Family & Relationships - Life Stages - Teenagers

"Did I do enough?" "Does my teen hate me?" "Where did I go wrong?" "Am I ready to let go?"It's easy to feel that every other mom seems to have it all together while you cry yourself to sleep. Self-proclaimed experts give contradictory information...

When family falls apart, love-and a few rescue dogs-hold it together.All Cindy Ojczyk and her husband, Joe, wanted was a happily ever after family. But as their daughters enter adolescence, a simmering disconnect starts to boil over-compounded by the death of their beloved dog.Springing...

"Straight from the trenches, a mom's tale of weathering her daughter's transformation from sweetheart to snark mouth." - PeopleWith the eye of a reporter, the curiosity of an anthropologist, and the open-and sometimes wounded-heart of a mother, award-winning author Lauren Kessler launches an eighteen-month...

Bestselling author, NYU professor, and cohost of the Pivot podcast Scott Galloway offers a path forward for men and parents of boys. Boys and men are in crisis. Rarely has a cohort fallen further and faster than young men living in Western democracies. Boys...

Updated in 2023.GOLD AWARD WINNER at the Midwest Book Awards in Family & ParentingAll aboard, parents!It's time to see your child off on the voyage of a lifetime: the first year of college. The college transition is filled with mixed emotions and is a...

Are you puzzled by the complexity of your tween's emotions, social life, and academic pressures? Are you navigating the stormy seas of parenting a middle schooler, feeling adrift without a compass?Look no further. This unique guide offers parents of tweens attending middle school a...

For nearly 25 years, Dr. Kim Van Dusen--a licensed family therapist, registered play therapist, creator of The Parentologist blog, and mom of two--has provided parents with practical, effective ways to transform their parent-child communication by learning to speak in a way kids can understand:...

The teen years are an emotional roller coaster in your son's life, rife with difficulties, insecurities, temptations, and opportunities to make unwise decisions. He still needs you . . . but sometimes you honestly don't know what to do. Navigating these complicated teen years...

OVER 500,000 SOLD IN THE PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES SERIESIt's never been tougher to be a teenager--or the parent of one. Thankfully, from your teen's first date to the next time they ask to borrow the car keys, this book will help you make the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The parenting classic that inspired Mean Girls, now fully revised and updated with new material on gender expression, cancel culture, social media, and bullying based on feedback from today's teenagers More than twenty years ago, Queen Bees and Wannabes...

What does it take to raise great kids? If you've read any books on parenting, conflicting opinions have probably left you feeling confused. Get tough! Show acceptance. Lay down the rules. Lighten up, already!There's got to be a balance--and there is. Joining their expertise...

Scott Galloway, autor best seller, profesor de la Universidad de Nueva York, y copresentador del podcast Pivot, ofrece un camino a seguir para hombres y padres de niños. Los niños y los hombres están en crisis. Rara vez un segmento de población ha caído...

The ultimate guide for parenting today's teenagers, helping to empower them with essential knowledge about consent, sexual harassment, healthy relationships, love, and moreWritten by Shafia Zaloom, an expert in adolescent sexual health education, this book sparks the necessary conversations that teenagers need to have...

"A candid, rigorous, and witty read on how to stop digital devices from wreaking havoc on our lives. As a leading expert on social media and internet policy, Kaitlyn Regehr illuminates what we can do--individually and collectively--to put our smartphones in their place."--Adam Grant,...

With wit and wisdom, Dr. Ray Guarendi gives parents the tools they need not only to navigate the teen years but also to enjoy them. Teens are "full of life, enthusiasm, energy, and laughter," Dr. Ray asserts, in defiance of a culture that conditions...

An urgent and practical book that helps parents and their boys navigate important topics like sex, drugs, bullying, power, consent, and more in a way that helps them grow their emotional intelligence, while also building connection and a closeness that can last a lifetime....

Over 600,000 copies sold! Socially, mentally, and spiritually, teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these pressures, it is still parents who can influence teens the most, and The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers equips parents to make the most...

A hands-on companion workbook to the New York Times bestseller The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make, now updated to include new information about technology and how it affects teens today. In The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make, Sean Covey gives...

From the author of the wildly popular bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens comes the go-to guide that helps teens cope with major challenges they face in their lives--now updated for today's social media age. In this newly revised edition, Sean Covey...

"The Addiction Inoculation is a vital look into best practices parenting. Writing as a teacher, a mother, and, as it happens, a recovering alcoholic, Lahey's stance is so compassionate, her advice so smart, any and all parents will benefit from her hard-won wisdom." --Peggy...