Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood - Updated and Expanded Edition

As they state, this book really would be better if the child(ren) was raised with the Love and Logic principles, but they still have a lot of good advice. Unfortunately even though they say these are actual conversations with real people, I just don't believe it. Maybe the way they think conversations should go, but real people just don't tend to talk that way. I would have liked it if they gave many more examples of situations and explain what to do if the teen absolutely refuses to allow things to be played out as they do in the book. The teens in their examples give in way sooner and more often than a typical teen would. So basically, lots of great advise, just not enough of it. I do think that the brief section on step-parenting is very good. Too bad more people can't figure this out.

As the parents of 3 adolescents with some significant cultural struggles, this book was is so helpful in changing our parenting techniques from being the authorities to being more "consultants."

There's an incredible relief when the responsibility for making decisions belongs to the teen, and the consequences of the decisions also belongs to the teen. I recommend this book as training in parenting for those of us who think we know how to raise teens, but find our teens are struggling, and it's clear we DON'T know how to do it.

We should have started reading this book, when our teen was 13,but it does not matter, you will learn so much about your teen, and yourself as a parent. I have raved about this book to my family and friends. We have learned what kind of parents we are, and what a teens thinking is, if you can believe that. This book taught us how to let go with love, and allow our teen to make his own decisions, understanding consequences, and results of their actions. Teaching them to become thinkers, and responsible adults. I know adults who are unable to make a menu choice, simple decisions, because they never made any decisions on their own and continued into adulthood needing a second opinion on everything. This book is on the money with great antidotes, and solutions. Thank you for this book.

The book is helping me take control of my relationship with my teen children and they still love me in fact they like me better.I would recommend this book to all my friends with children . i wish i had learned these techniques when they were younger.

Fantastic book, full of helpful wisdom and advice! I started reading it in small bits at the beginning of my son's freshman year last year. This year, as he enters his sophomore year of high school, I have gone back and re-read some key points. But most importantly, it has really helped me to instill consequences and stick to them, as well as Parent/Child boundaries. I will continue to use it as a great reference guide over and over so I can gear up when the next one - a GIRL - hits puberty.

This is a terrific book for all parents to read! It was recommended to our daughter to help with her daughter's behavior by a professional counselor. Turns out all of us adults learned to adjust some of our behaviors in order to improve the child. Whether you are a parent or grandparent, it's a very effective tool to have on hand for helping kids to become the best person possible.

The methods and advice in this work are radical in that very few parents use them. In concept, the methods and advice are common sense and very effective. Some of the methods are not emotionally easy to practice, however, if you can muster up the strength to allow your children to fail once or twice, the power of ownership that takes hold is worth the effort.

This is the Love and Logic update for parents with teens. It talks about the different kinds of problem parents, and you might recognize yourself. It also gives a few tips in a variety of situations. My kids have a lot of things going on, one teen and one younger, so this book is only a little helpful. But it's a resource and it helps you recognize what type of parent you don't want to be.

There are no definitive guides to parenting, because of the innumerable variety of parents, children, cultures, locations, etc. But, some basic guidelines are always helpful. This is a book of pragmatic, simple, clear cause and effect situations, based on love and logic, not emotion and reaction. That is why it is such a challenge to put it all into action. But, we must. Start now.

Practical and insightful. Many good ideas in the book. If you need some ideas to help your teenager or soon-to-be teenager become responsible before and after leaving home, this book will give you great ideas, including sample conversations to model.

This book was recommended to us by a family counselor and has been the support we have been looking for. Implementing the Love and Logic plan is not always easy, but it is simple in it's concept. It has also taken much of the frustration out of parenting challenges and allowed us to focus more on the positive aspects of our kid.

I highly recommend this book to parents, grandparents, and anyone else involved with teens and pre-teens. It contains hard-hitting examples and advice for dealing with "teen-age thinking" in such a way as to encourage teens' development of responsibility for their own actions and making plans for the consequences of their choices. I bought it on the recommendation of a psychologist as a gift for a struggling single parent of a 14-year old who is living "on the wild side."

The free resources and emails are helpful for the vague parts of this book. The "Pearls" in the back are priceless. My husband and I took some great parenting classes that really helped and the best part is this book (although not quoted) was spot on with what the instructors where teaching us. I recommend this as a parenting tool. Just like any tool...You need more than one for all the different jobs in life ;)

This is a wonderful, "how to" style book for parenting teenagers. I love the methodology, and especially the several scenario based descriptions of situations that often arise with teenagers, and exact descriptions and instructions on how to handle them. Great book for any parent of a teen!

I thought the book have some excellent advice, and that we as parents should let our children make their own decisions so they learn from the consequences of them. Of course, it depends on what and when, but in general this book gives some good guidelines to follow.

Very eye opening. Haven't finished reading it yet. Lots of information. Seems to be helpful. Shipped on time and packaged well. Can't wait to finish it. I think as a parent it is very eye opening and helpful. Great service.

In today's complex world, it is harder and harder to know what to do to maintain better relationships with our teens as well as to guide them appropriately. This book is a must for anyone who finds themselves at a loss by the challenges of the teen years, especially given the changes in our contemporary lives.

This book provides a lot of wisdom wisdom which I wish I had learned years ago. It reminds us of the main point of our parenting--to prepare our children for the "real world"--and proceeds to give practical concepts and skills to allow us to do that. In the process it also removes from us some problems which really should be owned by the child. I highly recommend this book for parents of the easiest to the toughest adolescent.