Life Talk for Parents provides comprehensive information and advice about the issues and challenges faced by teens and parents in today’s world. This thought-provoking guide empowers parents, helps them to be proactive in their parenting and addresses topics such as:
• How do you prepare your children for the challenges of adolescence (and adulthood)?
• Peer pressure, binge-drinking, drugs and sexual activity…
• What to do if your child is huffing, cutting or playing choking games
• Dealing with “But everyone else is going!”
• Sexting, chat rooms, porn and bullying: what’s happening?
• Divorce, blended families and single-parenting dilemmas
• Enhancing communication and building self-esteem
• Why are values, boundaries and attitudes so important
Parents inevitably face unexpected challenges, caused by factors such as changing hormones, fragile self-esteem or growing independence, to name but a few. And parents too have their own set of stresses (related to relationships, finances, health or other factors) to contend with. This book serves as an essential communication tool with which to bridge the generation gap, providing the necessary emotional and practical assistance for all parents and teens who live in our stress-filled world.
