false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167685095m/25344.jpg 25344 7 This is a survival guide for parents who find themselves marooned among volatile and incomprehensible aliens on Planet Teen. Area maps cover the obvious ground--there are chapters on school, sex, suicide, and so on--but it's the title of Chapter 2, "What They Do and Why," that best captures the book's spirit and technique. Anthony Wolf's modus operandi is not so much to make pronouncements about what parents should do, as to explain adolescent behavior in a way that's bound to leave parents with a changed view of the plausible options. Wolf is a clinical psychologist, and his writing is clear--even witty--and he doesn't resort to jargon. The expository text is punctuated with snatches of illustrative dialogue, which serve as concrete examples and help parents learn how to see, anticipate, and avoid "bad strategies." (One key mistake is getting dragged into no-win conflicts instead of having the wisdom to shut up at the moment when shutting up would be most effective--albeit the least satisfying--thing to do.) There are also some nicely tongue-in-cheek samples of "ideal" communication--the stuff we imagine might get said if only we were better parents. After one such rosily cooperative and considerate interchange between a father and his adolescent son, Wolf offers the following two-edged comfort: "The above conversation has never happened. Never. Not in the whole history of the world." Message: Parenting adolescents is inherently difficult. Don't judge your efforts by otherworldly standards. <I>--Richard Farr</I> 382886 1991 Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated total:122|5:41|4:45|3:28|2:8|1:0| 122 485 199 42 25344 0374528535 9780374528539 111 38 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167685095m/25344.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25344.Get_Out_of_My_Life_but_First_Could_You_Drive_Me_Cheryl_to_the_Mall_A_Parent_s_Guide_to_the_New_Teenager_Revised_and_Updated 3 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 08:01:31 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 12:05:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 25344 0374528535 9780374528539 111 38 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167685095m/25344.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25344.Get_Out_of_My_Life_but_First_Could_You_Drive_Me_Cheryl_to_the_Mall_A_Parent_s_Guide_to_the_New_Teenager_Revised_and_Updated 5 1 false Thu Sep 10 20:09:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 30 09:21:18 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 10 20:09:26 -0700 2009 25344 0374528535 9780374528539 111 38 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167685095m/25344.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25344.Get_Out_of_My_Life_but_First_Could_You_Drive_Me_Cheryl_to_the_Mall_A_Parent_s_Guide_to_the_New_Teenager_Revised_and_Updated 0 1 false Thu Jan 15 06:57:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 06:57:40 -0800 2009 25344 0374528535 9780374528539 111 38 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167685095m/25344.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25344.Get_Out_of_My_Life_but_First_Could_You_Drive_Me_Cheryl_to_the_Mall_A_Parent_s_Guide_to_the_New_Teenager_Revised_and_Updated 4 0 false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 06:32:14 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 06:35:23 -0700 2009
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