Please Stop The Rollercoaster!: How Parents Of Teenagers Can Smooth Out The Ride

Please Stop the Rollercoaster!: How Parents of Teenagers Can Smooth Out the Ride

For busy parents of teenagers who find themselves unsure of their changing role, this book offers a wealth of practical, succinct information. Grounded in research, it guides parents to examine and discuss the most important issues they are likely to face. The hands-on approach helps parents understand their developing adolescent and smooth out family dynamics. Review I was greatly impressed by Please Stop the Rollercoaster! I thought it a wonderfully helpful guide that goes right to the core of the real challenges that face the parents of teenagers. The book is amazingly clear, rich and comprehensive, and I found it a true pleasure to read. --Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D. Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?Please Stop the Rollercoaster! is like a well-organized college-level class wrapped up in an an easy-to-use workbook. Parents searching for a lifeline will feel that they've grabbed onto something substantial with this book. --ForeWord MagazineThis is a book you need to read! It brings together important information from a wide variety of sources, and walks parents through questions, issues and situations they may face...[its] hands-on approach will help parents...improve dynamics in their family. --Dr. Laura Schlessinger About the Author Sue Blaney, communications expert, author, speaker and eternal optimist, supports parents in successfully raising teenagers. Her products and programs provide parents with concrete help in communicating with their teens, keeping teens from engaging in risky behavior, and understanding adolescent development. Sue's reflective and calming approach is appreciated by parents, secondary educators and faith-based educators as she speaks about how to increase parent engagement, improve communication, create parent discussion groups and more.