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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 31002" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>Picked up a book at the library yesterday: "<u><em>Parenting your Out-Of-Control Teenager"</em></u> by Scott P. Sells, PH.D.</p><p></p><p>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 <em>"Teenager's Seven Aces"</em>, i.e. the seven nuclear weapons teens threaten to use when acting out as a difficult child. They are:</p><p><ul>[*]Disrespect [*]Truancy [*]Running Away [*]Teen Pregnancy [*]Substance Abuse [*]Violence [*]Suicide Threats [/list]</p><p>difficult child's seem to be born with these seven deadly bullets in their emotional guns, and instinctively know <em>exactly</em> how to use them.</p><p></p><p> :grrr:</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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).</p><p></p><p>I haven't read it yet - just starting. But I was curious if anyone <strong>has</strong> read it, and if any of his suggested action plans have actually been successful for someone here. Anybody? </p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 31002, member: 3579"] Picked up a book at the library yesterday: "<u>[i]Parenting your Out-Of-Control Teenager"[/i]</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 [i]"Teenager's Seven Aces"[/i], 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 [i]exactly[/i] how to use them. [img]:grrr:[/img] 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 [b]has[/b] read it, and if any of his suggested action plans have actually been successful for someone here. Anybody? Thanks, Mikey [/QUOTE]
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