Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens

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This is a unique book of advice and commentary for teenagers, co-written by teenagers. It combines Dr. Wes Crenshaw’s nineteen years of clinical experience as a board certified family psychologist with the natural wisdom and empathy of eight really sharp sixteen- to eighteen-year-olds, each of whom spent a year writing for the Double Take advice column.

Though humorous and entertaining in tone, the book offers serious, honest and practical advice on real world issues including: sex, contraception, pregnancy, sexual identity, mental health, cutting, falling in love, breaking up, friendship, divorce, the future, conflict with parents, teen technology, suicide, foster care, school success and failure, fear and hope, and all the other issues you wake up and face each day in the middle and high school years. Most of the advice was written in response to letters sent to ask www.dr-wes.com, many written by teenagers themselves.

The rest were written on topics selected by the authors based on teen trends and current events. In addition to specific suggestions on each problem, the authors share their thoughts on how the world influences your generation, and vice versa.  Order this book today on Amazon.

Be sure to have your parents check out: Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens.

Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded? COMING SOON!

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By Vanessa Van Petten

When I was 16 I thought it was my Dad’s goal in life to make me miserable. I was convinced that he had a running list of all the ways he could embarrass me in front of my friends, trick me into doing more chores or make my curfew earlier.

Our relationship would have continued to devolve until one day I saw my Dad reading a parenting book. I flipped through it while my Dad was in the bathroom and realized a lot of the things he did that drove me crazy he was getting right out of this book! I looked at the other parenting books on our shelves and realized that they were all written by adults. I wondered—has anyone ever asked teens to write to their parents?

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9a2jw-xhTg&feature=player_embedded

I decided to build a website where teens could answer questions and write to parents called RadicalParenting.com.  I couldn’t believe how quickly it grew and how happy both teens were to get their voices out and parents were to have a new outlet for connecting with their kids! We now have over 120 teen writers who give advice.

Teenagers, when given a neutral space LOVE talking to parents and often offer some of the best insight because they are going through it themselves. We have also be so excited to help parents who feel like they cannot reach their kids and teens.

I think teens and parents can work together to overcome their differences and learn to work best together. We have just come out with our book: Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded and it is a radical approach to parenting because it is written from the kid’s perspective! We would love for you to check it out—if you are brave enough to see what kids have to say!

Here is what Publisher’s Weekly had to say:

“Van Petten, founder of the popular Web site RadicalParenting.com, offers parents a candid view of the contemporary teen’s world in this eye-opening text. Van Petten uses actual stories about teens and their often anxious, angry, or befuddled parents to introduce each chapter. Pointing out that she is neither a parent nor a teen (nor a doctor, therapist, or counselor), the college-grad author has nevertheless earnestly investigated her subject and includes current research on teens as well as hundreds of “real quotes, interviews, e-mails and advice from actual teens.” Van Petten explores a variety of timely subjects, including peer relationships, teen/parent communication, bullying, technology, and “risky business” (smoking, drinking, sex, and more). Her outlook on technology and “Internet savvy” is particularly incisive, emphasizing not only the hazards of “time-suck” activities (i.e., Facebook, chatting on IM, and texting) but also the many social and academic benefits of the digital universe. Like a crafty spy, Van Petten comfortably segues from parent to teen perspective, and while noting that each adolescent is unique, she skillfully opens doors to the collective teen psyche. “ –Publishers Weekly

About the author:
 

Vanessa Van Petten is one of the nation's youngest experts, or 'youthologists' on parenting and adolescents. She now runs her popular parenting website,RadicalParenting.com, which she writes with 120 other teenage writers to answer questions from parents and adults. Her approach has been featured by CNN, Fox News, and Wall Street Journal. She was also on the Real Housewives of Orange County helping the housewives with troubled teens. Her next book, "Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I'm Grounded?" is being released in September 2011 with Plume Books of Penguin USA.

Learn more about Vanessa Van Petten here> http://www.radicalparenting.com/books-and-products/book-youre-grounded

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Sue Scheff: Inside Out - Real Stories about the Inner Choices

Inside Out: Real Stories about the Inner Choices that Shape Our Lives

By Chandler DeWitt

Building character matters! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the decisions kids make during their middle and high school years have more impact on when and how they die than the decisions they will make at any other time in their lives. It’s during the teen years that lifelong patterns of behavior develop: the first independent decisions about tobacco, drugs, alcohol, sex, and even exercise and eating.


What are teens thinking? What impacts their choices? Here's a character education book written by a teen for teens – to get the conversation started at school and at home. Read real stories of everyday dilemmas and decisions that build or destroy character. Chapters are correlated to nationally-recognized character education words and include self-reflection questions and journaling activities. A stand-alone text or companion piece to Connect with Kids DVDs.

