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The Parent Leader Series · Book 5
Conversation Scripts for Anxious Teens
Real Words to Use When Your Kid Won't Talk — A Parent's Guide to Active Listening, Setting Boundaries, and Rebuilding the Parent-Child Relationship
Ninety-one script pairs: what most parents say, and what to say instead.
Every parent of a teenager has had the conversation that closes a door. This book is a working reference for the ones that open it instead. Ninety-one paired scripts, organised by the situation you are actually in — the one-word answer, the slammed door, the exam that did not go well, the friend you do not like, the thing they finally tell you at eleven at night — with the reasoning underneath each one, so the words survive contact with a real evening.
Inside this book
- Ninety-one script pairs across twelve chapters, organised by situation rather than theory
- Active listening that does not sound like a technique, and the three responses that reliably end a conversation
- Boundaries that hold without a confrontation, and how to say no to a teenager who negotiates professionally
- Repairing the relationship after a period where most exchanges have gone badly
- What to say when they tell you something serious, and what not to say first
- A quick reference section for the sentences you need at speed
Written for parents who have run out of ways to start.
- Author
- Marcus Fenley
- Series
- The Parent Leader Series · Book 5
- Written for
- Parents of teenagers aged 12–18
- Editions
- Paperback · Hardcover · Kindle
- Trim size
- 6 × 9 in
- Publisher
- Tsunami Reading
Reads well with
The Anxious Teen — A Parent's Workbook
CBT Tools to Help Without Hovering — Calm the Alarm, Cut the Avoidance, Keep the Relationship