“Mind your teenagers!” is an open conversation between a mother of a teenager and other equally bewildered parents of suddenly grown-up kids. There are no complicated theories and confusing techniques—only real stories, recognizable episodes, honest admissions, and small discoveries that help you accept—and even learn to love—this difficult stage.
“The readers have long asked me to write about teenagers. At meetings, the questions kept coming up again and again: how did you cope with your children, how did you endure this hard period? When my daughter became a teenager, I realized I needed to let it out—to speak it through—just like when my son went to school and I wrote ‘Diary of a First Grader’s Mom.’ This book is an honest account from a mother who has already gone through the teenage years with her son and is living them right now with her daughter. Mothers like millions of others who don’t understand what to do with their suddenly grown-up children.” — Masha Traub