrially-polluted town of Elmira, Ontario, Canada.

What if you could transform your relationship with your teen into one of trust, transparency, and authentic connection? It may seem impossible given the moodiness of your teenager, yet it can be your reality. In You Are Not a Bad Parent, board-certified pediatrician Dr. Elizabeth Henry will guide you down a streamlined path to creating lasting connection and true understanding between you and your teen.