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Booklists - Parenting Teens

Hands-on Help

373.158 GAR
And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence by James Garbarino - 2002

649.125 BAK
“You Don’t Know Anything...!”: A Manual for Parenting Your Teenagers by Nadir Baksh - 2008

649.125 BRA
Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid without Losing Your Mind by Michael J. Bradley - 2001

649.125 GUA
Good Discipline, Great Teens by Raymond Guarendi - 2007

649.125 LIK
Like, Whatever: The Insider’s Guide to Raising Teens - 2008

649.125 LIN
The Teen Whisperer: How to Break through the Silence and Secrecy of Teenage Life by Mike Linderman - 2007

649.154 LAW
Mending the Broken Bond: The 90-Day Answer to Developing a Loving Relationship with Your Child by Frank Lawlis - 2007

Parenting Boys

305.2351 SHA
Why Boys Don’t Talk—and Why It Matters: A Parent’s Survival Guide to Connecting with Your Teen by Susan Morris Shaffer - 2005

371.823 SAX
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men by Leonard Sax - 2007

649.132 DRE
Toolbox Parenting: The Most Practical Guide to Raising Teenage Boys You’ll Ever Read by Gale Dreas - 2006

649.132 KIN
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Daniel J. Kindlon - 1999

649.132 MEE
Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons by Margaret J. Meeker - 2008

649.132 WEI
The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Boys: An Essential Guide to Bringing Up Happy, Healthy Boys in Today’s World by Robin Elise Weiss - 2008

Parenting Girls

155.533 RIM
See Jane Win: The Rimm Report on How 1,000 Girls Became Successful Women by Sylvia B. Rimm - 1999

306.874 SHA
Why Girls Talk and What They’re Really Saying: A Parent’s Survival Guide to Connecting with Your Teen by Susan Morris Shaffer - 2005

306.8743 HAM
The Mother-Daughter Project: How Mothers and Daughters Can Band Together, Beat the Odds, and Thrive through Adolescence by SuEllen Hamkins - 2008

306.8743 SHA
Ophelia’s Mom: Women Speak Out about Loving and Letting Go of Their Adolescent Daughters by Nina Shandler - 2001

362.88 CRO
Saving Beauty from the Beast: How to Protect Your Daughter from an Unhealthy Relationship by Vicki Crompton - 2003

616.8526 BEC
Nourishing Your Daughter: Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food and Her Body by Carol Beck - 2001

649.125 WIS
Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman - 2002

649.133 MAC
The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls: An Essential Guide to Bringing Up Self-Confident, Healthy Girls in Today’s World by Moira McCarthy - 2008

Correcting Problem Behavior

616.89 HEL
Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today’s Teens - 2007

616.89 SCH
Wit’s End: Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out-of-Control Teen by Sue Scheff - 2008

649.125 BAR
Your Defiant Teen: 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship by Russell A. Barkley - 2008

649.125 EDG
Stop Negotiating with Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent by Janet Sasson Edgette - 2002

Teen Sexuality

305.235 JEN
Always My Child: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Questioning Son or Daughter by Kevin Jennings - 2003

649.65 HAF
Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens—from Middle School to High School, and Beyond by Debra Haffner - 2008

649.65 WES
Dr. Ruth’s Guide to Teens & Sex Today: From Social Networking to Friends with Benefits by Ruth K. Westheimer - 2008

Special Situations

305.235 KEL
Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence by Candice M. Kelsey - 2007

616.8526 LOC
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder by James Lock - 2005

616.8527 BER
Rescuing Your Teenager from Depression by Norman T. Berlinger - 2005

616.8582 HOL
Helping Teens Who Cut: Understanding and Ending Self-Injury by Michael Hollander - 2008

616.85882 SIC
Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: A Parent’s Guide to the Cognitive, Social, Physical and Transition Needs of Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Chantal Sicile-Kira - 2006

616.8589 ZEI
Teenagers with ADD and ADHD: A Parents’ Guide by Chris A. Zeigler Dendy - 2006

616.89 MIK
The Bipolar Teen: What You Can Do to Help Your Child and Your Family by David Jay Miklowitz - 2007

Parenting Overviews

649.125 APT
The Myth of Maturity: What Teenagers Need from Parents to Become Adults by T.E. Apter - 2001

649.125 CLI
Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood by Foster Cline - 2006

649.125 ELI
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers: Parenting with Love, Laughter, and Limits by Maurice J. Elias - 2000

649.125 NOL
Teenagers Learn What They Live: Parenting to Inspire Integrity & Independence by Dorothy Nolte - 2002

649.125 TOW
Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No by John Sims Townsend - 2006

Prepared by Marty Krause, December 2008