The Secrets to Having the Teenage Daughter you Actually Like: How You can Decrease the Amount of Drama in your Home and Increase the Level of Harmony Between you and your Daughter

As an alternative to counseling, Secrets to Having the Teenage Daughter You Actually Like by Dr. Cheryl S. Guy is a self-help parenting empowerment guide that helps parents tap into their own emotional wellbeing in order to bolster their teen’s self-reliance, confidence and courage. A guide that is not without humor, these anecdotes and directives cover everything from boyfriends and extracurricular activities to combating drug and alcohol use. In nine chapters with titles such as “Failures and Disappointments: Helping Her to Get Back Up!” and “Teenglish and Momglish or Just Not Speaking at All: Mending the Broken Fence Between a Mother and a Daughter,” parents are given a template in which to provide exactly what their teens need and a course in how it is they will receive it. By honing these bonds, daughters are given an opportunity to be safe while reducing daily dramas in the home. Don’t just survive the teen years—savor them!