Parent Teenager Relationships

This book, Conversation Starters for Parents of Teens, is designed to foster exciting conversations with your teenager, which will ultimately help you deepen your connection, thus improving your relationship with them. This book advises on communication, body language, and offers scripted questions that anyone can use. By proactively aiming to engage your teen in five-minute conversations and giving them your full attention, you will enhance your relationship, significantly improving the overall family connection.

By the time you are done listening to this audiobook, desire for an active relationship with the teenager in your life can stretch beyond the one hug a year you get from your teen at Christmas time after they receive their presents. With Nicole Rice’s book Does Your Teen Talk? No, but They Text, Snap, & Tik Tok, she wants to help you achieve what to say and what not to say so your teen will talk more; what to do so you spend more and more good times with your teen; and how to talk less and listen more so you are a major difference in your teen’s life.

After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Distilling lessons and sharing stories (some cautionary, some entertaining, all helpful) from her long college advisory career, three-time Ivy League Dean Monique Rinere presents a unique month-by-month road map to a college experience that is rich, rewarding, and successful for teens and parents alike.

Teen Talk is your breakthrough. This isn’t a collection of vague ideas—it’s a proven, practical roadmap to transform your relationship with your teen. You’ll discover how to rebuild trust, reconnect emotionally, and open up real conversations that create change—FAST.

Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads is essential listening for parents today. It offers us the tools to become wiser, more relaxed parents, and the inspiration to speak out, act according to our values, show humility, and set the kind of example that will make a real difference in our children's lives.

Although the title of this book indicates one parent's story or struggle, it's actually about the battle between all parents and teens. It has actually risen to the potential for generational warfare. Teenagers have little respect for adults, especially parents.

If you want to learn the best ways to parent your daughter in the age of social media while maintaining a healthy and strong relationship with her, then Building Self Esteem for Girls is the book you need.

Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an 8-year-old be allowed to go on social media? How can parents help their children gain the most from the best aspects of the digital age? How can we keep kids safe from digital harm?

Now you have raised a baby first and then a child, so now its time to raise a teenager. The bigger they are, the bigger problem they bring. At the same time you will develop your own skills during the road. But the road might be bumpy and you will never know what to expect. It might be calm or it might be a stormy journey, and not all but a lot of it is a reflection of your own behavior in different situations, and some of it is the personality of the teenager itself.

Raising a tween can often leave you feeling like a parenting beginner all over again. Children in the 'between' stage seem to change almost daily, leaving many parents struggling to understand the child they once thought they knew so well. In Between, parenting expert and mother of four Sarah Ockwell-Smith uses a unique blend of the biology, psychology and sociology of adolescence as the basis for practical parenting advice that you can use to help your child through the transition from childhood to adulthood.

A great way to support your technologically obsessed and constantly stressed teenagers is through meditation and mindfulness—a powerful practice that offers incredible benefits to one's body and mind, and promotes healthier and happier relationships. Through this shared activity, you can guide your teens toward a calmer and more centered life, consequently building self-esteem and creating a more harmonious bond between you and your children!

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Parent Talk by Wendy Mogel. Are you tired of arguing with your children? Do you find you're repeating the same messages over and over? Or perhaps you've given up trying to communicate with your kids at all? Several years ago Mogel began giving lessons to parents who were struggling with their children, demonstrating how changing the way they talked to them improved how well their child received the message, leading to fewer arguments and less household stress. In Parent Talk, Mogel elaborates on her approach.

In this audiobook, Dr. Stem shares questions and answers she used to help teenage boys answer life questions when she was working with teenagers and parents for over 15 years. Upon finishing this book, parents and teenagers will have the tools they need to help teenage boys live a life full of purpose and passion, free of fear.

Being a good parent is one of the most difficult, yet most rewarding, jobs a person can have in his or her lifetime. Being the parent of a teen is an especially daunting phase of the journey. As parents begin to notice the significant changes that come with adolescence (physical changes brought about by puberty, the constant angst and moodiness, and of course the classic eye-rolling and the I-know-it-all attitude), they wonder just what happened to their happy, sweet, and affectionate young boy or girl.

You have value. It's not value you earn. Your worth is intrinsic. It's in you, and no one can take it away from you. You are born with this innate characteristic. You are unique and rare. Because of this, you have great value. If you "be the best you can be," then you can achieve your dreams, and the world will be a better place!

Technology is a powerful tool, but when left unchecked, it can dominate your family’s life and disrupt meaningful connections. The Digital Parent Playbook is a practical guide to helping parents set healthy boundaries around technology use while fostering responsibility, balance, and harmony at home—all without constant arguments or battles.

Ways to Help Your Lonely Teen is a direct response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2023 Advisory on loneliness, to help parents know how to combat loneliness in young people and foster well-being to prevent mental health problems down the road. Dr. Beresin elaborates on each Surgeon General recommendation for parents with actionable, practical advice to help families embrace these recommendations in everyday life.

Don’t let your teen struggle alone any longer. Instead, help them overcome their anxiety and feel happier, while protecting them from extreme stress! Is your child struggling with school? Do they seem distant while avoiding emotional connections? Are you worried about your child’s mental health?

Oh no, I'm turning into my mother! Every woman is familiar with the poignant, funny, baffling, or horrifying echoes that resonate at that moment when she first hears her own mother's voice coming out of her mouth. But this moment of recognition is more than ironic: It's at the root of how we see ourselves, and how we plot and follow the arc that goes from childhood to motherhood.

In this book, we discuss the parental role, and discover the foundation on which a healthy parent-child relationship should be built. We uncover the realities of relating with your children as BFFs, and discover why it can become quite a prevalent challenge for good parenting.