Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No by John Townsend

Establish wise and loving limits that make a positive difference in your teen, in the rest of your family, and in you. The teen years: relationships, peer pressure, school, dating, character. To help teenagers grow into healthy adults, parents and youth workers need to teach them how to take responsibility for their behavior, their values, and their lives. From bestselling author and counselor Dr. John Townsend, Boundaries with Teens is the expert insight and guidance you need to help your teens take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions and gain a deeper appreciation and respect both for you and for themselves. With wisdom and empathy, Dr. Townsend applies biblically based principles for the challenging task of guiding your children through the teen years. Using the same principles he used to successfully raise two teens, he shows you how to: Deal with disrespectful attitudes and impossible behavior in your teen Set healthy limits and realistic consequences Be loving and caring while establishing rules Determine specific strategies to deal with problems both big and small Read more

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From the Publisher When parents tell teens the truth, set limits, establish curfews, confront misbehavior, and do a host of other things, they are providing a structure and helping teens to develop a structure. If all goes well, teens will ultimately and safely discard their parents’ structure and, using their own structure, be able to meet the demands of adult life and responsibility. And that is the purpose of this book, to show you how to help your adolescent shoulder responsibility for her actions, attitudes, and speech so that she learns the gift of self-control and ownership over her life. The whole process starts with you, the parent. So in this book you will learn a deceptively simple skill that all parents of teens need: knowing when to say Yes, and how to say No. That is, how to implement and enforce healthy, loving boundaries with your adolescent. You’ll also find help for developing your own limits so that you can transmit what you know and who you are to your teen. —Dr. John Townsend Part One: Be a Parent with Boundaries This part will help you to develop your own personal boundaries, so that you can create the best boundaries for your teen. Part Two: Understand the Teenage World This part is a window into the mind and world of the adolescent, so that you can understand what your teen is thinking and feeling. Part Three: Set Boundaries with Your Teen This part shows you how to set healthy boundaries with your teen. Part Four: Address Common Problems This part explores specific problems that adolescents struggle with and offers tips on what you, the parent, can do about them. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Beyond Boundaries: Learning to Trust Again in Relationships Boundaries in Dating: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships Boundaries in Marriage: The Choices That Make or Break Loving Relationships Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge Buying Options Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Customer Reviews 25,444 1,111 3,230 4,941 2,321 1,053 Price $7 90 $11 32 $9 58 $10 12 $9 49 $16 05 Other Boundaries books by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend Join the millions who have learned how to take control of their lives by setting healthy boundaries with their spouses, children, friends, parents, coworkers, and even themselves, in order to live life to the fullest. For when your trust has been broken: discover how to set firm boundaries again, how to connect deeply without being hurt, and how to safely grow your most intimate relationships. Boundaries in Dating offers illuminating insights for romance that can help you grow in freedom, honesty, and self-control as you pursue healthy dating limits that can lead to a happy marriage. Learn when to say yes and how to say no in the context of your marriage relationship. Once you have boundaries in place, a good marriage can become better, and a less-than-satisfying one can even be saved. Yes, you can say no to your child and still be a loving parent. Discover how setting biblical boundaries can make your parenting better today! Dr. Henry Cloud leverages his expertise of human behavior, neuroscience, and leadership to explain how the best leaders set boundaries within their organizations—with their teams and with themselves—to improve performance and increase satisfaction.