Title:
How to hug a porcupine : negotiating the prickly points of the tween years / Julie A. Ross.
ISBN:
9780071545891
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Middle-schoolers : hormonal, disorganized, and defiant -- The overwhelmed "slacker" -- How to break the nagging cycle and turn responsibility over to your middle schooler -- Peer pressure and changing values -- Dealing with defiance -- The computer "addiction" -- Encouraging self-eseem and independence -- The push for independence -- Talking about sex, drugs and alcohol -- Sibling rivalry : a new level of competition -- How a relationship approach affects life.
Summary:
Yesterday, your child was a sweet, well-adjusted eight-year-old. Today, a moody, disrespectful twelve-year-old. What happened? And more important, how do you handle it? How you respond to these whirlwind changes will not only affect your child's behavior now but will determine how he or she turns out later. Julie A. Ross, executive director of Parenting Horizons, shows you exactly what's going on with your child and provides all the tools you need to correctly handle even the prickliest tween porcupine. •Find out how other parents survived nightmarish tween behavior--and still raised great kids •Break the “nagging cycle,” give your kids responsibilities, and get results •Talk about sex, drugs, and alcohol so your kid will listen •Discover the secret that will help your child to disregard peer pressure and make smart choices--for life
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007052925-b.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007052925-d.html
OCLC Number:
ocn187549389
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