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When Parents Disagree and What You Can Do About It

1 review
Ron Taffel

The Guilford Press, 2002

A straightforward, "parent friendly" guide
Written by Ron Taffel (Founder of Family and Couples Treatment Services at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, New York City) with the assistance of writer and essayist Roberta Israeloff, When Parents Disagree And What You Can Do About It is a straightforward, "parent friendly" guide to successfully managing conflict inevitably arising from the trials and tribulations of raising ...

The Second Family: Dealing with Peer Power, Pop Culture, the Wall of Silence -- and Other Challenges of ...

6 reviews
Ron Taffel, Melinda Blau

St. Martin's Griffin, 2002

Peers for Positive Encouragement and Parents for Direction
Before reviewing this book, you should know that it includes extremely foul language, very explicit descriptions of sex acts, and other material that exceed what you would find in an R rated movie. Dr. Taffel acknowledges this, but feels like it is important to conveying his message. I agree. Many aspects of this book could be describing when I was a teenager back in the 1960s. Dr. Taffel ...

Breaking Through to Teens: A New Psychotherapy for the New Adolescence

4 reviews
Ron Taffel

The Guilford Press, 2005

Extremely valuable both as a parenting resource and as a professional sourcebook of general understanding
Breaking Through To Teens: A New Psychotherapy For The New Adolescence is a cutting-edge psychology book by award-winning academic author Ron Taffel, Ph.D., founder of Family and Couples Treatment Services at The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York City. Breaking Through To Teens blends crucial insights into teen culture with the hard-earned knowledge of what can get through to ...

Parenting By Heart: How To Be In Charge, Stay Connected, And Instill Your Values, When It Feels Like You've ...

1 review
Ron Taffel, With *, ...

Da Capo Press, 1993

A parenting bubble bath.
Advice that relaxes you... because it makes you more effective. And vice versa. With chapter headings like "How to Use Everyday Drudgery to Promote Your Child's Growth" and "How to Deal with a Dozen Impossible Situation That You Can't Possibly Solve", this book attracted me. Taffel focuses on parenting myths that get in our way. For instance, there's "the myth of parent-child harmony" -- ...

Nurturing Good Children Now: 10 Basic Skills to Protect and Strengthen Your Child's Core Self

2 reviews
Ron Taffel, Melinda Blau

Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press, 2000

solid, informative help for parents today
This is one of the best books I have ever read about how to help your child (and yourself as a parent). The author pulls no punches and lays out a foundation of ten solid ways to help your child's development. He talks about different types of children and approaches to use with each one. I liked the expectations of respect and consequences that seem to be lacking in many parenting books ...

Parenting by Heart: How to Stay Connected to Your Child in a Disconnected World

1 review
Ron Taffel, Melinda Blau, ...

Da Capo Press, 2002

A bag of answers to common parenting questions
This heartfelt book about parenting is composed of chapters debunking some common parenting myths, such as the myth of parents being always in charge or that your relationship with your child should only be about the child. The material does not feel "groundbreaking", perhaps because it is not based on any latest research, but rather on the author's many years of family and child practice. And ...

Getting Through to Difficult Kids and Parents: Uncommon Sense for Child Professionals

1 review
Ron Taffel

The Guilford Press, 2004

Very useful and readable
As a child and family therapist, I found this book to be very helpful, practical and easy to read.