Sue Scheff: A Relentless Hope - Surviving The Storm of Teen Depression

By Gary Nelson

After reading this book, I highly recommend it to anyone that has a tween-teen that you suspect is suffering with depression. Gary Nelson painfully describes his journey with his own son, as well as offering insights about Teenage Depression.

Visit http://www.survivingteendepression.com/ for more information.

His YouTube video on Teens Surviving Teen Depression has been both inspirational and encouraging to thousands! Take 10 minutes and learn more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1hSpxC_G24

Sue Scheff: You're Empowered! Parenting Teens with Conviction Communication & Love

By Sue Blaney

So cool - I just received this CD collection and can't wait to listen to it! The workbook and main book have an enormous amount of great parenting information.

Listen to the introduction here: http://www.pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/products/CD-audio-program.html

The Secret to Raising Teens is Communication!

In this three-hour audio program we'll tackle the big issues you face in parenting your teens. Using a communications framework, we'll give you the tools you need to be an empowered parent and enhance your relationship with your ever-changing child.

■ This CD set or downloadable program allows you to listen at home or on the go.
■28-page Companion Workbook guides you as you consider your own issues and ideas, and makes it easy to review what you learn.
YOU WILL DISCOVER:

■what's behind teens' behavior - why do they act the way they do?
■the three most common communication mistakes parents make and how to avoid them;
■the key to improving communication with your teen;
■three communication strategies you can put into effect today;
■the personality types and influences that make a difference in teens' involvement with alcohol and drugs;
■what you can do to keep your teen from getting involved with risky behavior.

Sue Scheff: TEEN HELP - Parents at their Wit's End!

Wit's End - Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out-of-Control Teen

A Mother and Daughter's True Story

By Sue Scheff

Compelling foreword by Dr. David Lustig (as seen on Oprah), author of Parent Survival Training.

It is July - teens are out of school and you may be a parent struggling with a teen that is controlling your household, sneaking out, defiant, disrespectful and more. All these negative activities and behavior may stem from peer pressure or feelings of low self worth. Many of these teens are highly intelligent, as a matter of fact, it is usually that very smart child that is capable of manipulation - or our "angel" child that you wonder where he/she went? That was my story.

If you are going through some hard times with your teenager, don't be a parent in denial, reach out for help, especially if you are looking for residential therapy. Learn from my mistakes, gain from my knowledge.

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Sue Scheff: Helping with your Troubled Teen

Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens

By: by Cynthia S Kaplan, Blaise Aguirre, Michael Rater

Destructive trends among today's youth are growing, making life very different from when their parents were growing up. The primary four self-destructive behaviors in adolescence today are excessive alcohol and substance abuse, promiscuity, self mutilation (ie: cutting and burning), and eating disorders.

These will be covered in detail, along with other issues like Internet addiction and suicide. These problems are not only detrimental to teens' mental and physical health, but the legal consequences for injurious behavior have also changed.

Identification and prevention are the most important aspects in stopping teenage self-destructive behavior. This book offers a comprehensive look at teens self destructive behavior and gives parents solutions for dealing with it.

Helping Your Troubled Teen instructs parents on how to identify an at-risk adolescent and discuss warning signs of injurious behavior, before the problem(s) become severe enough that a child is in crisis and/or legal actions are taken against them. Personal anecdotes and testimonials from both parents and their teenagers who have been confronted with and have engaged in self-destructive behavior are also included.

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Sue Scheff: Parenting Teenage Girls Today

Having raised both a daughter and a son, my experience is girls were much more challenging in their teen years, as opposed to the angel in her younger years.

Jennifer Austin Leigh, PsyD, known simply as, “Dr. Jenn,” is an award winning author, speaker and consultant to the world’s teen girls and their mothers.

Learn more from Dr. Jenn!

Welcome to the community of people committed to helping parents raise their teen daughters in the “Girls Gone Wild ” culture. This site started on http://www.drjennforgirls.com/. But so many parents had questions, I knew they needed their own site so we cloned the old one to start this one. You may still see some signs of the old site here, please bear with us. We are still knocking down, tearing out and adding.

BTW, I’m Jennifer Austin Leigh, PsyD, known simply as, “Dr. Jenn.” I’m an award winning author, speaker and consultant to the world’s teen girls and their mothers. My doctorate is in psychology. It is my mission in life to help teen girls navigate their way through the turbulent teen years with as little trauma as possible. I want them all to become wonderful women! I know parents need new tools to use in today’s world; I’ve got them for you. I’ve also got a lot of other great experts here to share their knowledge. I hope you’ll check in often and get the help you need. Any questions or concerns you’d like to see answered here, let me know. We are all here to help and support you do the toughest job on the planet… parent a teen daughter.

