The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans

How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Unshakable Trust, and Raise a Respectable Adult

By: Josh Shipp

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

A practical guide to understanding teens from best-selling author and global youth advocate Josh Shipp.

In 2015, Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. But Josh Shipp didn't need Harvard to know that. Once an at-risk foster kid, he was headed straight for trouble until he met the man who changed his life: Rodney, the foster parent who refused to quit on Shipp and got him to believe in himself.

Now, in The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans, Shipp shows all of us how to be that caring adult in a teenager's life. Stressing the need for compassion, trust, and encouragement, he breaks down the phases of a teenage human from sixth to 12th grade, examining the changes, goals, and mentality of teenagers at each stage.

Shipp offers revelatory stories that take us inside the teen brain and shares wisdom from top professionals and the most expert grown-ups. He also includes practice scripts that address tough issues, including:

• Forgiveness: What do I do when a teen has been really hurt by someone and it's not their fault?
• Communication: How do I get a teen to talk to me? They just grunt.
• Trust: My teen blew it. My trust is gone. Where do we go from here?
• Bullying: Help! A teen (or their friend) is being harassed.
• Difficult and awkward conversations: Drugs. Death. Sex. Oh my.

Written in Shipp's playfully authoritative, no-nonsense voice, The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans tells his story and unpacks practical strategies that can make a difference. Ultimately, it's not about shortcuts or magic words - as Shipp reminds us, it's about investing in kids and giving them the love, time, and support they need to thrive.

And that means every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.

©2017 Brilliant Partners (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

should be recommended reading

this book helped me change my mindset about my teen. I am not raising a child anymore, I am raising a young man and I'm ready to take on the role of "coach" rather than parent. I cried sweet tears reading this.

Insightful Book

Great content. He really is passionate about the healthy development of teens. Kudos too for the content available on his website. I've already made use of the teen cell phone contract.

Only negative-reason for 4 stars on performance... The audio of the "scene plays" is corny to the point of annoying with the faked voices for parents & teens. would have been better to actually have other real people just read out the parts.

Very distracting Narrator

Overall, the content of the book is fantastic. I learn and and am currently implementing a lot of ideas and reflections from the book. The 4 parent traps are excellent points to ponder.
The downside of this audible product is the narrator Roger Wayne. Whenever there is a dialog, he tried to change his voice to someone else to mimic what is in the book. He is terrible at it, and it is very very distracting and sounds disrespectful. He does NOT have to change his voice to sound like a female voice! So, publisher, please do not use this narrator.

Highly recommended

The book is great. As somo other review said, the audio version's conversations which are supposed to be by girls and women are weired as the male narrater attempts to read in his female-mimicking voices. That was the only strange aspect. Contents are great and offer tons of insights for parents.

Best book for parents of teenagers

Filled with practical examples. I have read many, many books about parenting teenagers, And by far this is the best. Really appreciate the insight. The author is authentic, and very inspiring.

A Must Read for All Parents

This audiobook was very informative and thorough in a wide array of things parents should discuss with their teens. This is the closest thing to a Parent's Manual as I have ever seen.
Just get it. Read ALL if it. Do ALL of it.

if you have a Teenage Human you have to have this

As a mom of two terrific teenagers and a marriage and family therapist I would say this is my number one recommended book for parents of teens. It gives you actually hands on strategies and fabulous information

excellent

A must read for parents & caring adults of teens & and teens! Good tips and ideas on raising them to be responsible adults

Excellent book for parents and teen caregivers

This is an excellent book for parents, educators, therapists and anyone working with teenagers. Shipp covers a wide range of topics and gives specific suggestions on how to relate well to teens. I will be recommending it to all the parents with whom I work.

As a therapist, I would be remiss if I didn’t note that he doesn’t have an accurate understanding of what the various credentialed therapists offer. If you are looking for a counselor for your teen be sure to search for the distinctions between psychiatrists, psychologists and masters level therapists/counselors. The names of latter group depends on what their degree is in. The therapy they provide doesn’t necessarily.

Finally, co-regulation, as discussed in the latter part of the book, does not mean the child and the parent help to regulate each other. It means the parent joins the child in helping the child regulate until he or she can self regulate consistently. I believe this is a significant correction.

I wish I had came across this before

I absolutely love it, great narrative, examples, and advises. Every parents should have this information.