Has anyone got How to Talk so Teens will Listen? I think I need it...

[castille]

I live abroad so can't flick through it in a shop. I have HTT for kids, and am trying to adapt their methods for my 12-going-on-16yo who has started being quite confrontational at times, with varying levels of success.

Is the Teens book very different? Is it likely to help?

anyone?

Evening bump

Really, has no one got it or read it or used it?!

I thought this place was full of HTT fans...

hi castille, haven't read the kids one, but borrowed the teens one from library a while ago, i thought it was brill. the bit i particularly remember were: 'give to them in fantasy what you can't give to them in reality', e.g. 'yeah, i'd love you to stay in bed for another 3 hours, but unfortunately for all of us it's a tuesday, so you're on the bus in half an hour'; I do this a lot, it seems to work. then there's listening listening listening. i thought it was well worth a read - i liked the fact that you can just read the cartoon and it gives you the idea if you can't be bothered to read all the text!

Thanks merrilyverily. From what you say it sounds quite like the kids one. I think I'll get it anyway, it'd be useful to have more age-appropriate strategies.

Does it cover teen topics like alcohol and sex ?(not that these are issues yet, I just want to be ready...)