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Books for Parents of Children from 13 years to 19 years:

Parenting Skills

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The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap by Alvin Rosenfeld, MD and Nicole Wise

ISBN 312263392

Alvin Rosenfeld, MD, founder of National Family Night, and journalist Nicole Wise present the concept of hyper-parenting: endless extra-carriucular activities, appointments, and to-do lists and fears of one's child's under-achievement and find ways to encourage raising happy and emotionally healthy children.

To find out more about this topic, read Parenting Strategy Nine: Create Space for Joy, Humor and Spirit

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Loving Each One Best book imageLoving Each One Best: A Caring and Practical Approach to Raising Siblings by Nancy Samalin

ISBN 553378341

Parenting expert and author Nancy Samalin says that when parents ask how they can get their children to listen more, she replies: “The answer is simple to understand, difficult to do. It’s talk less. Whatever you can say in a paragraph, say in a sentence. What you can say in a sentence, say in a word.”

To find out more about this topic, read Parenting Strategy Three, Listen, Talk and Guide With Love: Communication That Works.

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Growing Up Again - Second Edition: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children by Connie Dawson and Jane Illsley Clarke

ISBN 1568381905

Clarke and Dawson use Erik Erikson's Stages of Development as a way to understand your child and find ways to nurture both them and yourself.

To find out more about this topic, read Erik Erikson's Stages Recognize Life as Opportunities to Grow

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The Hurried Child book imageThe Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (3rd edition) by David Elkind

ISBN 0201039664

Elkind warns of the dangers of allowing your child to grow up too fast and offers advice on how to protect their childhood.

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New Skills for Frazzled Parents: The Instruction Manual That Should Have Come With Your Child by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

ISBN 1886554021

Dr. Amen is a neuroscientist, psychiatrist and Director of the Amen Clinic. This manual is based on his parenting course. Amen has done extesive study on brain scaning and imagery.

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Love and Limits book imageLove & Limits: Guidance Tools for Creative Parenting by Elizabeth Crary

ISBN 1884734049

Crary provides tools for parenting to help set limits and avoid powerstruggles in a way that is respectful of childrens' feelings. She uses a STAR principal (S-stop and focus; T-think of ideas; A-act effectively; R-review, revise, reward) as a way to problem solve.

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Dealing With Disappointment: Helping Kids Cope When Things Don't Go Their Way by Elizabeth Crary

ISBN 1884734758

Crary's guide encourages parents to help children aquire their own skills for dealing with disappointment. Helping them learn problem-solving, self-comfort, and what to do next is the best way to help them cope.

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Using Your Values to Raise Your Child to Be an Adult You Admire by Harriet Heath, Ph.D.

ISBN 1884734367

In this book, Heath helps parents articulate and model their values for their children. Worksheet and examples guide parents through this process so that parents can in turn impart their values to their children.

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Zen Parenting: The Art of Learning What You Already Know by Judith Costello and Jurgen Haver

ISBN 1589040171

Costello and Haver are the founders and editors of Parenting with Spirit, a magazine dedicated to examining child rearing from a spiritual perspective. Using short stories, they illustrate Zen concepts and provide examples on how to incorporate them into your parenting.

NOTE: Also see Strengthening Families and Character Development and Values

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ALLOWING TEENS TO BECOME INDEPENDENT WITHOUT DRIVING YOU CRAZY

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Psychologist Sachs' guide helps parents get through their child's teen years with understanding and realistic expectations. This book includes strategies, checklists and exercises for you and your teen in this challenging and exciting time of their life.

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Being the Parent YOU Want to Be: 12 Communication Skills for Effective Parenting by Gary Screaton Page, M.Ed.

ISBN 1892334070

These skills improve parent-child communication and help parents be more effective. Activities are provided to translate these ideas into action.

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Parenting 911: How to Safeguard and Rescue Your 10 to 15 Year-Old from Substance Abuse, Sexual Encounters....and Other Risky Situations by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese

ISBN 767903218

As parents, we need to educate ourselves about the world in which our children live, before we can help them make safe, healthy choices. The authors outline the issues "middlers" are facing, solutions to dealing with these issues, and resources for further information.

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Pick Up Your Socks...and Other Skills Growing Children Need! by Elizabeth Crary

ISBN 0943990521

Subtitled "A Practical Guide to Raising Responsible Children", Crary presents ways to nurture responsiblity and independence to children with developmentally age-appropriate expectations. Chores, homework and peer-pressure are among the topics addressed.