Parenting Teenagers

Fitting the Pieces

The teenage years are often filled with conflict and a seemingly endless communication gulf. Parents sit by helplessly as their teen “doesn’t listen”, and makes one seemingly bad life choice after another – sometimes out of nothing more than spite.

While it’s frustrating, as a parent, you know something needs to change, as these poor teenage choices can possibly have lifelong consequences.

“Fitting the Pieces” is a new series of downloadable e-books that targets specific aspects of the teen / parent relationship. Aspects such as:

• Monitoring your teen’s behavior (without being intrusive)
• Letting your teen truly know you care
• Tough issues like cutting, drugs and alcohol, piercing, gangs and “bad” friends, running away, sex identity issues, and more.
  

Effective Strategies for Helping You and Your Teen

Christina Botto, author of the popular Help Me With My Teenager! A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents that Works, offers another essential tool to parents who are serious about reaching their teens. A tool that targets specific behaviors and issues.

With each issue of Fitting the Pieces, Christina will help you look inside your teen's mind and gain perspective into their world, while giving you insight to the motivations behind their actions and behavior.

Uniquely, this series contains actual input from today’s teenagers. Each new installment will be about a different topic and will give you effective strategies in dealing with a particular issue. You will be surprised to find out how much your teenager actually wants and needs your input, and how much your teen is willing to work on having a good relationship with you.

Stop guessing - don’t let your relationship with your teen suffer any longer. Take a look inside your teen's mind, get answers to your questions, and improve the way you and your teenager interact!

Only $8.95 each, or $19.95 for all three.

It’s a good concern to have, because making your teenager actually believe that you truly care is absolutely essential to building a strong, supportive relationship with your teen. Of course, this is easier said than done – one of the most used phrases in parent / teen conflict is the age-old “you don’t care about me”.

This e-book will show you how to end that, and help you let your teen know that, beyond any doubt, you do indeed care. more..

Showing Your Teen That You Care $8.95
INSTANT DOWNLOAD  e-Book, 20 pages (pdf)

Issue #2 - Monitoring Your Teenager & Influencing Their Actions

In Monitoring Your Teenager & Influencing Their Actions, Christina tackles the classic problem of monitoring your teen’s behavior and actions, while still having their trust. There’s a definite way to be a caring, involved parent, without making your teen angry, or worse, destroying the trust between you.

Teenage years are a very confusing and dangerous time; filled with temptation, curiosity, and the risk of getting involved in unhealthy habits. However, parents have the potential to protect their teen from making serious mistakes by monitoring their teenager and knowing when to step in and take action. more

These circumstances not only require a special touch, but also need a deep level of understanding. Only by first knowing “why” can you truly tackle the problem head on, and work towards a solution. 

In Troubled Teenagers – Identifying and Dealing with Tough Issues, Christina Botto dives into these issues in a straightforward manner, and gives you the tools you need to truly “be there” for your teen, and help him or her cope with life’s biggest challenges. more