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Teen behaviors accumulate into habits as parents and others encourage some activities and discourage others. In this excerpt from Teenagers and Parents, 12 Steps to a Better Relationship, parent modeling, encouragement and liking are highlighted as the most important part of parenting. Examples of conversations about sex, dating, school skills and depression help parents smooth the family interactions. The habits can be satisfying to parents or disappointing. Finding the right places for both loving and liking is the core of successful parenting. Chapter 1: What do you like? provides numerous examples of listening skills and dozens of conversations about sexual adjustment, dating, disposition and imitation. Chapter 2: Choosing Good Habits, makes suggestions for school skills, homework and chores at home while setting plans for allowances and responsibilities. Chapter 3: The Not-So-Good Habits takes up more principles and the problems of compulsions, fidget behavior and the dangers of labels for teen habits. Chapter 4: The Bad Habits of Alcohol, Drugs, and Cars, deals with alcohol, drugs depression. smoking and the most dangerous habit of all, driving.

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Teenagers & Parents is approved by Parents' Choice Foundation. What reviewers have said About revious editions Raising Your Teenager is a useful resource for any parent feeling they are in over their head with their teen. - Small Press Bookwatch. Oct. 2010 The book takes the priciples of behavior analysis that have been demonstrated repeatedly. . .and applies them to everyday circumstances to illustrate how parents can make present family interactions fruitful, pleasant, and constructive. The Current Repertoire, Spring 2010. .. .chapter I liked the most is 'Loving and Liking your kids'....this book does a very thorough job of tackling most subjects that are important to our kids....I was refreshed to see someone who had put all of this information into one book and is making it available for parents to access. - Chris Goforth, bookdads.com. July 18, 2010. The book was filled with so many valuable resources, and the chapters are so easy to read. Each section was filled with nuggets that any parent would be glad to have in their metaphorical toolbelt. - Dad of Divas Reviews. 11/11/2010. Immensely helpful and easy to read, with lots of cross-cultural relevance. - Dr. Lucy Y. Steihnitz, Regional Technical Advisor for Children and Families (Africa). Spring 2010. Raising Your Teenager is an invaluable guidebook-whether you are a first-time pre-teen parent or a veteran. - Wendy Summer, Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor. Spring 2010

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