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Parents need help to teach their teens how to make decisions responsibly―and do so without going crazy or damaging the relationship.Parenting Teens with Love and Logic, from the duo who wrote Parenting with Love and Logic, empowers parents with the skills necessary to set limits, teach important skills, and encourage decision-making in their teenagers.Covering a wide range of real-life issues teens face―including divorce, ADD, addiction, and sex―this book gives you the tools to help your teens find their identity and grow in maturity. Indexed for easy reference.
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: NavPress Publishing; Upd Exp edition (May 3, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1576839303
ISBN-13: 978-1576839300
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.2 x 8.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (290 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #6,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #26 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Parenting > Teenagers #27 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Christian Living > Family #1243 in Books > Religion & Spirituality
This is an incredibe book. I wish I had read it sooner. Cline explains the necessity of consistency. He discusses the danger of rescuing teens and how doing so threatens their maturity. The book discuses a variey of parenting styles with the pros and cons of each. Part 3, called Parenting Pearls was my favorite part. Practical solutions are offered for issues such as back talk, driving, curfews, dating, parties, internet, grades, money, music, and jobs, just to name a few.I recommend this book to anyone wih teens (its never too late) and preteens. You won't be sorry.
I have a very independent 14 year old daughter who does not respond well to being told what to do. Using love and logic strategies works really well with her. If I ask her what her plan is for homework tonight, she gives me a reasonable plan and does it, which is much better than yelling at her all night long to get it done. This works in a lot of different situations. For example if I ask her what the consequence should be (before hand) if she doesn't get her room cleaned when she says she will, there is a lot less arguing about doing her room or about the consequences if she does not get her room clean.
I felt that many of the principles in the book are solid; however, I wish I had known about the conservative Christian bias before going into the book. I really struggled to relate to the sections about teens and sex because of the conservative slant. Of course, I don't plan to follow everything I read verbatim, so I discounted the inapplicable sections.
Great advice, that works. Bonus; so easy to jump around and find info on the issue you need help with. Don't need to read the whole book first, who has time for that when you are in the trenches! :)
I was first given this book when I left my son with a theraputic Wilderness Program in Oregon in the US. I travelled with my son from the UK to SageWalk, a therapy centre for Teens who were finding it difficult to fit in with their families, and who had fallen into bad and destructive behavour cycles. Although this book is written in a very 'American' style and can be a little 'cheesy' for the British way of thinking, it is still an extremely effective and helpful tool that can help struggling parents and their children. There are sinarios in the book that can quite easily compare to the problems and struggles parents have today and there are helpful tips that can prevent a parent from screaming at their kids which gets them nowhere. My boy has benefited greatly from this book and so have I. It is a two way journey learning how to be a better parent who can understand and communicate better with their troubled teenager. In the same way, if the parent takes on board the advice in this book then they will reap the rewards of having a well adjusted teenager and better family life altogether. Using the advice in this book helps to bring harmony and laughter back into the homes of families by offering help for today's teenagers' problems and gives the parents hope for tomorrow. I refer to this book often and have bought this book to give to a friend and I know she will benefit greatly from it too.
My ex and I divorced the weekend before my daughter started kindergarten and her counselor recommended the love and logic series to us then. I read the parenting with love and logic book one time and have read a few others since and utilized the parenting style I learned from the books. She is now entering her teen years. Although parenting isn't easy and I make mistakes like everyone else, my preteen (almost teen) and I have an amazing relationship and I owe it to the lessons I have learned thru this parenting style. I have 7 years of parenting with love and logic under my belt and am VERY happy with the results.And, as a daycare provider for 8 years I also used the book teaching with love and logic for my infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and saw amazing results with them as well. I also volunteer with a youth organization and use the love and logic concepts with the children I lead.I have even encouraged my fiancé to also adapt this parenting style with his own children over the past few years and I have seen dramatic results with their relationships too.We together, have read the love and logic book for lasting relationships as well and really enjoyed the concepts.So with experience, I recommend this series to parents with young children, preteens, and teens. I recommend this to teachers, caregivers, youth volunteers, single parents, blended families, and more.I can also say that even though I have used it in all aspects of my life, this style of parenting is something that I took bits and pieces from and adapted to. If you aren't willing to change, no self help book will work for you. I don't do everything that is recommended in these books, and I don't go crazy over love and logic everything. I have read each book only one time (and I haven't read them all) and what I have taken away from them and what I have utilized has worked for me.
I thought the material of the book and it's ideas were helpful. However, the content was very wordy and the book was about 2x longer than was required.One thing that really bothered me was it preached christian values which I don't agree with. A large section on how one should wait until marriage to have sex and how homosexuality is evil.The good points of the book is that the material and techniques are useful. I just feel that there has to be a better source for the information out there.
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