How to get your teenager out of their bedroom – This book is the ultimate tools and strategies for understanding, connecting with and being there for your teenager. BE THE PARENT YOUR TEENAGER NEEDS. Parenting expert Anita Cleare draws on her 20 years of experience to provide practical solutions to the many challenges of parenting modern teens. Her tried and tested methods really work.
Teenagers withdraw to their bedrooms for all sorts of reasons, from gaming and digital socialising to acute self-consciousness and low mood. The problem is, when teens won’t talk, it’s hard for parents to know what’s going on and how best to respond.
The book reveals:
A blueprint for how to get a reluctant teenager to spend time with you. Strategies for addressing challenges such as compulsive gaming, excessive phone use, and social anxiety.
The four key drivers behind teenage behaviour.
How to communicate effectively (without nagging) and build
connection.
This book will equip you to be the parent your teenager needs, helping you both successfully navigate the challenges of those teenage years.
This much-needed book fills a niche that today’s parents are crying out for. Most
parenting guides focus on the younger years or are set in an era when dealing with a teen absorbed in their digital devices and disengaged from family wasn’t an issue. Other books on teens tend to focus on specific teenage needs (such as ADHD, mental health, etc.) and ignore the difficult emotions parents experience when teens push them away.
Anita is an expert, but she aims not to overload the reader with too much science.
The text only includes the psychology and neuroscience that the reader needs to know to make real changes. Case studies and real-life scenarios provide solutions to common challenges when living with teens.
The author: Anita Cleare (MA, AdvDip) is a parenting speaker, writer and expert who supports working parents to balance successful careers with being a parent. She writes the award-nominated ‘Thinking Parenting’ blog (www.anitacleare.co.uk) and delivers expert parenting seminars, webinars and one-to-one support. Anita has studied child developmental psychology to postgraduate level and is an accredited Triple P® parenting coach.
