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This could just be the book that restores your sanity. (The DAILY MAIL )
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Do you find bringing up teenagers more of a pain than a pleasure?· When - and how - should you broach the difficult topics, such as sex, drugs and alcohol?· How much independence is a good thing? Raising teenagers can test parental love to breaking point, particularly if you have previously enjoyed a close and loving relationship. The child over whom you exercised near-total control has suddenly become taller than you, louder than you, with an inside knowledge of all your failings - and a sudden urge to point them out. What's more, this newly arrived creature may talk and dress in a way you find alien and tell you nothing - whilst needing ever-greater financial handouts. Help is at hand. Here is a practical guide to help teenagers, their parents and the rest of the family.Whatever! offers tried-and-tested strategies for every situation which you can put into practice immediately. You will wonder how you ever managed without this cheerfully perceptive book.
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a brilliant book. The chapters deal with all the main issues to do with parenting teenagers but the approach is completely down to earth and honest. Each chapter starts with a discussion of the main things to think about, but then there are little exercises to help us parents remember how it felt to be a teenager. But the best thing of all is the question and answer section. About half of every chapter consists of questions I would like to know the answers to, and really practical ways of dealing with them. Some have happened to me already, others I expect may come, but the practical and down to earth advice on offer was immensely reassuring. I can't recommend this book highly enough, thank you Gill and Alison.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Even the chapter headings are great, and address all the big issues. Contains real wisdom and insight rather than psyco-speak. I feel I know much better what's in my teenager's head and hormones, and how he regards me.
36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has very much become the domestic bible by which my family and I now live. I picked up a copy in Waterstones on the high street a few weeks ago, since when i have forced my wife into reading it, and have read it twice myself.
Alison Baverstock and Gill Hines have answers to every domestic problem that is likely to occur with your little darlings. What with hectic Edinburgh city life im ashamed to say my children have been rather neglected of late, and 'Whatever' has certainly given me more time with my family and we are happier for it.
I recently saw Alison Baverstock speak at the Edinburgh Book Festival about her book and i learned she has four children of her own, two of whom are teenagers! I cant say i envy them having a book written all about them but im sure theyre really very proud.
Buy this book and act on it if you want your home life to improve! Enjoy!
Alison Baverstock and Gill Hines have answers to every domestic problem that is likely to occur with your little darlings. What with hectic Edinburgh city life im ashamed to say my children have been rather neglected of late, and 'Whatever' has certainly given me more time with my family and we are happier for it.
I recently saw Alison Baverstock speak at the Edinburgh Book Festival about her book and i learned she has four children of her own, two of whom are teenagers! I cant say i envy them having a book written all about them but im sure theyre really very proud.
Buy this book and act on it if you want your home life to improve! Enjoy!
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Whatever! A down-to-earth guide to parenting teenagers
This is an excellent book that I would recommend to all parents of teenagers. Helps you to understand their behaviour and offers really useful tips on how to deal with them. Read more
Published 6 months ago by mumbank
Whatever! - a must for every parent with teenagers
I attended Gill Hines' workshop at my son's school and bought the book straight afterwards. It is brilliant -makes you think about your own behaviour as well as that of your... Read more
Published 13 months ago by kamkat3
Not whatever!
This book is great. Not only does it demystify the teenager, it also provides a wealth of commonsense strategies for dealing with your adolescent in a constructive manner. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by FG Winskill
Whatever! This book rocks!
This is the most practically helpful, clear and sensible guide to parenting teenagers that I have ever read - and I have read a few. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2009 by L. Bryce
Commonsense will prevail. . .
I had great expectations when I saw this book and what its content was supposed to be. But I found it disappointing. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by C. A. JONES
Whatever! A down-to-earth Guide to Parenting Teenagers
I found this book to be easy reading, essential if I was to get to the back page as the time I have for reading is limited and disjointed. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2008 by Mrs. J. Sheppard
Whatever! A down-to-earth guide to parenting teenagers
This book is fantastic! As a parent I have found it invaluable as it is extremely easy to read and full of practical hints and tips to try at home about wide ranging issues. Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2008 by Twohats
A godsend!
I am really surprised by the previous two reviews as I found it invaluable. Really down to earth, practical advice that was delivered with good humour and common sense. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2007 by Clara Williams
of limited value
As with an earlier reviewer I thought the authors had scant experience to offer- one with no children and one whose children were not yet or barely teenage when the book was... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2007 by Kate Green
Hypocritical advice
I found this book disappointing for many reasons. Firstly because one of the authors who is not herself a parent runs "Parenting Classes" for a living and thinks she can tell us... Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2007 by Victorian Lady
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