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How To Talk So Teens Will Listen And Listen So Teens Will Talk is a guide book for effective communication between parents and teenagers by bestselling authors and parenting experts, Adele Faber And Elaine Mazlish. Summary Of The Book The transition from childhood to adulthood is hard for both children and their parents. Communication between the two is seldom as strained as it is in this phase of a child’s ‘growing up’. The growing pains of adolescence can manifest in any number of ways. Kids may suddenly turn from loving, caring, cheerful beings into silent, disconnected, and distant teens. Or it may come with a new set of behavior patterns like smoking, drinking, and not respecting authority. Often, parents face difficulties in understanding their children and their behavior at this age, making it hard to deal with troubling situations or their child’s concerns in a constructive and suitable manner. The emotions involved make these situations even harder, with parents feeling helpless and frustrated with their teenagers, and teenagers feeling like they are not understood. In How To Talk So Teens Will Listen And Listen So Teens Will Talk, there is hope for both, the helpless parent and the troubled teenager. The book talks about how parents can express their anger or irritation with their children without being hurtful and how they can respond hopefully to their teenagers’ concerns, and resolve conflicts peacefully and constructively. It also lists skills that can encourage teens to cooperate with parents and assume responsibility, and how parents can use small opportunities to talk about sex and drugs. How To Talk So Teens Will Listen And Listen So Teens Will Talk is also invaluable to teenagers, listing details of other children with similar worries, skills for getting along better with friends and family, and respectful ways to voice concerns with their parents. How To Talk So Teens Will Listen And Listen So Teens Will Talk is based on the many workshops the authors have conducted on the subject of communicating with teenagers. About The Authors Adele Faber is an author. She has also written Liberated Parents/Liberated Children and How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Theater and Drama from Queens College and a Master's degree from New York University, in Education. She has 8 years of experience teaching in New York City high schools. She has three children and lives in New York. Elaine Mazlish is an award-winning author and expert on parenting and communication. She has also written Bobby and the Brockles, Between Brothers and Sisters - A Celebration of Life's Most Enduring Relationship, and Siblings Without Rivalry. Mazlish has a Bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts from New York University and is composer and a professional artist. She has studied with Dr. Haim Ginott, who is a child psychologist. Mazlish has three children and resides in Long Island, New York.