Boundaries with Teens

Boundaries with Teens
When to Say Yes, How to Say No
by John Townsend

In this book, Townsend gives important keys for establishing healthy boundaries--the bedrock of good relationships, maturity, safety, and growth for teens and the adults in their lives. The book offers help in raising teens to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions. Strong, healthy boundaries are the key to a strong, healthy relationship with your teen. Discover how to set healthy boundaries for both yourself and your teen to enhance your relationship and their relationships with others. Includes section on how to deal with special situations like drug and alcohol use, cutting, sex, defiance, school, and disrespect.

From bestselling author and counselor Dr. John Townsend, here is the expert insight and guidance you need to help your teens take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions and gain a deeper appreciation and respect both for you and for themselves. With wisdom and empathy, Dr. Townsend, a father of two teens himself, applies biblically based principles for the challenging task of guiding your children through the teen years. He shows you how to:

• deal with disrespectful attitudes and impossible behavior in your teen
• set healthy limits and realistic consequences be loving and caring while establishing rules
• determine specific strategies to deal with problems both big and small

Discover how your teenager thinks. Learn how to apply biblical principles to specific problems. Boundaries with Teens can help you establish wise and loving limits that make a positive difference in your adolescent, in the rest of your family, and in you.