Bringing Up Parents,9780915793488

Bringing Up Parents

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ISBN13: 9780915793488
ISBN10: 0915793482
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-12-01
Publisher(s): Free Spirit Pub
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Summary

Straight talk and specific suggestions on how teens can take the initiative to resolve conflicts with parents, improve family relationships, earn trust, accept responsibility, and help to create a healthier, happier home environment. Written with wisdom and humor, this book emphasizes open communication, mutual respect, and common sense.

Table of Contents

Read this First! 1(8)
A Must! Indispensable
Get off on the right foot
See the short Note for Parents
Don't miss the fascinating Introduction except it's not called that
Devour your new power and indulge the author while he calls you names
The Nature of the Beasts
9(38)
Parents: Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Live Without 'Em
10(21)
Meet Homo sapiens painus neckum
Discover if all parents take the Hypocritical Oath
Learn why 14 + 40 = Bad News
Surround yourself with Jealousy and Great Expectations
Grab hold of Gimme Gimme and the Responsibility Gap
Then chow down on some Hard Roles and Double Binds
Teenagers: Can't Live With 'Em
31(16)
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Innate behaviors of the Adolescent Species
Learn your Rights (and Wrongs) as a Card-Carrying Teenager
Forget the Three R's and discover the Four B's
Topics include: Peers, Fears, and Tears
Plus, at no extra charge: School, Grades, Ear Wax, and Nose Hairs
Getting Down to Basics: Issues at the core of every parent-child relationship
47(38)
Intelligence-Gathering
49(16)
It's 1978: Do you know where your parents are? Bringing up parents who will never again say, ``When I was your age....'' New uses for old siblings
How your parents' past affects your present
Every Kid Needs a Trust Fund
65(11)
The importance of trust funds in today's domestic economy
How to make deposits and avoid withdrawals
Your Freedom: Their Responsibility
76(9)
Bringing up parents who will let you do what you want
Learn why the Land of the Free calls for a Home of the Brave
Tricks and Treats
85(28)
Sweeter than candy! Morsels of meritorious manipulation designed to give you (and your parents) a bounty of benefit
Time-tested tactics practiced by the experts: Teenagers
Commit an Act of Goodness
Know when to get help and when to boo-hoo
How to choose your parents
Book 'em and hook 'em
What, me apologize? Only if you don't read this section
Taking Charge of the Fight Brigade: Strategies for Better Relationships
113(62)
It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It
114(25)
Wipe that style off your face! The importance of approach and attitude
The Medium is the Message
Launch a communications revolution and bring up parents who won't nag, scold, and attack
Discover how to change your tune and feel the boon
Stop! In the Name of Love
139(17)
Speech of the Devils! How to deal with your parents' all-time-champion-guaranteed-to-infuriate-and-drive-any-healthy-kid-up-the-wall expressions
Plus, at no extra cost, things kids say designed to make parents see red!! (Not so you can use them, so you can avoid them.)
Troubleshooting: Getting to Trouble Before It Gets to You
156(19)
A gold mine of information for heading trouble off at the Pass
What to do in the heat of the fight, or when you're absolutely right
How to tell if you're out to lunch
(Imagine that!) Meet the Respectable Lie and put yourself on trial
Learn the piece de resistance of parent-raising: Allowing Dad His Neurosis
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind: Solving Family Problems
175(30)
Full speed ahead! Take the lead! ``Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!'' Less is more
Giving up to get
A new look at Crime and Punishment
P.S.S.'s: Six steps to a family of winners
You show me yours, and I'll show you mine: Sniffing out those hidden agendas
Cures for the Common Conflict: A Problem Appendix
205(54)
Not to be taken out, though
Problems of inner space and outer limits
Problems of the home-grown variety
Drench yourself in this b-rainstorm of suggestions and clean up your conflicts
Don't get all lathered up; use this guide to hose down tension and build bridges over troubled waters
Water you waiting for?
Read this Last! The first word on the last word 259(2)
Index 261(3)
About the Author 264

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