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687x1024A Parent’s Guide to Changing Destructive Adolescent Behavior (CDAB) is the only parent training program that addresses the MOST destructive of adolescent behaviors. Now in its eleventh edition, CDAB has become the program of choice for parents raising difficult or out-of-control teens.
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640x955Parents of self destructive teenagers or young adults should know that their youngster may well be motivated by unconscious feelings of anger and resentment. Only when the roots of the rage are uncovered and dealt with will the teenager be able to get on a more productive path. The therapeutic approach that works best is two-pronged.
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652x700Although most parents would wish otherwise, this humorous and harsh observation often rings true in adolescence on those contrary occasions when the young person acts against his or her better interests by engaging in self-defeating or .
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1023x833In fact, the teen years can bring some of the toughest discipline challenges parents have to face. Sulking, arguing, lying, and rebelling are just a few of the ways teens misbehave. There's a good explanation for these bad behaviors.
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620x953One parent admitted, "We didn't want the whole world knowing [about our rebellious teen] because my husband was an elder in the church." You don't need to share details with gossipmongers, but be real. Many parents have been surprised at how their transparency proved helpful to families in similar situations.
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1024x683All teens feel angry from time to time. Anger is a normal human emotion designed to help people respond to threats and danger. But when it gets out of control, it can become destructive.
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800x537parents are trained to accept non-compliance or stop demanding any work or responsibility from their child. In this process, the teen is also trained, gaining great satisfaction through escape of responsibility and following directions. This book will discuss in detail how to recognize and prevent this destructive training process (see .
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498x750I think there is often a sense of denial that parents have when it comes to their teens’ acting-out or destructive behavior. When you’re a parent, it’s very troubling and sad to think that your son or daughter has a serious problem, and it’s painful to think that they might be different from other kids.
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800x531There are many parents who are struggling with similar struggles with their teens. If community professional help has been tried and has failed many parents have found it necessary to send their teen to a drug or residential program to stop the drug use and destructive behavior.
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800x598Parenting a teenager is never easy, but when your teen is violent, depressed, or engaging in reckless behaviors, it can seem impossible. Parenting a teenager is never easy, but when your teen is violent, depressed, or engaging in reckless behaviors, it .
