Do you feel like your child has changed into somebody else? Are you being told everything you're doing is wrong? If so you may well have a teenager and you could be about to enter one of the most challenging phases of being a parent.
Be aware of the changes your teenager is going through. Understand your own reactions and your relationship with your teenager. Learn how to read teenagers' behaviour so you know how to react. Develop strategies to help your teenager get what she wants in less destructive ways. Recognize the issues you can influence and those where you need to take a step back. Create a supportive environment to help you and your teenager maintain a strong relationship. The teenage years are a time of enormous upheaval as adolescents are poised between childhood and adulthood. Drawing on the life-changing techniques of the BBC TV Series Teen Terrors to Teen Angels, Dr Stephen Briers and Sacha Baveystock highlight the difficulties you may be facing with your teenager. They outline positive routes to overcome issues and transform your relationship with your teenager. Most importantly they show you which problems you can do something about and where to draw the line with those you cannot.