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Owner’s/Instruction Manuals #11
The Teen Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Troubleshooting Tips, and Advice on Adolescent Maintenance
At Last! A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Teens
Hormones. Rebellion. Moodiness. Peer pressure. No parent can be fully prepared for all the challenges associated with adolescence.
Fortunately, The Teen Owner’s Manual is here to answer your most pressing How can I teach my teenager to make smart decisions? How do I keep her safe on the Web? How do I get him to communicate? How and when should I talk to her about sex? Whatever your concerns, you’ll find the answers right here—courtesy of parenting author Sarah Jordan and adolescent medicine specialist Dr. Janice Hillman.
Hormones. Rebellion. Moodiness. Peer pressure. No parent can be fully prepared for all the challenges associated with adolescence.
Fortunately, The Teen Owner’s Manual is here to answer your most pressing How can I teach my teenager to make smart decisions? How do I keep her safe on the Web? How do I get him to communicate? How and when should I talk to her about sex? Whatever your concerns, you’ll find the answers right here—courtesy of parenting author Sarah Jordan and adolescent medicine specialist Dr. Janice Hillman.
- GenresParenting
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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August 3, 2019
I’ve decided not to have a teenager any more.
January 23, 2020
I love how the authors formatted this handbook and I loved the included illustrations.
As a junior high teacher and a new step parent to teenagers, this book was a good reminder of adolescent growing pains. The information therein will prove helpful for my students and hopefully my step kids as I try to be patient, understanding, and sympathetic to all that happens before, during and after puberty.
With professional advice on parenting a teen, this book gives a scope of scenarios and situations that may arise.
Sections of the book include:
Prepping for Teen Years
Physical Education: The Changing Body and Mind of Your Teen
Managing Academic Life
Social Studies: Your Teen's Scene
The Importance of Communication
Limit- Testing and Independence
As a junior high teacher and a new step parent to teenagers, this book was a good reminder of adolescent growing pains. The information therein will prove helpful for my students and hopefully my step kids as I try to be patient, understanding, and sympathetic to all that happens before, during and after puberty.
With professional advice on parenting a teen, this book gives a scope of scenarios and situations that may arise.
Sections of the book include:
Prepping for Teen Years
Physical Education: The Changing Body and Mind of Your Teen
Managing Academic Life
Social Studies: Your Teen's Scene
The Importance of Communication
Limit- Testing and Independence
March 24, 2021
This book is full of good applicable advice. A real manual.
March 2, 2013
This book was adorable, with funny illustrations and suggestions for heading off certain types of behavior as well as the "what to expects".
Granted much of the information I am sure you can either recall from your not so long ago childhood, but also there are plenty of positive and gentle reminders in here. For instance, the section on not fighting over/emphasizing individual grades at the expense of tackling the learning process. (I am frequently guilty of that..."what you have a 'C' in social studies and science, what in the world" )Or other suggestions-- illustrating the need to not jump in with the answer, but giving them the tools to fully think out those quick decisions with role play or scenarios. Letting them make mistakes without jumping in to punish/fix, but allowing them to learn from those issues so that they may learn autonomy and not become overwhelmed at the prospect of having to make their own choices later. Again, not rocket science stuff here but it was told in a quirky, fun to read manner.
Granted much of the information I am sure you can either recall from your not so long ago childhood, but also there are plenty of positive and gentle reminders in here. For instance, the section on not fighting over/emphasizing individual grades at the expense of tackling the learning process. (I am frequently guilty of that..."what you have a 'C' in social studies and science, what in the world" )Or other suggestions-- illustrating the need to not jump in with the answer, but giving them the tools to fully think out those quick decisions with role play or scenarios. Letting them make mistakes without jumping in to punish/fix, but allowing them to learn from those issues so that they may learn autonomy and not become overwhelmed at the prospect of having to make their own choices later. Again, not rocket science stuff here but it was told in a quirky, fun to read manner.
July 10, 2012
Fun read,
Having enough bits and pieces of humor in the reading some great tips on teens
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