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The Good Enough Teen : Raising Adolescents with Love and Acceptance (Despite How Impossible They Can Be)
The Good Enough Teen Raising Adolescents with Love and Acceptance - Despite How Impossible They Can Be Author:Brad E. Sachs The teenage years are often the most challenging and trying phase of life for children -- and even more so for their parents. An adolescent may be in an abusive relationship, experimenting with drugs, failing at school, taking a different path than his or her parents expected, questioning his or her sexuality, breaking rules and laws, feeling de... more »pressed, or even considering suicide. What are you, as a desperate parent, to do? Rather than have you brace yourself for your offspring's adolescence with your eyes shut and jaw clenched, The Good Enough Teen will help you to understand the invisible transformation your teen is experiencing, as well as the ways in which your own adolescence intimately influences this understanding. Respected psychologist Dr. Brad Sachs helps you to recognize your unrealistic expectations for your teenager and to love, accept, and nurture him or her -- not just in spite of, but because of, his or her imperfections. With prescriptive tools and problem-solving strategies, including checklists, quizzes, and exercises, and numerous revealing case studies from Dr. Sachs's own practice, The Good Enough Teen is vital help for any parent with a teenager.« less