Teen-Proofing: Fostering Responsible Decision Making in Your Teenager

Rosemond, John

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Edition:	1st
Publisher:	Simon & Schust
ISBN:	0-7407-1021-4 (0740710214)
ISBN-13:	978-0-7407-1021-6 (9780740710216)
Binding:	Softcover
Copyright:	2001
Publish Date:	09/00
Weight:	0.81 Lbs.
Pages:	288
Carton Quantity:	32
Subject Class:	C-H (Consumer Health)
Return Policy:	Returns accepted up to 6 months provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply.
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Abstract:

Parents can protect toddlers--with their maximum mobility and minimum logic--by pasting plastic on electrical outlets and putting poisons out of reach. But protecting teenagers is not so simple, says family psychologist and author of Raising a Nonviolent Child John Rosemond. "Short of solitary confinement, you can't guarantee that a teen won't use drugs, shoplift, drink or crash the car. In the final analysis, teens must protect themselves." Rosemond's Teen-Proofing provides parents with tough-love strategies for managing teens so they make self-protective, rather than self-destructive, decisions. The author offers smart and seasoned advice--from coping with middle school "tweenagers" to understanding why teens are vulnerable and how the culture diminishes a parent's influence. Yet he undermines his clarity with snide asides about mental health professionals and one too many smug and self-congratulatory examples of his own parenting of a son and daughter. These distractions are unnecessary; the book's unconventional and provocative suggestions will speak volumes to parents of teens.