Learn More: http://www.parentingteengirls.com/

Sue Scheff: Parent and Teen Book

THE SECRETS TO SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN YOUR TEENS, by Lori Hanson

Award-Winning Author of “It Started with Pop-Tarts (R)”, Lori Hanson, wrote an amazing very quick and easy read parent and teen book. What I loved about this book is it was written in a fashion that addresses some serious issues that teens face today, however in a condensed and easy to understand format.

I literally finished it in less than 2 hours (with many interruptions) and was very impressed how Lori both talked to teens and parents - almost at the same time - and you could feel that Lori is connecting.

I recommend any parents of teens today purchase this book and share it with their teen. What a great way to start communications - since today many parents have lost that connection with many teens.

You can purchase this book here. Don’ miss it! Get it before it hits the book stores!

Sue Scheff: Preventing Hazing by Susan Lipkins

Preventing Hazing: How Parents, Teachers, and Coaches Can Stop the Violence, Harassment, and Humiliation by Susan Lipkins

Preventing Hazing is the first and only book on hazing to include methods and techniques to help parents, teachers, and coaches prevent hazing in their communities. Writtenwithclarity and passion, this much-neededbook uncovers the deep roots of hazing, how and why it permeates schools, colleges, and communities year after year. Readers will learn how to recognize the warning signs, what do if a child/student has been involved in a hazing (either as a victim, bystander, or perpetrator), how to deal with the moral, legal, and emotional aspects of hazing, and, ultimately, how to heal and move forward both as an individual and as a community. True stories from across the United States are interspersed throughout the book to underline the severity and prevalence of the problem.

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Sue Scheff: You Don't Have to Learn Everything the Hard Way

WHAT I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME

By Aunt Laya Saul

You Don't Have to Learn Everything the Hard Way covers a lot of topics that teens need and want to read about: from sensitive areas like sexual abuse, pain, and hard times, to issues like understanding how to deal with peer pressure and making the right choice about drugs.

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Sue Scheff: Staying Connected to your Teenager by Michael Riera

At last, a book of sage advice that will help frustrated parents reconnect with their teenager and keep that connection even in today's often-crazy world.The first step is simple: realizing that inside every teen resides two very different people-the regressed child and the emergent adult. The emergent adult is seen at school, on the playing field, in his first job, and in front of his friends' families.

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A Relentless Hope - By Gary Nelson

A RELENTLESS HOPE - Surviving the Storm of Teen Depression - by Dr. Gary Nelson is an absolutely amazing journey of a father and son and the difficult times they endured. They share their first hand experiences that helps you feel you are not alone.

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Wit's End! A Mother and Daughter's True Story: Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out of Control Teen by Sue Scheff

Are you contemplating sending your child into residential therapy? Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed, frustrated and hopeless?

Is your teen hold you hostage to your own house?

Believe it or not - this is becoming more and more common as today's teens lack the respect for authority from years ago.

Wit's End can help you sort through the confusion and give you resources. Most of all, you will soon realize you are not alone.

Visit www.witsendbook.com for more information.

Teen Manners - From Malls to Meals to Messaging and Beyond!

Let’s face it, how we behave is a choice, and as you move into adult life, the choices get more complicated. You are out in the world, meeting all kinds of people and going different places on your own. Questions of etiquette seem to pop up everywhere you go:

What’s the latest on cell phone use and netiquette?

How can you make a good impression at college and job interviews?

What fork do you use?

How do you attach a boutonniere without sticking your prom date?

And what is a boutonniere, anyway?

Not to worry, help is at hand! Type the title in the Amazon Box and learn more!

How to Keep Your Teenager Out of Trouble - What to Do If You Can't

By Dr. Neil Bernstein

The teenage years are tough-for kids, and for parents. Many teenagers are grappling with a slew of overwhelming emotions, and the results can range from not wanting to be seen with a parent in public to reckless and destructive behavior that can destroy a family. Parents despair as a child becomes a sullen, defiant stranger.

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The Success Principles for Teens: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Everyone wants to be successful and surely you are no exception. After the massive success of Jack Canfield's The Success Principles, thousands of requests came rushing in to develop the most important success strategies for today's teenagers. Your calls have been answered.

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You Don't Have to Learn Everything the Hard Way, by Aunt Laya

Easy to understand. Helpful. No Bull. No Bluff. No Hype. Just straight talk and the knowledge you need to help you succeed in growing!

Visit http://www.auntlaya.com/ to learn more about Aunt Laya.

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Sue Scheff: The Success Principles for Teens: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

By Jack Cansfield and Kent Healy

WITH COURAGE AND HEART, YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL!

Everyone wants to be successful and surely you are no exception. After the massive success of Jack Canfield's The Success Principles, thousands of requests came rushing in to develop the most important success strategies for today's teenagers. Your calls have been answered.