Mikey
Psycho Gorilla Dad
Picked up a book at the library yesterday: "<u>Parenting your Out-Of-Control Teenager"</u> by Scott P. Sells, PH.D.
I picked it up because of one thing that caught my eye in the table of contents: How to deal with what he calls the "Teenager's Seven Aces", i.e. the seven nuclear weapons teens threaten to use when acting out as a difficult child. They are:
<ul>[*]Disrespect [*]Truancy [*]Running Away [*]Teen Pregnancy [*]Substance Abuse [*]Violence [*]Suicide Threats [/list]
difficult child's seem to be born with these seven deadly bullets in their emotional guns, and instinctively know exactly how to use them.
:grrr:
He also claims to have ways to address or counter these "seven aces". My son has already used two of them against us: running away and substance abuse. It seems like other parents have been nuked by combinations of the other seven aces as well.
I was intrigued, so I checked the book out. Also, most of the other books recommended or suggested seem to deal with younger difficult child's, where parents have a little more power (and time) to work through the issues than I do (difficult child will be 18 in six months).
I haven't read it yet - just starting. But I was curious if anyone has read it, and if any of his suggested action plans have actually been successful for someone here. Anybody?
Thanks,
Mikey
I picked it up because of one thing that caught my eye in the table of contents: How to deal with what he calls the "Teenager's Seven Aces", i.e. the seven nuclear weapons teens threaten to use when acting out as a difficult child. They are:
<ul>[*]Disrespect [*]Truancy [*]Running Away [*]Teen Pregnancy [*]Substance Abuse [*]Violence [*]Suicide Threats [/list]
difficult child's seem to be born with these seven deadly bullets in their emotional guns, and instinctively know exactly how to use them.
:grrr:
He also claims to have ways to address or counter these "seven aces". My son has already used two of them against us: running away and substance abuse. It seems like other parents have been nuked by combinations of the other seven aces as well.
I was intrigued, so I checked the book out. Also, most of the other books recommended or suggested seem to deal with younger difficult child's, where parents have a little more power (and time) to work through the issues than I do (difficult child will be 18 in six months).
I haven't read it yet - just starting. But I was curious if anyone has read it, and if any of his suggested action plans have actually been successful for someone here. Anybody?
Thanks,
Mikey
