35 Things Your Teen Won't Tell You, So I Will

by Ellen Pober Rittberg

Overview

Any parent of a teenager who would like pragmatic tips on how to build a positive relationship with their child should read this book. 

Parents of teens know that in today's environment, being a good parent is a greater challenge than ever. In 35 Things Your Teen Won't Tell You, So I Will, Ellen Pober Rittberg offers insight on how to connect, react, instill responsibility, and even discipline your teen to help foster a positive parent-child relationship. This pragmatic yet humorous insight includes: 

• Discussing the issue of partying when an adult isn't home 
• Subsidizing your teen at your own peril 
• Asking yourself, To buy a car or not to buy a car (that is the question) 
• Helping your teen understand the importance of punching the clock 
• Addressing beer and hard liquor, the unseen enemy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596525542
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Good Things to Know
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Ellen Pober Rittberg is a writer, attorney, and award-winning journalist who hosted and produced the TV show The Changing Family. Her feature articles and essays have appeared in the New York Daily News, the New York Times, and the Boston Globe. For 13 years, Ms. Rittberg served as a law guardian in family, supreme, and surrogate’s court. In that capacity, she had contact with mental health and educational professionals and parenting resources. Ms. Rittberg raised three teens, all born within a three-year time span.

Editorial Reviews

"Rittberg has penned a book offering parents advice on how to 'dig deep, survive and perhaps even crack the psyche of your hormonal, temperamental, ever-changing teen.'" —New York Post

From the Publisher

Everyone has their own methods of parenting, but author Ellen Pober Rittberg's unorthodox; outside-the-box methods are soothing to the war-torn souls of adults caught in the onslaught of adolescence. After all, laughter is the best medicine, right? Ellen isn't afraid to broach topics that other parenting books may avoid, such as "If your teen doesn't let you know their whereabouts, hunt them down!" or "Use that important tool in your arsenal: disappointment and disapproval." All written with a certain flair of humorous affectation. Her voice is strong, sentimental and refreshing and we think she summed it up in her ever so witty way by adding, "Your teen's aim is to suppress the information flow, and yours is to make it flow like the Mississippi River after a flood." If you want to learn how to dig deep, survive and perhaps even crack the psyche of your hormonal, temperamental, ever-changing teen you may be interested in this light-hearted, pragmatic parenting advice. Simply: You have a teen or know someone who does, check out this book.

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