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Wouldn’t it be good if teenagers were like cars? Reliable, undemanding
and cheap to run. Put them in the garage and forget about them at night. Sadly,
they’re not. The teens are a tumultuous period – physical, social
and emotional growth can lead to problems, confusion and even dangers for parents
and teenagers alike. However unlike a car, they do not come with an owner’s
manual . . . until now.
Haynes is renowned worldwide for its car and motorbike manuals and the new Haynes
Teenager Manual will help you take pride in your teenager as it develops into
a classic model. This new book follows the format for which Haynes is famous – practical
instructions written by experienced professionals that will prepare you for dealing
with the process of moving from dependent, loving and accepting child to stroppy
know-it-all teenager.
Author Dr Pat Spungin is a parenting skills expert and mother of three. She has
worked as a senior lecturer in child psychology at Middlesex University, was
consultant editor on Understanding Your Family in the Time-Life
Mindpower series
and founded a parenting website www.raisingkids.co.uk. Having had three teenagers
she knows the issues parents face can vary from child to child, but some concerns
are common to all parents of teens. How to talk to them about puberty, sex and
relationships? How much freedom to give and when? How to make sure that school
work doesn’t suffer as the attractions of the peer group and its culture
take over? What to say about underage drinking and smoking? And most important,
how to deal with all these issues while remaining on good terms?
In the Haynes Teenager Manual, Dr Spungin offers readers a step-by-step guide
to dealing with the teenage years. She begins with your contented, obliging child
morphing into a sulky, monosyllabic teenager. Physical development is tackled
next, followed by emotions – mood swings, loss of confidence and motivation,
anger, jealously, apprehension and so on. Then there are friends and social life,
health and diet, plus things you can do, such as how to argue without falling
out.
Throughout the Teenager Manual, Dr Spungin takes a realistic approach and considers potentially
difficult topics such as sibling rivalry, divorce and separation, sexual activity
among teenagers, the availability of drugs, alcohol consumption and personal
safety through to parental advice on education, earning and independence.
Dr Spurgin says “though apparently eager to break free of the family, teens
still need the support and guidance of their parents. My aims in the Teenager Manual
are to help parents adapt to the changes their children are undergoing, and to
keep their family relationships strong while at the same time allowing their
children more freedom to learn for themselves”.
Even if you are the parent of a ten or eleven-year-old, now is the time to think
about their teen years. As children ‘grow older younger’, so the
teen years often start well before a child reaches thirteen. The Haynes Teenager Manual is a vital purchase to prepare yourself for dealing with pre-teenage or
teenage offspring.
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Click here to see sample pages
Also available in Haynes Family Manual series:
Baby, Man, Woman, Sex, Alcohol, HGV and Cancer.
Dr Pat Spungin is available for interview.
Notes to Editors:
The information on this page is supplied
courtesy of Haynes Publishing, please credit accordingly if you intend to use
it.
Haynes Publishing
Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ
Telephone: 01963 440635 Fax: 01963 440001 E-mail: sales@haynes.co.uk
www.haynes.co.uk
Haynes Publishing is a trading style of J H
Haynes & Co Ltd.
Registered in England, Number: 1449587 Registered Office: Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ
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