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Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington are here to help. While seeing their own kids through this transition, they realized they needed some support. Thats why they founded Grown and Flown, an online community for parents of teens. And it turns out they werent the only ones looking for advice for how to parent through the teenage years. The Grown and Flown community has become a top resource for curated content from experts, related stories of shared...
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Power struggles between parents and teens are nothing new, but chronic control battles are destructive to teen development as well as the entire family. According to psychotherapist Neil Brown, these battles occur as the result of self-perpetuating negative relationship patterns. This book will help you understand and end the painful tug-of-war with your teen and foster a peaceful and loving home environment.
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Health Communications
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2021.
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English
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"This is a comprehensive guide for parents who want to raise emotionally healthy, resilient adolescents in a time of great stress when anxiety and mental health disorders are epidemic. In these times of great stress for our kids, resilience is not a given. The epidemic of mental health disorders in adolescents has made parenting even more challenging, but parents can still have an enormous impact on the health and well-being of their child. This book...
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BenBella Books, Inc
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[2020]
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English
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"From expert sociologist and Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley, Christine Carter, author of The Sweet Spot, The New Adolescence is a small, engaging, solutions-focused book that gives time-starved parents simple strategies for raising healthy, happy teenagers-in spite of the social forces working against them"--
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Harmony
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[2016]
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English
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""My daughter used to be so wonderful. Now I can barely stand her and she won't tell me anything. How can I find out what's going on?" "There's a clique in my daughter's grade that's making her life miserable. She doesn't want to go to school anymore. Her own supposed friends are turning on her, and she's too afraid to do anything. What can I do?" Welcome to the wonderful world of your daughter's adolescence. A world in which she comes to school one...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited, parte de Penguin Random House
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2018.
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"La pubertad y la adolescencia son una etapa compleja y llena de dudas. [Esta libro] ofrece consejo claro y cuidado para ayudar a adolescentes y padres a salir adelante con éxito en esos años difíciles. Bienestar emocional, cambios corporales, seguridad en internet, dinámica familiar, relaciones, sexualidad ... todo explicado con un texto comprensible y sin tecnicismos, con ilustraciones claras e informativas."--Amazon.com.
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A neurologist offers a revolutionary look at the science of the adolescent brain, providing surprising insights -- including why smart kids often do stupid things -- that translate into practical advice for both parents and teenagers. One of the first books to focus exclusively on the neurological development of adolescents, The Teenage Brain presents new findings, dispels widespread myths, and provides practical suggestions for negotiating this difficult...
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"The cultural terrain of today's youth can be difficult to navigate. David teaches readers how to maintain open communication about everything from relationships to technology and media in order to help their teens grow in their faith and deal with difficult issues"--
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Mango Media
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"Kids are growing up with nearly unlimited access to social media and everything you can find on the internet. As a result, as early as eight years old, children are exposed to information, thoughts, and emotions that they are developmentally unprepared to process. Your typical "teen parenting" tactics for thirteen-year-olds is now years too late. Dr. Duffy...offers breakthrough advice for parents raising children who are growing up quickly and, as...
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American Academy of Pediatrics
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[2022]
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English
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"A new way of thinking about (and celebrating!) your child during these critical years! Congrats-- you're having a teen! No, really-- congratulations! You're entering one of the most exciting, important phases of parenting. These years are your best opportunity ..."--
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"In teenagers, powerful emotions are the rule, not the exception. Unfortunately, many of today's parents now regard their teens' negative feelings as disruptive, dangerous, or diagnosable, thanks to the rise of the wellness industry and the widespread use of psychotropic drugs. To make matters worse, the global pandemic, academic pressure, social media stress, and a bleak environmental future have left today's teenagers feeling overwhelmed. Parents...
13) The ultimate guide to raising teens and tweens: strategies for unlocking your child's full potential
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Are you concerned or frustrated with the choices your child makes when it comes to their peer groups, study habits, and use of social media?
Do you feel your child is pushing you away and your connection is weakening?
Are you unsure of the next steps you should take to help your child succeed?
A whole new set of parenting concerns arise during tween and teenhood that can be overwhelming for any parent. The Ultimate Guide to Raising...
Do you feel your child is pushing you away and your connection is weakening?
Are you unsure of the next steps you should take to help your child succeed?
A whole new set of parenting concerns arise during tween and teenhood that can be overwhelming for any parent. The Ultimate Guide to Raising...
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Do you procrastinate? And if so, what's your procrastination type? In this fun and illustrated guide, author Jennifer Shannon blends acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral strategies to help you recognize your procrastination habits, discover the strengths of your unique procrastination type, and find the motivation you need to meet important deadlines and reach your highest goals.
In the midst of modern-day
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Debolsillo
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2021.
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Español
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"Educación emocional para padres y adolescentes para despertar la consciencia y la asunción de la responsabilidad personal como pilares de la felicidad. Si has cogido este libro, probablemente sea porque te suena la frase del título. Quizás porque la has oído muchas veces en casa, o porque últimamente no paras de decirla. Si es así, estas páginas están escritas para ti. Y para todos los padres y madres -héroes anónimos- que se enfrentan...
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Convenient, pocket-sized guide to asking and answering questions, starting conversations, and filling in the silence with your teen. ... The authors have selected the most common and confounding conversational quandaries families face, and solved them for you. Chapters in this little treasure cover a variety of situations familiar to any parent of teenage girls, such as: When She's In a Mood; When Her Heart Is Broken; When the Phone Becomes an Appendage;...
17) Freaky Friday
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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When a mother, Katherine, and daughter, Ellie, are at the most stressful of times, they can only imagine how the other's problems could be more difficult. Thanks to the magic from their late father's hourglass, their imagination becomes a reality when they switch bodies and see what it's like to be the other person.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge. Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked "KING CITY" by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase. Everything about...
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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
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[2021]
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English
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"Charlie Wheelan and his family do what others dream of: they take a year off to travel the world. This is their story. What would happen if you quit your life for a year? In a pre-COVID-19 world, the Wheelan family decided to find out; leaving behind work, school, and even the family dogs to travel the world on a modest budget. Equal parts "how-to" and "how-not-to"--and with an eye toward a world emerging from a pandemic--We Came, We Saw, We Left...
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