Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood

Intro
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Contents
 Foreword to the Second Edition
 Introduction
 Part 1: Love and Logic Parents Grow Up
 1. Teenagers 101: Welcome to Parenting Graduate School
 A Disturbing Call
 Who's in Charge Here?
 A Change of Tactics
 Learning Responsibility
 The Times They Are a'Changin'
 Braving the Challenges of the Millennial Generation
 A Reason for Hope
 2. Love and Logic Parenting: Will It Work with Teenagers?
 Standing on Their Own Two Feet
 Helicopter Parents
 The Evolution of the Helicopter Parent: The Jet-Powered Attack Model
 Drill Sergeant Parents. The Laissez-Faire ParentThe Consultant Parent
 The Love and Logic Way
 3. Back to the Basics, Part One: Training Teens to Act Responsibly
 Basic Self-Concept --
Who Am I?
 Love and Logic Principle: Responsible Teens Feel Good About Themselves
 Love and Logic Principle: Responsibility Is Caught, Not Taught
 Love and Logic Principle: Let Teens Own Their Problems and Their Solutions
 Love and Logic Principle: Neutralizing Teen Arguing Keeps the Focus on Them
 4. Back to the Basics, Part Two: Treating Teenagers as Responsible Adults
 Love and Logic Principle: Gaining Control Through Choices. Love and Logic Principle: Sharing Control Through Thinking WordsLove and Logic Principle: Empathy and Sorrow Plus Consequences Equals Success
 Love and Logic Principle: Consequences Don't Have to Be Immediate
 Love and Logic Principle: Building a Lifelong Relationship
 Living on the Edge
 Part 2: Living on the Edge: The Wild and Wonderful Challenges of Parenting Teenagers
 5. Fasten Your Seat Belt and Enjoy the Ride
 Why Parents Should Relax
 Some Things Parents Need to Understand
 Three Types of Teens
 Again, Relax
 6. Understanding Teens from the Inside Out: Internal Changes in Adolescence. Changes in ThinkingPhysical Changes
 Teaching Youths About Sex
 Psychological Changes (Changes in Values)
 Dealing with Rebellion
 Let Them Go and Let Them Grow
 7. Understanding Teens from the Outside In: External Changes in Adolescence
 The Pressure of Social Change
 Different Circumstances, Same Needs
 What's Different Today
 Pressures from Outside the Home
 Riding the Waves of Trends
 Pressures from Inside the Home
 Save Your Emotional Energy
 8. Ready, Set --
Off into the Real World
 Welcome to the Real World
 Techniques for World-Wise Teens
 Parenting Perspectives on Real-World Readiness. What Love and Logic Is NotReady, Set, Go!
 Part 3: Love and Logic Parenting Pearls
 How to Use Love and Logic Pearls
 1. Aggressive Behavior
 2. Appearance: Clothing, Hairstyle, and Other Surprises
 3. Arguments
 4. Back in the Nest: If an Older Child Needs to Move Home
 5. Back Talk
 6. Cars, Driving, and Catching Rides
 7. Church and Synagogue: When Teens Don't Want to Go
 8. College Expenses: Who Pays?
 9. Crisis Situations
 10. Curfews
 11. Dating
 12. Disrespect
 13. Divorce and Visitation
 14. Drug or Substance Abuse
 15. Eating Disorders
 16. Entitlement
 17. Friends and Peer Pressure.