Uncommon Sense for Parents With Teenagers

A major revision of the best-selling handbook for parents of teens that turns parent's feeling of frustrations and isolations into fascination, curiosity, and hope. Includes new issues like text messaging and the Internet, changing driver's license requirements, and fad diets and exercise.

Michael Riera is the high school counselor many of us wish we'd had: he's smart, non-judgmental, and respectful of kids. This excellent book is chock full o' advice for parents that sometimes goes against the established grain but makes utter sense. For example, don't give advice even when asked, embrace estrangement (it's part of your teenager's development), and take a demotion and move from "manager" to "consultant." Uncommon Sense is an excellent book for any parent of an older child or teenager.