Parenting Teenagers

Who Threw the Switch?
Boundaries with Teens
by John Townsend, Ph.D.
I had known Trevor since he was six, because our families ran in the same circles. As a preteen, he was a normal kid, not perfect, but not out of control either. He was respectful of adults and fun to be around.

Perfect Parent World, Land of Perpetual Judgment
Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads
by Rosalind Wiseman, Elizabeth Rapoport
People love to tell me this. Teachers, parents, counselors, principals, people on the street, people at parties - everywhere I go, people tell me that they shudder at the thought of waking up one day transported back to seventh grade.

If I Stepped in Front of a Bus
Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt) : A Dad's Advice for Daughters
by Philip Van Munching
I'm not entirely sure whether it's a sign of pragmatism or just an advanced stage of whistling in the dark, but as I get older I seem to be having a lot more conversations that begin with this: 'If I died tomorrow...' Actually, that's not quite right.

Introduction
Always My Child
by Kevin Jennings, Patricia Gottlieb Shapiro, M.S.W.
I knew I was gay long before I had heard that word or knew what it meant. I remember at age six or seven being more fascinated by my brother's bodybuilding magazines than by his Playboys, but somehow knowing that this was information I should keep quiet.

Higher and Higher Education
Strapped
by Tamara Draut
Soaring tuition costs combined with cuts to financial aid have forced students into massive debt and priced many smart kids out of four-year colleges altogether.

I'm in the Mood for Love
Boy Crazy!
by Charlene C. Giannetti, Margaret Sagarese
Does your daughter seem boy crazy to you? Do you catch yourself thinking: Whatever happened to my little girl, my carefree, innocent eleven-year-old (or twelve-year-old, or thirteen-year-old)?

Baby Love
My Girl: Adventures with a Teen in Training
by Karen Stabiner
In My Girl, Karen Stabiner tells the story of one girl's journey into adolescence, and of her own efforts to find a way to guide her daughter through life's real thickets-not the imaginary, inflamed ones we hear so much about.

Reader's Guide

1. Parents' personal history colors their approach to introducing their daughters to sports. What were some of your own sports-related experiences growing up?

Preface

The first book to document how participating in sports changes young girls' lives during the difficult years of adolescence. From high-profile women's professional leagues to high-school-level champions, girl athletes are acheiving record breakthroughs.

My Belly Button and the Territory Around It

During adolescence, if a girl isn't careful, she can fall into a trap called the Girl Box-a place where the way she looks is more important than who she is, where having a boyfriend is worth giving up a piece of her identity.

Moms, Take Heart

From 'queen bees' to 'gamma girls' to the 'odd girl out,' adolescent girls are all over the news. But whether a girl is popular or struggling to fit in, outgoing or reserved, her mother worries about how she is coping with her new, often scary, teenage

It's About Time: New Times, New Talk
Venus in Blue Jeans: Why Mothers and Daughters Need to Talk About Sex
by Nathalie Bartle, Ed.D., Susan Abel Lieberman, Ph.D.
When my children were old enough to entrust with a house key, they sometimes arrived home from school before I returned from work. At least one day a week, though, I would try to be there when they rushed through the front door, hoping they'd share some

Parenting by Choice and Not by Chance
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers: Guiding the Way for Compassionate, Committed, Courageous Adults
by Maurice J. Elias Ph.D., Steven E. Tobias, Psy.D., Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D.
Is your life hectic? Did you plan for it to be this way? Did you sit down two years ago and say, Wow, my life is so relaxed, I have so much time that over the next two years, I want to greatly increase how many things my kids-and we-are doing?

Getting a View from the Ferris Wheel
The Rollercoaster Years
by Charlene C. Giannetti, Margaret Sagarese
Parenting a child from ages ten through fifteen is truly challenging. Like the view from a Ferris Wheel, the highs are exhilarating; but looking down can be flip-flop stomach scary. It is the best of times and the worst of times.

The Bedroom
What Are You Doing in There: Balancing Your Need to Know with Your Adolescent¿s Need to Grow
by Charlene C. Giannetti, Margaret Sagarese
Have you noticed this yet? One day your daughter is content sitting at the kitchen table doing schoolwork under your wing. Or your son parks himself nightly next to you, watching TV till bedtime. Then seemingly overnight, you notice your child is gone.

Family Life with Middlers
Parenting 911: How to Safeguard and Rescue Your 10 to 15 Year-Old from Substance Abuse, Sexual Encounters... and Other Risky Situations
by Charlene C. Giannetti, Margaret Sagarese
We, our middlers, and other children are dependent on one another for love, appreciation, and a sense of well-being. Family life only runs satisfactorily and rewardingly when everyone pulls his or her weight.

Essay
The Stardust Lounge : Stories from a Boy's Adolescence
by Deborah Digges
Buster the epileptic bulldog died in the fall of 1997, the day before Stephen's twentieth birthday. Buster's last six months had been difficult. His body was failing. He had developed a terrible arthritis and the medications, while easing his pain, caused

Fall, 1991
The Stardust Lounge : Stories from a Boy's Adolescence
by Deborah Digges
Thirteen-year-old Stephen has run away again. He's out there somewhere with his gang, all of them dressed for the dark in black-hooded sweatshirts, oversized team jackets, ball caps, baggy pants that ride low on their hips.

The Fall Flurry
The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
by Laura S. Kastner, Ph.D., Jennifer Wyatt, Ph.D.
There's an uncanny resemblance between parents-to-be in a childbirthing class and parents at a college-information night, preparing for their high schooler's launch from home. Throughout the challenges of the adolescent years, differences among families

Going on Tilt
The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
by Laura S. Kastner, Ph.D., Jennifer Wyatt, Ph.D.
During a two-year period beginning with the senior year of high school, most parents find themselves confounded by unanticipated challenges. 'Why are my daughter and I fighting like cats and dogs now that she's about to leave?' a mother might ask.