Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Revised 3rd Edition: Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting

This newly revised and updated edition of Positive Discipline for Teenagers shows parents how to build stronger bridges of communication with their children, break the destructive cycles of guilt and blame that occur in parent-teen power struggles, and work toward greater mutual respect with their adolescents. At the core of the Positive Discipline approach is the understanding that teens still need their parents, just in different ways--and by better understanding who their teens really are, parents can learn to encourage both their teens and themselves, and instill good judgment without being judgmental. The methods in this book work to build vital social and life skills through encouragement and empowerment--not punishment. Truly effective parenting is about connection before correction.
This new edition is filled with proven, effective methods for coping with such parenting challenges as:
- Fostering truly honest discussions with your teen
- Helping your teen handle the online world 
- Turning mistakes into opportunities
- Keeping your sanity while raising your teen—and making sure your own teenage issues aren’t weighing you down
- Teaching your teen how to pursue the goal that make them happy…and a few that make you happy too (like chores)
- Making sure you’re on your teen’s side, and that they know that
- Avoiding the pitfalls of excessive control and excessive permissiveness