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Author Hammond, Michael (Psychologist)

Title Decisive parenting : strategies that work with teenagers / Michael Hammond
Published Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages)
Contents Rules : establishing a firm foundation -- Write the rules for your teenager -- Natural and logical consequences -- Active consequences for challenging situations -- Level systems, point economies, and contracts -- Communication that gets the results you want -- Conflict resolution with teenagers -- Reinforcers for behaviors you want to see repeated -- Arguing -- Chore completion -- Driving -- Drug and alcohol use -- Friends -- Information technology -- Lying -- Running away -- School assignments and homework -- Sexual activity -- Sibling fighting -- Stealing -- Swearing -- Television -- Tobacco use -- Truancy -- Violence -- Whereabouts and curfew
Summary Decisive Parenting teaches parents concrete skills for quickly and permanently altering their teenagers' problem behaviors, ranging from argumentativeness and neglecting chores or homework to more serious issues such as shoplifting, underage drinking, and drug use. Michael Hammond provides clear, easy-to-follow, and proven solutions to permanently stop negative behavior while establishing good behavior in its place. By adapting Hammond's "active consequences" strategy, parents can expect to see major changes in their teenagers' behavior in three to six weeks, as well as great improvement in th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Parenting.
Parent and teenager -- Vocational guidance
Parenting
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.
Parent and teenager
Parenting
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020740328
ISBN 9780765707659
0765707659