Six Steps to an Emotionally Intelligent Teenager: Teaching Social Skills to Your Teen

by James Windell

Overview

Practical parenting ideas for kids from ages 13 to 19

Helping teenagers navigate the rocky years between childhood and adulthood has always been a parenting challenge--a challenge that has only grown more difficult in today's fast-paced society. Noted parenting author and psychologist James Windell knows teens. He interacts with them every day. In this book, he offers exercises and practical ideas on how parents can raise a well-adjusted teenager with a solid chance for a successful life. Unlike so many books on parenting and teens that focus on discipline, this book emphasizes the importance of goal-setting, communication, and the development of social skills during the teen years. It reveals how to develop teens' emotional intelligence by demonstrating to them how they can handle their own emotions and respond constructively to the emotions of others.

James Windell, MA (Detroit, MI), is a juvenile court psychologist. He is the author of "Children Who Say No When You Want Them to Say Yes" and "Eight Weeks to a Well-Behaved Child." Windell has appeared on CNN and Donahue, and his work has appeared in many national newspapers and magazines, including Jane Brody's column in the New York Times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620459201
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	08/09/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	465 KB

About the Author

James Windell, M.A., has been a juvenile court psychologist, an author, a newspaper columnist, an editor, and a criminal justice college instructor. He worked in the juvenile justice system for more than thirty-five years. Most recently, he was a psychologist in the Oakland County Circuit Court’s Family Division, in Oakland County, Michigan doing group therapy with delinquents. He developed a group training program for parents of delinquents which won a national award.

Table of Contents

PREPARING TO TEACH SOCIAL SKILLS TO YOUR TEEN.
What You Need to Know About Teaching Social Skills.
SIX SKILLS TO TEACH YOUR TEEN.
Step One: Teach Your Teenager to Set Goals.
Step Two: Teach Your Teenager to Identify and Change Self-Defeating Behaviors.
Step Three: Teach Your Teenager to Be Assertive.
Step Four: Teach Your Teenager to Have Feelings for Others.
Step Five: Teach Your Teenager to Handle Anger.
Step Six: Teach Your Teenager to Resolve Conflicts Peacefully.
PARENTING THE DIFFICULT TEEN.
Strategies for Parenting the Difficult Teen.
Afterword.
Resources.
Index.