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Parent Reading Resources (Teenagers)

lighthouse The books listed below should be available from Amazon.Com or your public library

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (Paperback), by Dan Kindlon, Michael Thompson and the 2006 PBS special based on the book, Raising Cain

Raising a Son (Paperback), by Don Elium and Jeanne Elium

Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager: 7 Steps to Reestablish Authority and Reclaim Love, by Scott P. Sells

When No One Understands: Letters to a Teenager on Life, Loss, and the Hard Road to Adulthood by Brad Sachs, Ph.D., Trumpeter, 2007

The Involved Father: Family-Tested Solutions for Getting Dads to Participate More in the Daily Lives of Their Children by Robert Frank and Kathryn Livingston, Golden Books Adult Publishing Group, 1999

Teen Tips-A Practical Survival Guide for Parents with Kids 11 to 19 by Tom McMahon, Pocket Books, 2003.

Staying Connected to Your Teenager by Michael Riera, Perseus, 2003.

The Second Family--Dealing with Peer Power, Pop culture, the Wall of Silence--and Other Challenges of Raising Today's Teens by Dr. Ron Taffel with Melinda Blau, St. Martin's Griffin, 2002

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?, rev.ed. by Anthony E. Wolf,Ph.D., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002

Children Are From Heaven: Positive Parenting Skills for Raising Cooperative, Confident, and Compassionate Children by Dr. John Gray, Harper, 2000

7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You: And How to Talk About Them Anyway
by Jenifer Lippincott and Robin M. Deutsch, Ballantine Books, 2005

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, Collins, 2005

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Raising a Teenager by Kate Kelly, Alpha Books, 1996

What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide To Building Character by Barbara A. Lewis and Pamela Espeland, Free Spirit, 1997

Why Boys Don't Talk - and Why it Matters, by Susan Morris Shaffer and Linda Perlman Gordon

Dad, If You Only Knew...: Eight Things Teens Want to Tell Their Fathers (but Don't), by Josh Weidmann and James Weidmann

Raising Great Kids on Your Own: A Guide and Companion for Every Single Parent, by David Frisbie and Lisa Frisbie, Harvest House Publishers

The Complete Single Mother: Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Concerns by Andrea Engber and Leah Klungness, Adams Media

Teens With Single Parents: Why Me?, by Margaret A. Schultz, Enslow Publishers



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