Teenagers are unique beings, requiring a whole new parenting approach. Dr. Karyn Gordon, or “dk” as teens call her, knows that approach and has been coaching adolescents and parents for over a decade. She’s a high-demand speaker, an expert on The Mom Show and the go-to teen parenting source for Canadian media. Using her dynamic, pragmatic advice and experience, Dr. Karyn cracks the mysterious code that defines teen behaviour.
 A book that stands alone amid other parenting guides, Dr. Karyn’s Guide to the Teen Years is firmly based on what teens actually think, feel and do. Gordon explains the recent research that shows the teen brain is actually different and reveals how this difference radically affects adolescent―and parent―behaviours. Her PARENT keys, seen below, will unlock the secret to a happier, healthierparent–teen relationship. • Picture: the importance of thinking “big picture” and why parents have to understand what they are hoping to achieve with their teen • Attitude: identifying a person’s overall attitude towards parenting and how one’s own upbringing and family principles shape it • Respect: building a healthy sense of respect and self-esteem in your teenager • Emotion: understanding your teen’s emotional brain―. and your own • Non-Verbal/Verbal Communication: 10 different communication styles and how they affect your relationship • Teach: how to teach responsibility and develop a balanced structure that reflects your family values
Throughout the book, Gordon advises on central issues, including depression and mental illness, substance abuse, sex and sexual orientation, privacy and independence, friends and peer pressure, trouble with the law, learning styles and school choices, bullying and violence, and step-parenting. Interspersed with case studies and revealing quotes from teens, Dr. Karyn’s Guide to the Teen Years is the guide all parents should read before their child’s 12th birthday.
Dr. Karyn’s Guide to the Teen Years is for parents who: • have trouble understanding or communicating with their teen • worry their teen is unhappy • feel they’re doing too much for their teen • wish their teen would eat healthier, spend smarter or schedule better • feel guilty when they say “no”

Dr. Karyn's Guide To The Teen Years

Parenting & Relationships

Gordon, Karyn

Parenting

Collins

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The Story of Mothers & Daughters: Based on the ABC Television Special

Politics & Social Sciences

Jain Lemos

Women's Studies

Harpercollins

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If you have a penchant for times gone by, this keepsake journal has a nostalgic design you will appreciate. Spiral bind, paper-over-board, with gold ribbon closure, 92 pages.

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Collins Publishers

Harper

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Grunfeld, Nina

HarperCollins, Publishers

Toddlercare Day by Day

June Thompson

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited

Maternal-Newborn and Child Nursing : Family-Centered Care - Textbook Only

Marcia L. London

Pearson\Prentice Hall

Play (The Developing Child)

Self-Help

Garvey, Catherine

Motivational

Fontana Press

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How Not to Be a Perfect Mother : The Crafty Mother's Guide to a Quiet Life

libby-purves

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

When Nancy Friday began her research for My Mother/My Self in the early 1970’s no work existed that explored the unique interaction between mother and daughter.  Today psychotherapists throughout the world acknowledge that if women are to be able to love without possessing, to find work that fulfills them, and to discover their full sexuality, they must first acknowledge their identity as separate from their mother’s.  Nancy Friday’s book played a major role in that acceptance.  The greatest gift a good mother can give remains unquestioning love planted deep in the first year of life, so deep and anassailable that the tiny child grown to womanhood is never held back by the fear of losing that love, no matter what her own choice in love, sexuality, or work may be.Through candid self-disclosure and hundreds of interviews, Friday investigates a generational legacy and reveals the conflicting feelings of anger, hate, and love the daughter’s hold for their mothers–and why they so often “become” that mother themselves.

'MY MOTHER, MY SELF'

Health, Fitness & Dieting

NANCY FRIDAY

Psychology & Counseling

A perfect child:* Dresses neatly and practises the violin before breakfast* Comes top of the class and is captain of everything* Is unfailingly obedient and sweet-tempered* Is a perfect credit to its perfect motherA real child:* Prefers shoelaces undone and mismatched socks* Shouts 'Bum!' at Granny* Turns breakfast and bedtime into a battleground* Is the normal offspring of imperfect parentsWith affectionate lack of illusion and a refreshing honesty about her own shortcomings, Libby Purves examines the pleasures and pitfalls of raising children from three to eight years old. Playgroup, starting school, rude words, pets - all these topics are tackled with frank good humour and down-to-earth advice.Best of all is her reassuring reminder that there is no such thing as a perfect child.

How Not to Raise a Perfect Child

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