How to Survive Your Parents, Shawn Goodman
How to Survive Your Parents, Shawn Goodman
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How to Survive Your Parents
A Teen's Guide to Thriving in a Difficult Family

Author: Shawn Goodman

Narrator: Fred Berman

Unabridged: 3 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/24/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Want to improve your relationship with your problematic parents? This honest and supportive guide, written by an experienced teen therapist, will help.

This book is for you―not your parents. Step-by-step, using approaches that are relatively easy but bring big results, you’ll be guided in how to improve the important and super-challenging relationship between you and your parents. This doesn’t mean you’re going to become best friends, but you will learn the skills needed to change how you see one another and how you interact. And ultimately, you will gain control over your own life.

Included are revealing descriptions of various problematic parenting styles, techniques—both verbal and not—for increasing the connection between you and your parents, advice about setting clear boundaries, and sample conversations that can be used as a script. Think of it as therapy in book form: on your side, encouraging and clear, and full of the time-proven advice you won’t get from your friends and certainly not from your parents.

* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of useful lists, writing exercises, and further resources from the book.

About The Author

Shawn Goodman has worked in the teen mental health field for many years and is currently a psychologist at a high school in upstate New York. He is the award-winning author of Kindness for Weakness and Something Like Hope, both of which were inspired by his experiences working in several New York State juvenile detention facilities. He is also the co-author of This Way Home, written with bestselling author and governor of Maryland Wes Moore. Shawn lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charessa on June 23, 2024

Thank you to Penguin, Rocky Pond Books, and NetGalley for the eGalley to review! I can't overstate how necessary a book like this is. It is a book specifically for kids--teens--to understand their relationships with their parents (or caretakers, though parents is the term used for this book) and how......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on May 24, 2024

Coming soon......more

Goodreads review by WittyLM on October 05, 2024

Loved loved loved this book! It was a great read and definitely something I wish I had when I was a teenager. While I had a great relationship with my parents, it gives practical advice on how to communicate with your parents! I intend to recommend this to everyone who works with or has teenagers.......more

Quotes

"A practical guide for teens who wish to improve relationships with their parents. The book shines a light on complex family dynamics, offering hope and practical solutions." —Kirkus Review

"By presenting a conflict and dissecting it, the book gives teens tools to understand and validate their emotions, reinforcing that their feelings are legitimate. The literary quality is commendable; the language is clear and relatable for its teen audience. The organization is excellent, with a logical flow that makes the advice easy to follow and apply. A valuable resource for teens navigating the often turbulent waters of parental relationships, offering clarity and actionable strategies." 
—School Library Journal

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