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Latta, Nigel, 1967-

The politically incorrect guide to teenagers / Nigel Latta. - Auckland, N.Z. : HarperCollins, 2010. - 317 p. 21 cm.

Previousley published as: Before your teenagers drive you crazy. 2008.


Bombproof frameworks -- Basic principles -- Simple plans -- Putting it all together -- End times.

New Zealand's most popular parenting writer has drawn on his extensive experience in family therapy and working with the country's most difficult teenagers to write the book that will save the sanity of parents everywhere. Once you've negotiated the terrors of toddlerdom and the perils of primary school you think you've got a pretty good handle on this parenting thing - then along comes Mother Nature with her horrible hormones and suddenly you're so far behind square one you're starting to wonder if this raging bundle of contradictions screaming at you was switched in the night by evil aliens. With his now trademark humour and pragmatic common sense approach, Nigel debunks the politically correct nightmare of perfect parenting and argues for sanity first - yours - and reclaiming the ground parents have lost in the great "I'm my child's best friend" debacle.

ISBN: 9781869509088 1869509080

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Parenting.
Parent and teenager.
Teenagers--Family relationships.
Adolescent psychology.
Teenagers--Family relationships.

LC Class. No.: HQ799.15 / L388 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 649.125