Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Revised 3rd Edition: Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting Paperback – August 14, 2012

I love this book it helped me so much with my daughter and it made me think twice before saying something I’ll regret later on.

Absolutely changed my perspective and my relationship with my son for the better! I was THAT parent. Grounding, taking away everything I could, yelling, lecturing, and getting NOWHERE. If anything, it was causing my son to rebel more. We had so much stress and anger in our house. This book gave me the tools and the understanding of what teenagers are really looking for, and how to prepare my son for the real world with actual life skills, instead of enabling him and making him feel inadequate. I have found that not only to do I feel empowered, but my son does too. I think the part that hit me the hardest was when the writer asks you to think about yourself as a teenager. Are you the same person now that you were then? Have you changed? Of course, I have. I was horrible as a teenager! But I figured it out, learned life lessons the hard way, and I am certainly a much better person than I was at 15! I highly recommend this for any parent struggling to understand and live with a teenager. I can't promise a miracle, but it is certainly worth a read!

I am a Parent Educator and have used Positive Discipline with my clients for years for young children. I now have a couple cases with teens and this book is so helpful! Very relatable for the parents too!

Our oldest son just turned 13... Oh boy! This book is really more about changing the parents then it is the teen. I have to keep my mind open while reading it. It's like the teen whisperer...lol! It's not really the teen, it's how you respond to them. That's hard for me. It makes since, but it's out of my comfort zone. I will say, our teen has opened up more to me, so I believe it's working. I'm only half way through the book and I hope it addresses when parents don't agree. My husband isn't "buying it" but is willing to support me at this point, because he agrees that what we've been doing so far isn't working. We're still struggling with disrespect at home and at school. He is aware that we are trying a new way to work together as a family, and a teen and parent contract helps keep us all on track. I often print things off their website and hang them in our bathroom as reminders. When things get really tough I look to these as a quick reference. It helps me remember and stay focused. I would recommend this book.

I am very grateful to have found this book. I also took on the online parent class and I really love this approach coming from the heart and having faith teenage years will be much better, growing together with my kids for becoming well rounded adults that make right choices for their life and live from their hearts.

Quick and easy read. Information is concise and homework is easy to.do. Great book to help parents understand they ate normal, teens need grace, and ideas to work together as they grow.

If you are only going to read one book on parenting teens, this is it! It's easy to read, to the point and the message is consistent throughout the book: Kind & Firm parenting. Methods in the book with help you create and maintain a great relationship with your teen, creating building blocks for a great relationship with them when they are adults!

This book completely changed the way we are parenting our teenager and pre-teen. The results have been excellent and I find myself referring back to the book to refresh my understanding of how best to approach and parent my children. Thanks so much for this book...this should be required reading for every parent of a teen.