The Influential Parent

By David Damico

Book Overview

Discusses the parent-teenager relationship and offers ways parents can influence their children while contributing to their growth and development. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877888876
• ISBN13: 9780877888871
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Shaw Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Help for Homeschooling Parents

I am recently wrestling with concerns about an almost 13-year old, and all the changes I've seen from his getting into the teen years. Including the ideas of quitting a lot of activities he's been doing in the past. Because we are homeschooling, it is even more important that we learn to work with each other and find common ground. We are going to use this book to discuss homeschooling and the option of going to school, and the pros and cons of both. I needed to find ways to support his growing independence. And I found several clear and practical ways in this book. I talked with friends and read about 6 books in the library on this subject, but the most informative, practical and encouraging with regard to homeschooling is one called "The Influential Parent: How to be the Person Your Teen Really Needs," by David Damico. I plan on buying it. It is not a homeschooling book but could be. All parents will benefit from reading this book. It is not so school-focused as other parenting books are but instead deals with working with the teen's own interests. It helps parents work with drawing out the teen's interests to avoid that "I'm bored" syndrome. Includes chapters on getting your teen really involved, developing a "limited partnership"(where the parent retains the main role in guiding but allows a partnership to develop with the teen involved in decision making) , looking at your own energy needs and setting limits (to avoid burnout, a big issue with homeschooling parents) , becoming someone your teenager will follow and have fun with, why parents meet with resistance, why adolescence is draining on parents, eight ways to influence your child, coaching instead of policing, using respect to develop as a role model for a budding adult. This is a respectful book and full of advice and insight I haven't heard other places.