A new theory of teenagers Seven transformational strategies to empower you and your teen

Parents who are open to alternative healing will appreciate Santangelo's wisdom about parenting teens. She combines her decades of experience as a Yale-educated clinical psychologist and assistant clinical professor with a holistic approach. One tenet of her work is that parents must work with their own issues before they can successfully resolve barriers between themselves and their teens. The book outlines seven transformative strategies. Rather than focusing solely on adolescent behavior, the strategies revolve around parents' emotions and the work of looking inward for better, more understanding relationships. Because, as Santangelo says, "no matter how depleted parents' own childhoods were it is their job as the grownup to rise to the occasion and take charge of the healing process. Readers seeking a clinical or religious approach may want to choose another book on the topic. Those open to the concepts of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga to connect mind and body will find it to be a welcome resource.--Joyce McIntosh Copyright 2018 Booklist