How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

By Dean Regas

Book Overview

The renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and their teens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence

Acclaimed parenting experts Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with their breakthrough, bestselling books Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. Now, they return with this revolutionary guide that tackles the tough issues teens and their parents face today.

Filled with straightforward, no-nonsense advice and written in their trademark, down-to-earth, accessible style sure to appeal to both parents and teens, this all-new volume offers both innovative suggestions that can be put into immediate action and proven techniques to build the foundation for lasting relationships. Covering topics from curfews and cliques to sex and drugs, it gives parents and teens the tools to safely navigate the often stormy years of adolescence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507205058
• ISBN13: 9781507205051
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Dealing with teens

I really enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed the previous one (Cómo hablar para que los niños escuchen y cómo escuchar para que los niños hablen). The authors share very useful techniques to build up a good relationship with adolescents based upon good communication strategies. The drawings, summaries and explanations are clear, straightforward and reinforce each chapter's objective. If you have to deal with teenagers,...

Enjoy this quick read that so effectively helps you achieve the "impossible"--a loving relationship

Do you remember how supportive and understanding your parents were during your teenage years? Do you recall how you could confide in them, how they trusted your judgment and how appreciative they were of your help? For most, the answer is simple--"no!" Flash forward: Would your own teenagers consider you loving and understanding? Do they confide in you? Do they feel trusted and appreciated by you? And...do you feel...

Great update to their solid earlier work

I had just finished "How to Talk so Your Kids Will Listen..." when someone told me that this book had come out. Putting the lessons of the earlier book to work on the communications with my 8, 10 & 12 year olds was helping a lot. Less yelling, more communicating, actually solving some problems; welcome changes. So when I saw this at the local library I grabbed it. It starts off with familiar material from the first book,...

How to talk so Teens will Listen and Listen so teens will Talk

These books are so open and honest about issues dealing with children. They teach a way to be a parent in a non abusive directive that makes children feel good about themselves and teaches them to have self control. They actually can think for themselves and become productive self-reliant adults.