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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I highly recommend two books by John McKinnon: THE UNCHANGED MIND and TO CHANGE A MIND. McKinnon offers a really compelling model for understanding what he calls the "global failures" of troubled teens: how those problems are rooted in a basic immaturity in their approach to life. He argues for a family systems approach that involves work on the teen's part (building inner resources and consequential thinking/planning) AND work on the parents' part, what he calls "recognition" (understanding and validating your kid's needs and challenges) and limit-setting. I understand your frustration. Few people with behaviorally typical kids can understand what it is like to have a challenging one--and the extra burdens that such a kid puts on parents to create a really fine-tuned approach to parenting. (It's exhausting, I know.)[/quote]
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