Teenagers

Help Me Help My Teen is a reassuring, practical guide for parents to help teenagers navigate adolescence and grow into confident, capable adults.

For boys, adolescence can be a confusing minefield, and parents are often bewildered as to how to best guide their precious sons. Many parents wake one day to find that their beautiful little boys have grown into silent, withdrawn, sometimes angry and often unmotivated tweens and teens....

From the author of Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still, the emotionally charged and eye-opening account of a mother who navigates the cacophony of best practices and urgent advice from parenting authorities in search of a way to support her teen as he maps his own path to mental health.

What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. It's a crisis of sexuality. It's a crisis of purpose....

In Insecure in Love, you'll learn how to overcome attachment anxiety using compassionate self-awareness, a technique that can help you recognize your negative thoughts....

At 10, we know how girls are pigeonholing themselves into what they think they should be....

With their labile and rapidly developing brains, adolescents are particularly susceptible to addiction, and addiction leads to anxiety and depression....

This audiobook is a must-listen for every parent with an adolescent daughter....

One woman’s story of healing through Aboriginal principles and awakening to her own healing powers....

On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price in He's Not Lazy, and you'll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail and so do not try....

The long-awaited, highly anticipated companion volume to The Princess Bitchface Syndrome - the must-have manual for all parents of teenage boys....

If our identities are a story, then the first crucial draft is written in adolescence. This book helps us to listen to that story - in ourselves and as it is being written in others - helping us to appreciate and accept it and where there is pain to begin to rewrite it.

If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. This positive guide provides a science-based program for promoting teens' independence by building their executive skills....

Oscar Wilde's first play confronts the hypocrisy of public "morality" compared with genuine, private kindness. When it opened in 1892, Lady Windermere's Fan was an instant success....

Interweaving clear summary and analysis of research data with anecdotes drawn from her years as a clinician, researcher, and public speaker, Dr. Jensen explores adolescent brain functioning....

Are you ready to unlock the code to raising a confident, empowered daughter? The Girl Dad Code is the essential guide for fathers who want to build a deep, meaningful connection with their daughters while preparing them to thrive in today’s world.

What if the key to raising a strong, confident son isn’t toughness but emotional intelligence? How do you prepare your son for life in a world full of pressure, comparison, and uncertainty? Can a mother truly shape the kind of man her son becomes? Absolutely. Here’s how.

What the award-winning, best-selling Boundaries has done for adult relationships, Boundaries with Kids will do for you and your children....

Author, speaker, and mom of four Greta Eskridge equips parents to have age-appropriate, honest, and hope-filled conversations about pornography with kids of any age so that you can help your children develop lifelong sexual integrity.

From first dates and successful relationships to friends, colleagues, and new acquaintances, unlock the hidden secrets to successful communication with anyone and learn to flourish in any environment....

The 14 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....

In this supportive, life-saving resource, the New York Times best-selling author of The Gift of Failure helps parents and educators understand the roots of substance abuse and identify who is most at risk for addiction, and offers practical steps for prevention....

A clinical psychologist’s exploration of the modern dilemmas women face in the wake of new motherhood....

ADHD gives your child a unique way of experiencing the world and this means you need a unique approach to parenting. Your child has a whole host of strengths and positive characteristics that, when nurtured and harnessed, will give them all they need to thrive.

Never before has raising teens been so perplexing. If you are wondering what on earth you're doing wrong, you're not alone. But there is hope....

The transition from childhood to adulthood is a natural, evolution-honed cycle that now faces radical change and challenge. The adolescent brain, sculpted for this transition over eons of evolution, confronts a modern world that creates so much social pressure as to regularly exceed the capacities of the evolving mind. The problem comes as a bombardment of screen-based information pelts the brain just as adolescence is undergoing a second key change: puberty is hitting earlier.

ADHD gives your child a unique way of experiencing the world and this means you need a unique approach to parenting. Your child has a whole host of strengths and positive characteristics that, when nurtured and harnessed, will give them all they need to thrive. What you need is clear advice for supporting those strengths while helping them navigate a world that makes life difficult for them at the same time as taking care of yourself.

Are you tired of watching your young athlete struggle under pressure or lose confidence after setbacks? The difference between those who thrive under stress and those who crumble isn’t raw talent—it’s mental toughness and discipline. This audiobook isn’t another shallow pep-talk or rehashed list of clichés. It’s a down-to-earth, actionable playbook packed with real exercises, relatable stories, and proven strategies for competitive young athletes.

Did you know that a recent meta-analysis revealed Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) significantly reduces self-harm behaviors and improves emotional regulation in adolescents? In fact, 77% of participants in a 2020 study no longer met the criteria for borderline personality disorder after one year of DBT treatment.

Complete Guide to Raising Gifted Children is designed specifically for parents like you, offering a comprehensive, research-backed resource loaded with actionable strategies for every developmental stage and many of the challenges you will face. Written by a parent who has “been there, done that” with few resources at the time, the Complete Guide to Raising Gifted Children comes with clear instructions and relatable examples, and speaks to anyone seeking to build a supportive, thriving environment for their child.