I'd Listen to My Parents If They'd Just Shut Up: What to Say and Not Say When Parenting Teens

A practicing clinical psychologist for children and adolescents, Anthony Wolf, author of the phenomenal bestseller Get Out Of My Life, But First Can You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? (“I love this book!” —Parenting Magazine) returns with another wise, funny, and eminently practical guide to raising and understanding teenagers. I’d Listen to My Parents If They’d Just Shut Up offers frustrated moms and dads humorous, dialog-based advice and techniques for what to say and not to say when parenting teens today.
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“Why do you always have to be at me about stuff when I’m in the middle of doing something?”

“You don’t have to yell at me! Everything has to be exactly when you want it! I hate this house!”

Is there any aspect of parenting more frustrating than when even the simplest conversation with your teenager quickly deteriorates into a take-no-prisoners war? Bestselling author Anthony E. Wolf sympathizes, and in his new book he provides hope, humor, and practical tips for dealing with the everyday challenges of raising teens in the twenty-first century.

I’d Listen to My Parents if They’d Just Shut Up will help you understand who your teenagers really are under all the attitude, and what new rules apply to successfully communicating with them in today’s constantly evolving world of the Internet, electronics, and social media. A book designed to make life with your teenage child a significantly more enjoyable experience, I’d Listen to My Parents if They’d Just Shut Up offers specific scenarios to illustrate which responses will work and which ones are doomed to failure the next time your thirteen-to-nineteen-year-old refuses to listen or won’t take “no” for an answer.

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Praise for WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GET A DIVORCE: “Every parent going through divorce should have a copy of this book to refer to often” - Publishers Weekly

Praise for GET OUT OF MY LIFE “Funny, sound, and compassionate, [this book] will truly help you talk to your kids and not get mad all the time.” - Boston Globe

Praise for THE SECRET OF PARENTING: “Eminently practical and often humorous.” - Publishers Weekly

“I love this book! It is easy to read, practical, and while putting the needs of the children first understands the instincts of parents.” - Parenting Magazine