- ISBN13: 9780743224697
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Parents: Does your teen withdraw to his or her room at every opportunity? Does she talk with you about her friends? Does he participate in discussions at meals? Does your teen want you to see projects from school? When is the last time you actually went into your teen’s room and looked at what’s hanging on the walls and sitting on the shelves? Teens: Do your parents hide behind the newspaper? Do they always have to work when you’ve got a game, a reci… More >>
Closing the Gap : A Strategy For Bringing Parents And Teens Together
#1 by mirna bonilla on June 3, 2010 - 11:17 pm
I JUST GOT THIS BOOK AND BOY WAS IT A REAL EYE OPENER.
JAY HIT RIGHT ON THE HEAD. AT ONE POINT I TOLD HIM TO SHUT UP
WHAT DOES HE KNOW?! BUT, THANX SWEETIE YOU ARE HELPING ME AS I READ THIS BOOK. I WILL BE ORDERING THE ONE FOR TEENS AS WELL SINCE I CAUGHT MY SON MARC BROWSING THROUGH MINE. THANX FOR UR DAD AS WELL WHOM I AM SO GREATFUL TO. I WATCH HIM EVERY WEEK. AND THEN I MET YOU AS WELL, BOY REAL!! AS FOR MY SON AND I RELATIONSHIP. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH! AND HELP YOU CONTINUE TO HELP OTHERS. MAY HE GIVE YOU BOTH WISDOM AND STRENGTH ALWAYS.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on June 4, 2010 - 2:13 am
Jay McGraw is obviously just trying to ride his father’s coat tails, unfortunately, he possesses none of the talent or skill his father does. If you want to read a patronizing, annoying account of teen life, this is the book for you!
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Anonymous on June 4, 2010 - 4:29 am
This is not a good book for parents to read. It tells parents that it’s okay to invade their kid’s privacy, and it makes all teenagers sound like horrible irresponsible monsters. It has some useful info for kids, but parents should not read this book as they will get bad Ideas from it. At the very least, kids should read this book themselves before letting their parents read it. I would rate this book RP (Restricted for Parents) ^_^
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by Sandra D. Peters on June 4, 2010 - 6:17 am
This was an interesting book in that it used common sense advice to bridge the gap between parents and teens. As a professional counsellor for over thirty years, and one who has raised three daughters to adulthood, I have also helped bridge that gap endless times.
From a teen prespective it is easily seen how Jay McGraw has acquired his expertise, after all at twenty-two, he is barely out of his teens himself. However, it is questionable at this age how he accumulated his wealth of expertise when it comes to raising teens from a parent’s perspective. Could it be that what we are really hearing here is the voice of good old Dad, known to many of us as “Dr. Phil?” Phillip MaGraw is no stranger as an author and I see an uncanny resemblance between the writing style of both father and son. Co-incidence? Who knows, but the book does contain some sound advice even if much of it is based on a common sense approach. As for originality, the book does not contain a lot of material that we have not already read before – only the wording has been changed. For that reason, plus the fact it appears the expertise and thoughts here were not entirely Jay’s, the book lost a few stars in the rating.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Phillip A. Vautour on June 4, 2010 - 6:20 am
I thought we were doing quite well with our communication level with our pre-teen boys, but I am learning about a whole new set of caveats and superb strategies to lay the baseline before it all goes to hell in a handbasket.
Parents, this is the manual you have been whining about not having
Rating: 5 / 5