Yes Your Teen Is Crazy

by Bradley, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780936197432
• ISBN10: 0936197439
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Harbor Pr

Summary

Psychologist Bradley answers questions on puzzling teen behavior and why changes and growth in the brain affect actions of teenagers. He helps parents understand how to deal with these problems before they get out of hand.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	xvii
Part One Your Child: The New-Millennium Adolescent	1	(102)
The Adolescent Brain	3	(16)
Your Adolescent's World: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll Like You Never Saw	19	(22)
Peer Influence and Your Child	41	(12)
Adolescent Change	53	(10)
Adolescent Insanity: What's Normal, What's Not	63	(40)
Part Two New-Millennium Parents: Understanding Your Role and Accepting Your Challenge	103	(60)
Grieving the Death of Your Sweet, Compliant Child	105	(10)
Parental Self-Examination: How Your Behavior and Personality Affect Who Your Adolescent Is	115	(22)
The Family Matters: Parent Teamwork, Divorce, Single Parenting, and Blended Families	137	(26)
Part Three Putting It All Together: Field-Tested Strategies for Effectively Parenting Your Adolescent	163	(172)
The IO Commandments of Parenting Your Teen	167	(32)
Making and Enforcing Rules and Decisions	199	(30)
Problem-Solving Strategies: What to Do When Your Teen...	229	(28)
Balancing Safety with Privacy: Walking the Razor's Edge	257	(12)
Surviving Your Kid's Rage	269	(14)
Drugs: The DOs and the DON'Ts	283	(16)
Sex and Dating: What You Need to Know	299	(14)
Getting Help	313	(16)
Epilogues: Coming Home	329	(6)
Suggested Reading	335	(4)
Index	339