Stop Negotiating with Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent

Title: Stop Negotiating with Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent
Author: Edgette, Janet Sasson
ISBN: 9780399527890
Publisher: TarcherPerigee
Published: 2002
Binding: Quality
Language: English
Publisher Description:
The sullen, withdrawn, sarcastic teenager. The defensive, wary, and helpless parent. This book builds a bridge between the two sides--with practical and supportive advice on how to:

• Contain conflicts before they escalate into violence
• Break through the teen's verbal intimidation
• Avoid futile arguments
• Turn confrontation into communication
• Stand firm against teen rage
• Manage teen manipulation
• Build the teen's self-esteem
• Talk to teens when no one knows what to say

For ever parent who's screamed, what am I going to do with you?, this book finally provides the answer.