The Available Parent: Expert Advice for Raising Successful and Resilient Teens and Tweens Duffy JohnPaperback
The Available Parent: Expert Advice for Raising Successful and Resilient Teens and Tweens Duffy JohnPaperback We have a tendency today to over-parent, micro-manage, and under-appreciate our…
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The Available Parent: Expert Advice for Raising Successful and Resilient Teens and Tweens Duffy JohnPaperback
We have a tendency today to over-parent, micro-manage, and under-appreciate our adolescents. Dr. Teenagers are often left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by the changes in their child at adolescence and their sudden lack of effectiveness as parents. John Duffy's The Available Parent is a revolutionary approach to taking care of teens and tweens.
The available parent of a teenager is open to discussion, offering advice and solutions, but not insisting on them. The parent has become unavailable, the teen responds in kind, and a negative, often destructive cycle of communication begins. He allows his child to make some mistakes, setting limits, primarily where health and safety are concerned.
He never lectures he is available but not controlling. He is neither cruel nor dismissive, ever. The available parent is fun and funny, and can bring levity