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What Do You Do When Your Teenager Is in Trouble? Where do you turn for dependable, expert advice? Start here. Helping Your Struggling Teenager gives you the practical information you need as a parent on thirty-six common, critical concerns your child may face. From drug and alcohol abuse to parental divorce and premarital sex, professional Christian counselor Les Parrott gives you essential insights not only on specific issues, but also on how to offer effective help as a parent. Topics are arranged in alphabetical order. Each chapter sheds light on several vital questions: What does the specific struggle look like? Why did it happen? How can a counselor help? When should a counselor consult another professional, and where can he or she find additional resources? Arranged in two sections, this book first gives you the basics of being an effective helper. Then it informs you on the different struggles of teenagers. It includes a list of Scripture verses relevant to each of the thirty-six topics covered, plus Web addresses of organizations that deal with specific problems. Helping Your Struggling Teenager organizes and condenses insights and guidance for concerned parents into one extremely useful volume. Keep it at arm's reach for the answers you need, right when you need them.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
Part One: Effective Helping
1.Adolescence: A Struggle for Identity
2.Characteristics of Effective Helping: A Self-Inventory
3.The Heart of Helping
4.Common Pitfalls in Helping Adolescents
5.A Parent’s Guide to Professional Help
Part Two: The Struggles of Adolescents
Abuse
Anger
Anxiety
Cohabitation
Depression
Drugs and Alcohol
Eating Disorders
Forgiveness
God’s Will
Grief
Guilt
Homosexuality
Inferiority
Internet and Computer Game Addiction
Loneliness
Masturbation
Obesity
Obsessions and Compulsions
Overactivity and Work Stress
Panic Attacks
Parental Divorce
Parents
Peer Pressure
Phobias
Pornography
Promiscuity and Premarital Sex
Rage, Violence, and Gunfire
Schizophrenia
Schoolwork
Shyness
Siblings
Sleep Disturbance
Spiritual Doubt
Stuttering
Suicide
Victims of Violence
Biblical Guidance for Struggling Teenagers
Helpful Web Sites
Index
About the author
Number-one New York Times bestselling author and psychologist Dr. Les Parrott has been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, the Today Show, CNN, and The View, as well as in USA Today and The New York Times. His books, which include Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts and many others, have sold over five million copies. Les and his wife, Leslie, a marriage therapist, are the creators of BetterLove.com, a resource for couples. Les and Leslie live in Seattle, Washington.
Summary
What do you do when your teenager is in trouble? Where do you turn for dependable, expert advice? Start here.
Helping Your Struggling Teenager gives you the practical information you need as a parent on thirty-six common, critical concerns your child may face. From drug and alcohol abuse to parental divorce and premarital sex, professional Christian counselor Les Parrott gives you essential insights not only on specific issues, but also on how to offer effective help as a parent. Topics are arranged in alphabetical order. Each chapter sheds light on several vital questions:
- What does the specific struggle look like?
- Why did it happen?
- How can a counselor help?
- When should a counselor consult another professional,
- Where can he or she find additional resources?
Arranged in two sections, this book first gives you the basics of being an effective helper. Then it informs you on the different struggles of teenagers. It includes a list of Scripture verses relevant to each of the thirty-six topics covered, plus Web addresses of organizations that deal with specific problems.
Helping Your Struggling Teenager organizes and condenses insights and guidance for concerned parents into one extremely useful volume. Keep it at arm's reach for the answers you need, right when you need them.
