Tough Guys and Drama Queens Parent's Guide: How Not to Get Blindsided by Your Child's Teen Years: Parent's Guide

Tough Guys and Drama Queens Parent's Guide: How Not to Get Blindsided by Your Child's Teen Years: Parent's Guide by Gregston, Mark. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781401677565.

Parents of preteens and teens can move from scared to prepared with a new approach to parenting their adolescents. Parents of preteens intuitively know that no matter how good their kids are, there is turbulence ahead. Many feel lost and unprepared as they watch the damaging effects of culture collide with their childs growing pains and raging hormones. For the past 35 years Mark Gregston has lived and worked with struggling teens and knows what it takes to reach them. He says, "A parents success has little to do with either the validity of their words or their intent as messengers, its more about how they approach their child and engage with them." Designed for use with the DVD-based study, the guide will explore: Whats so different about todays culture Why traditional parenting no longer works A new model for parenting teens Foundational and practical, Tough Guys and Drama Queens Parents Guide answers the questions that parents are asking, helping them become the parents their children need them to be.