| Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No Contributor(s): Townsend, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0310270456 ISBN-13: 9780310270454 Publisher: Zondervan OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Teenagers! You love them to pieces ? but sometimes you feel like the pieces are falling apart Relax! Your sanity will survive these rocky teenage years, and so will your teens?provided you set healthy boundaries that work to their benefit and yours. Boundaries with Teens shows you how. From bestselling author and counselor Dr. John Townsend, here is the expert insight and guidance you need to help your teens take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions and gain a deeper appreciation and respect both for you and for themselves. With wisdom and empathy, Dr. Townsend, a father of two teens himself, applies biblically based principles for the challenging task of guiding your children through the teen years. He shows you how to: ? deal with disrespectful attitudes and impossible behavior in your teen ? set healthy limits and realistic consequences ? be loving and caring while establishing rules ? determine specific strategies to deal with problems both big and small Discover how your teenager thinks. Learn how to apply biblical principles to specific problems. Boundaries with Teens can help you establish wise and loving limits that make a positive difference in your adolescent, in the rest of your family, and in you. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Family & Relationships - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood - Religion | Christian Living - Parenting |
| Dewey: 649.125 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.46" W x 8.46" (0.74 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Family - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Theometrics - Evangelical - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Teen |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Establish wise and loving limits that make a positive difference in your teen, in the rest of your family, and in you. The teen years: relationships, peer pressure, school, dating, character. To help teenagers grow into healthy adults, parents and youth workers need to teach them how to take responsibility for their behavior, their values, and their lives. From bestselling author and counselor Dr. John Townsend, Boundaries with Teens is the expert insight and guidance you need to help your teens take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions and gain a deeper appreciation and respect both for you and for themselves. With wisdom and empathy, Dr. Townsend applies biblically based principles for the challenging task of guiding your children through the teen years. Using the same principles he used to successfully raise two teens, he shows you how to:
Discover how boundaries make parenting teens better today! Plus, check out Boundaries family collection of books dedicated to key areas of life - dating, marriage, raising young kids, and leadership. Workbooks and Spanish editions are also available. |
Contributor Bio(s): Townsend, John: - Dr. John Townsend is a nationally-known leadership consultant, psychologist, and New York Times bestselling author. John is the founder of the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling, and the Townsend Leadership Program, which is a nationwide system of leadership training groups. He developed the online digital platform TownsendNOW, and the online assessment tool TPRAT. Dr. Townsend travels extensively for corporate consulting, speaking, and helping develop leaders, their teams and their families. He and his wife, Barbi, live in Newport Beach, California, and have two sons, Ricky and Benny. Visit DrTownsend.com. |