Parenting Teens

The percentage of adolescents who suffer from significant anxiety is currently close to one-third, and this number has been steadily rising over the past few years. The experience of living with anxiety can make a teen feel cut off from others and frightened.

In this very important book, parents will learn how to discuss sex with their tweens or teens. It removes the stigma surrounding these discussions and can remove the tension and anxiety that parents may have around the subject matter.

Life Strategies for Teens is the first guide to teenage life that won't tell you what to do, or who to be, but rather how to live life best. Employing the techniques from Dr. Phil McGraw's Life Strategies, his son Jay provides teens with the 10 Laws of Life that make the journey to adulthood an easier and more fulfilling trip. Whether dealing with the issues of popularity, peer pressure, ambition, or ambivalence, Life Strategies for Teens is an enlightening guide.

In this book, parents, teachers, and teens will learn strategies to master body acceptance. You will learn that it is not okay to comment on anyone's body, either negatively or positively. This way we can remove the judgmental attitudes the media encourages.

So many children who are tweens are often anxious. This book will help you and your child manage anxiety with concrete, evidence-based methods.

Michael Padraig Acton’s 30+ years of experience in psychological therapy, systemic life coaching and counselling, plus insights from leading international experts, are packed into this accessible, unmissable guide that will empower caregivers to take positive action to improve their parenting skills from a place of authenticity and honesty. Dealing with teenage behaviour, tackling loneliness, drugs and alcohol, online gaming, sex and more, Raw Facts from Real Parents explores the many challenging issues that parents encounter every day.

In this newly revised edition, Sean Covey helps teens figure out how to approach the six major challenges they face: gaining self-esteem, dealing with their parents, making friends, being wise about sex, coping with substances, and succeeding at school and planning a career.

Do you want to easily help your teenager cope with everyday conflicting problems whilst developing a calmer, more positive environment and relationship at home? Raising a teen is a tricky part of the parenting journey but the teenage years do not need to be terrifying. Multiple studies have found distracted parenting, and low levels of parental warmth and support contribute to behavioural problems, insecurity, and emotional difficulties in adolescents.

Adolescence is widely viewed as the most difficult stage of parenting. Yet despite its importance, we have a limited grasp of what it actually takes to help teens through adolescence. In Letting Go, Demie Kurz offers a deeper understanding of the demanding work of parenting teens and sheds new light on what it takes to produce a successful child. Based on numerous interviews with a diverse group of mothers, Kurz details the negotiations with teens and young adults as well over control, trust, and letting go to offer a portrayal of the real dilemmas contemporary parents face day-to-day.

One of the greatest of French novelists, Balzac, trained as a lawyer, was a great judge of human nature. In 1833 he conceived the idea of linking together his novels so that they would comprehend the whole society in a series of books. This plan eventually led to 90 novels and novellas (including more than 2,000 characters) that he called "The Human Comedy". Balzac's huge and ambitious plan drew a picture of the customs, atmosphere, and habits of the bourgeois France.

For the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert and lecturer on child discipline and ADHD. Completely updated with the latest research and treatment information, All About ADHD is a comprehensive guide to ADHD's symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in children and adults.

The epic adventure continues! Unleash the power of your imagination and enter a world you've never dreamed existed. Best-selling author Robert Stanek delivers an epic fantasy adventure that will open your mind and your heart.

To turn back the tides of war, Queen Mother sent her most trusted warriors on a perilous journey across the Great Sea. But the elves were betrayed by one of their own. Only a handful survived the ambush that followed, only two reached the far shores. But they did not find quick allies. They found a kingdom under siege and a shattered alliance. The elves proved themselves to the men that defended Quashan'.

After Tripoli declared war on the United States in 1801, Barbary pirates captured 300 U.S. sailors and marines. President Jefferson sent navy squadrons to the Mediterranean, but he also authorized a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. He chose an unlikely diplomat, William Eaton, to lead the mission, but before Eaton departed, Jefferson grew wary of the affair and withdrew his support.

Are you exhausted from seeing your teen or students wrestle with stress, anxiety, and negative thoughts? Have you tried numerous strategies, only to find they offer short-term relief at best? Do you finally want to guide them towards a solution that brings lasting change and helps them thrive emotionally? If so, then you’ve found the right resource. Achieving emotional stability in teens doesn't have to be an insurmountable challenge. Even if other methods have fallen short, this approach is more straightforward than you might think.

Is your life difficult because of an out-of-control teen? Are you scared witless for your out-of-control teen? Do you stay up at night worrying and feeling guilty, wondering how things got so bad? Do you wish you knew what to do to change the situation and, maybe, even feel a little bit of peace? Lisa G. Nichols is the mom of a former difficult teen. She went through hell and back with her son and learned the biggest lessons of her life, which she shares with you in Out-of-Control Teen.

Checkmate Life, with its engaging and entertaining style, highlights the profound parallels between chess and life, and guides the listener through the game of chess while applying these lessons to their personal development.

In American Literature, all main periods are covered, from colonial times to the present movement toward cultural diversity. Also covered are key themes and personalities, with emphasis on major figures, including Ben Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, Tennessee Williams, Alice Walker, and many more.

You’ve stumbled upon a moment not meant to be rushed—a breath held between thoughts, a hush between heartbeats. Kindling Calm invites you to step softly into a quiet space where peace waits patiently, hidden just beneath the surface of a weary day. What begins as a simple pause may unfold into something deeper... a story, a flicker of light, a whisper from the forest itself.

There are lots of reasons teens retreat to their rooms. They might be absorbed in gaming, obsessed with digital social lives, feeling self-conscious or low, or they might just be asserting their independence. The problem is, if your teen won’t talk to you, it’s very hard to know what’s going on or how best to help. How to Get Your Teenager Out of Their Bedroom offers concrete tips on how you can maintain a good relationship and support your teen’s well-being despite that often-closed bedroom door.