Product Description: In this hard-hitting audiobook, Michael Carr-Gregg focuses on the special trials of raising adolescent girls today: what to do when your previously quiet, loving daughter becomes a restless, rebellious stranger who behaves like a responsible adult one day and a vampish brat the next...read more

Product Description: Becoming a step-parent is one of the toughest journeys anyone could ever take, but the rewards can be immeasurable.  In this insightful and reassuring book, Australia's leading parenting expert Michael Carr-Greg offers practical advice on the following: · the typical stages of step-family transition · the particular challenges of the first two years · how to manage conflict and build lasting relationships · dealing with the ex · the great 'no-nos' of step-parenting · the essential lessons every step-parent needs to learn Surviving Step-Families is an invaluable resource that will help to give your new family the greatest chance of success...read more

Young people today enter puberty earlier than ever before and leave home later. The good news is that teenagers aren't impossible to live with, especially if parents adopt the common-sense strategies set out in this book. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is one of Australia's leading authorities on teenage behaviour. Surviving Adolescents is a clear and very down-to-earth manual, drawing on his wealth of experience and wisdom. It has advice on all the thorny issues that confront families with teenagers – sexuality, risky behaviours, laziness, school and study problems, and much more. And it is full of practical tips for everyday survival, including: communicating effectively with young people, defusing family conflict, setting limits, keeping the stress of parenting at bay and avoiding common mistakes like fighting over things that don't matter.

A Sanity Kit for Students and Their Parents.

Product Description: Answering three big questions in an adolescent's life-Am I normal? Who am I? What is my place in the world?-this guide for parents and teachers discusses techniques for communicating well and handling an adolescent's problems. Information on how to deal with serious issues such as depression, suicidal feelings, sex, drugs, and eating disorders are provided, as is advice on how to raise children to be resilient adults and to cope with difficulties in life...read more