Parenting your out-of-control teenager : 7 steps to reestablish authority and reclaim love
Item details
- ISBN: 0312266294
- ISBN: 9780312266295
- ISBN: 0312303017
- ISBN: 9780312303013
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x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2001.
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Understanding Why Your Teen Is Out of Control -- Top 7 Reasons for Teen Misbehavior -- Unclear Rules -- Not Keeping Up with Your Teen's Thinking -- Button-Pushing -- Teenager Drunk with Power -- The Pleasure Principle -- Peer Power -- Misuse of Outside Forces -- A Road Map of Defeat and a New Highway to Success -- The Left Fork in the Road: "I Will Not Take Charge" p24 -- The Right Fork in the Road: "I Will Take Charge" -- The Third Fork in the Road: Fake It Until You Make It -- Writing an Ironclad Contract with Clear Rules and Consequences -- Why Your Current Contracts Fail -- How to Write a Contract That Works -- Tackle Only One or Two Problems at a Time -- Convert Problems into Concrete Rules -- Create a Well-Written Consequence -- Use Both Positive and Negative Consequences -- Put the Written Contract Together -- Include Your Teenager's Input & Expertise -- Be Consistent in Following Through -- Catch Your Teen Doing Something Right -- Troubleshooting: How to Think Two Steps Ahead of Your Teenager -- Coming Up with Plan B When Plan A Fails -- Anticipate What Your Teen Will Do Next -- Troubleshoot Underlying Family Problems -- Button Pushing: Why Your Teen Wins Arguments -- Find Your Parental Buttons -- Find Your Teenager's Buttons -- Button-Buster Techniques -- Stopping Your Teenager's Seven Aces: Disrespect, Truancy, Running Away, Teen Pregnancy, Alcohol or Drug Abuse, Violence, and Suicide Threats -- Disrespect -- Clearly Define Disrespect -- Choose Your Battles Wisely -- Two Can Play at That Game -- A Hierarchy of Consequences -- Lavish Praise and Appreciation -- Do the Unexpected -- The Pawn Broker -- Truancy or Failing Grades -- Work Collaboratively with the School -- Positive Praise and Recognition -- Grounding -- The Pawn Broker for School Issues -- Attending School -- Home Schooling or Switching Schools: A Last Resort -- Running Away -- Figure Out Why Your Teen Runs Away -- Use Your Teen as an Expert -- The Stealth Bomber Consequences -- The Gandhi Consequence -- Teen Pregnancy or Sexual Promiscuity -- Build Your Teen's Self-Esteem -- Talk to Your Teen About Sex -- Closely Monitor Internet Use and Abuse -- Contractual Contraception -- Real Teens, Real Stories -- Alcohol or Drug Abuse -- Find Out How Often Your Teenager Is Using -- The Prime Suspect -- Underage Posters and Shadowing -- Fines and Misdemeanors -- Invade Your Teen's Privacy -- Relapse Is Normal; Prepare for It -- Spiritual Anchors and Nurturance -- It Takes a Village to Help a Drug Addict -- Address Any Underlying Family Issues -- Threats or Acts of Violence -- The Nonviolent Town Meeting -- The Old MacDonald Consequence -- A Cowritten Antiviolence Contract -- Monitor Your Teen Closely -- Accountability and the Police -- Nurturance: The Antivenin of Violence -- Threats of Suicide -- The Risk of Suicide -- A Twenty-four-hour Watch -- An Antisuicide Contract -- There Is Strength in Numbers: How to Mobilize Outside Helpers Like Friends, Neighbors, and Police Officers -- Know the Playing Field -- Mobilizing Friends or Neighbors -- Mobilizing Churches, Synagogues, and Extended Family -- Getting Help from Child Protective Services (CPS) or the Police -- Mobilizing Counselors -- Working with Institutions (Schools, Hospitals, Foster Care, and Probation Officers) -- Mobilizing Your Teen's Peer Group -- Reclaiming Love Between You and Your Teenager -- The Fine Line Between Love and Hate -- Timing Is Everything -- Emotional Warm-ups -- Five Toxic Behaviors That Poison Your Relationship with Your Teen -- Six Strategies to Reclaim Love Between You & Your Teenager -- Special Outings -- Accept Underlying Feelings -- The Power of Hugs -- Be the First to Restore Good Feelings -- Give Your Teen Opportunities to Regain Trust -- Creating Soft Talk -- The Next Step What to Do If These Steps Fail or You Experience Special Circumstances: Single Parenthood, Divorce, Stepfamily, or Teen Emotional Problems -- Get Support on the Internet and in Your Own Town -- Understanding the Complexities of Single Parenthood, Divorce, Stepfamilies, and Teenage Emotional Problems -- Single Parenthood -- Difficult Divorces -- Stepfamily Issues -- Teenage Emotional Problems -- Choosing the Right Counselor for You. |
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