Description
The fourteen essential conversations to have with your tween and early teenager to prepare them for the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead, including scripts and advice to keep the communication going and stay connected during this critical developmental window.
This book is a gift to parents and teenagers Damour, PhD, author of Untangled and Under Pressure
Trying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed, it can feel like the best option is not to talk But keeping kids safeand prepared for all the times when you cant be the angel on their shoulderis about having the right conversations at the right time. From a brain growth and emotional readiness perspective, there is no better time for this than their tween years, right up to when they enter high school.
Distilling Michelle Icards decades of experience working with families, Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen focuses on big, thorny topics such as friendship, sexuality, impulsivity, and technology, as well as unexpected conversations about creativity, hygiene, money, privilege, and contributing to the family. Icard outlines a simple, memorable, and family-tested formula for the best approach to these essential talks, the BRIEF Model: Begin peacefully, Relate to your child, Interview to collect information, Echo what youre hearing, and give Feedback. With wit and compassion, she also helps you get over the most common hurdles in talking to tweens, including:
What phrases invite connection and which irritate kids or scare them off
The best places, times, and situations in which to initiate talks
How to keep kids interested, open, and engaged in conversation
How to exit these chats in a way that keeps kids wanting more
Like a Rosetta Stone for your tweens confounding language, Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen is an essential communication guide to helping your child through the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead and, ultimately, toward teenage success.
Author: Michelle Icard
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Published: 02/23/2021
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780593137512
Language: English
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