Survival Guide that has actually led to my survival

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	• Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, ... Anthony E. Wolf Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 99 reviews view larger image
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Let your teens read it also

As a therapist who specializes in adolescents, I have recomended this book to dozens of parents. They all love it and always recognize their teens. I tell parents to let the teens read the book also, they do, they laugh, they learn. It is the best book about teens I have ever read or used in my practice.

Sad Reality But True

I read this book about a year and half ago and I thought the writer was in my home. I am the father of TWO teenage daughters. What I am going to say I know does not apply to everyone, but it is interesting that the majority of posts on this board discuss teenage daughters. I wish I read this book BEFORE my daughters turned to their teen years. I am in my mid 50's and raised in a strict Italian family. Many parents today are doing no favors to their children, spoiling them to excess (me included). We as parents need to be satisfied as long as our children are not pregnant, drug addicts, smoke, etc. It is a sad statement but true. We need to judge our children on how they act on the outside and in school and inter-act with others. Don't judge your children on how they treat you as a parent, if you do you will have no relationship with them. This is the picture the author paints, it is a sad picture but a true one for many families (not all as I said before), many parents are way too embarassed to discuss the way their children act in the home, if more did and spoke to other parents it would help them. You need to read this book before teenage years set in or early on, if you read it at the end it is too late and you are probably ready for the mental hospital. A "good child" will only drive you crazy, I can only imagine what parents who have "bad kids" go through, I keep you in my prayers.

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Take my daughter......please!

This book should be standard issue for every parent of a millennium teenage daughter. After reading this book, I have recommended it more friends, family AND STRANGERS than any book I've ever read! It's so nice to finally understand the entitlement that these girls feel and why she takes it out on me and not her father. "GET OUT OF MY LIFE" was laughable at times, which is not a common occurrence when raising a teenage girl. Sweet 16 needs is a misnomer and needs to be rephrased as Soured 16. But now, I can more easily make it through another day of motherhood, with a bit of a smirk (well hidden) since the psyche of the teenage drama scream has been revealed. Thank you Mr. Wolf!

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positive and fun

It's refreshing to see a positive book for parenting teens -- but with a real look at the challenges as well. As an author to parents of teens and to teens, I'm always looking for great resources. This is one to add to the list.

T. Suzanne Eller, author of Real Issues, Real Teens -- What Every Parent Needs to Know
http://realteenfaith.com

Survival Guide that has actually led to my survival

I spent my childhood as a male, 'only' child. This did not prepare me for my current situation: the father of multiple female teenagers. I used to cry out to the universe "WHY, WHY, why me? what did I do to deserve to be subject to this abuse?" Mr. Wolf provided the insights into teenage psyche that has allowed me to survive the daily test of wills. He asserts that teenage girls argue with parents not to win, but simply to argue: It is their method of staying connected to parents while expressing independence. I found this to be exactly true. My blood pressure has even retreated to 'pre-hypertense' from the 'imminent stroke' range. I simply refuse to argue, using 1 word replies like 'no' or 'whatever'. I could go on and on with simple realities of teen years I learned from this book. It is an absolute must-have.

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