parent and teenager

John Schwartz reflects on his and his wife's efforts to help their son understand his homosexual identity after he attempted to commit suicide. Schwartz details the major obstacles his family had to overcome along the way and reveals how they finally managed to move forward and build a better, more stable future for them all. Includes tips and advice for teens and parents in similar situations.

Presents a practical guide that addresses many of the tough issues teens and parents face, and offers advice to maintaining a positive dialogue that fostered mutual respect.

Provides parents with the latest facts, known risks, and divergent perspectives on alcohol, and helps them open the lines of communication with their children about the subject.

Offers advice on raising a teenage daughter in the 1990s, with suggestions for helping girls develop important skills, recognize and build healthy relationships, communicate effectively, avoid teenage pregnancy, and more.

Describes psychological rules that dictate teenage behavior and gives advice for developing a new parental approach.

Follows eight adolescents over the course of several years in an attempt to find out what it is really like to be a teenager in the 1990s, exploring the world of school, discussing the individual issues each young person was dealing with, and looking at how the adolescent minds attempted to make sense of their own lives.

Offers teenage girls and their parents practical advice on how they can cope with the ups and downs of the teenage years and develop good communication methods that will strengthen the parent-child relationship.

Presents eight articles from "The CQ Researcher" magazine in which the authors discuss topics related to teenagers in America, each with notes and a bibliography; and includes tips on writing research papers.

Describes the power peer groups and pop culture have over teens and explains how this power has affected the classic family dynamic and changed the traditional American family.

Offers parents of ten- to fifteen-year-olds advice on how to cope with the changing moods and attitudes of early adolescence.