Binding: Hardcover
Description: The fourteen essential conversations to have with your tween and early teenager to prepare them for the emotional physical and social challenges ahead including scripts and advice to keep the communication going and stay connected during this critical developmental window. This book is a gift to parents and teenagers alike. Lisa Damour Ph D author of Untangled and Under Pressure Trying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed it can feel like the best option is not to talk! But keeping kids safe and prepared for all the times when you can't be the angel on their shoulder is about having the right conversations at the right time. From a brain growth and emotional readiness perspective there is no better time for this than their tween years right up to when they enter high school. Distilling Michelle Icard's decades of experience working with families Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen focuses on big thorny topics such as friendship sexuality impulsivity and technology as well as unexpected conversations about creativity hygiene money privilege and contributing to the family. Icard outlines a simple memorable and family - tested formula for the best approach to these essential talks the Brief Model: Begin peacefully Relate to your child Interview to collect information Echo what you're hearing and give Feedback. With wit and compassion she also helps you get over the most common hurdles in talking to tweens including: What phrases invite connection and which irritate kids or scare them off The best places times and situations in which to initiate talks How to keep kids interested open and engaged in conversation How to exit these chats in a way that keeps kids wanting more Like a Rosetta Stone for your tween's confounding language Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen is an essential communication guide to helping your child through the emotional physical and social challenges ahead and ultimately toward teenage success.
Title: Fourteen (Talks) By (Age) Fourteen
Author(s): Icard Michelle
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780593137512
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 2/23/2021
Category: Advice On Parenting