The Stranger in Your House - eBook
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An excellent library resource book
This is a comprehensive resource book that every Library should have. An easy to read, timely book about emotional issues adolescents , teens and their families are dealing with. Thought provoking and informative .
February 8, 2013
Living much of this with a grandaughter
I already have my son reading this. They are going through divorce and are all living with us at the present time. We have the divorce dynamic to also deal with but there are so many helps that we got out of this.
February 1, 2013
Andweing Hard Questions Behind Teenage Depression
Best-selling author Dr. Gregory L. Jantz collaborates with Ann McMurray in âÂÂThe Stranger in Your House. The book is designed to help parents of teen recognize, understand, and overcome teenage depression by looking at those frequently asked perplexing questions faced while raising adolescents during this emotionally stormy time.
Jantz offers positive advice for developing action steps by suggesting resources, addressing reflective questions, and providing insightful guidance from a Christian viewpoint. He helps the reader recognize the difference between a typical teenage phase and the symptoms of clinical depression. He discusses the hormonal effect on a teenâÂÂs behavior. He addresses the signs indicating thoughts of suicide.
As a recognized best-selling author, and leader in health care Dr. Gregg Jantz has the creditability and background experience to validate his qualifications for authoring this work. His writing is articulate, authoritative, professional, well researched and documented.
I highly recommend âÂÂThe Stranger in Your Houseâ to every parent of pre-teens and teenagers. The book should be included on reading lists for students in college and seminary counseling classes, and as a resource for professional and lay counselor. It can also be an excellent curriculum choice for church parenting classes.
A complimentary copy of this book was provided for review purposes. The opinions expressed are my own. As reviewed for Midwest Book Review.
January 10, 2012
any parents of teens would benefit
You're the parent of an adolescent! You're heading into a challenging season of parenting. You need to stay in your teen's life and stay alert.
Jantz has written this book for parents who sense something is wrong, who no longer recognize their teenager as the same child they raised, who realize the worsening relationship is not going to go away.
Your child has entered a roller coaster time. Perhaps there is more to those ups and downs. Jantz helps parents understand what their teenager's behavior means, how to get them back on track, how to help them understand God's design for them, and how to identify if your teen needs professional help.
Brain studies (fMRI), Jantz says, remind parents that teens are not âÂÂyoung adults.â They are children still developing the ability to think and respond. (44) It is âÂÂunfair to apply adult standards of cognizance, reasoning, and maturity to teens...â (46) They are simply not there yet.
Jantz helps parents understand mood swings. He notes that a shaky relationship with a teen is sometimes about the parent, not the teen.
Jantz walks parents through the physical changes teens experience, including hormones. He identifies the developmental differences in girls and boys. He inspires parents to have their teens eat healthy, get plenty of exercise, take nutritional supplements, drink lots of water, and get plenty of rest. He tells parents what to look for (such as cutting), indicating the teen is having serious problems. Regarding alcohol: âÂÂTeens have underdeveloped off switches, which makes even casual alcohol consumption a recipe for real disaster.â (141)
He helps parents understand how to encourage their teen to faith.
He ends his book with suggestions for powerful parenting (trust, forgiveness, prayer, etc.).
Jantz has provided activities and self-evaluation questions at the end of each chapter. Readers can record their thoughts and use this section as a springboard for discussion and further action.
This would be a great book to study in a parenting class. It could also be read profitably by parents on their own.
This is a book not just about teens but about parents too. Every parent of an adolescent would benefit from reading this book.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from David C Cook for the purpose of this review
December 2, 2011
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