Crazy-Stressed: Saving Today's Overwhelmed Teens with Love, Laughter, and the Science of Resilience

Peel back the cheerful façade that parents present, and you'll find that many are worried about their teens. Packed with insights from neuroscience and psychology, real-life case studies, and a dose of humor, Crazy-Stressed sheds light on the teen brain and offers a wealth of resiliency-boosting strategies. Parents long to help, but how? Based on a career counseling kids and their parents, psychologist Michael Bradley locates the most powerful protective trait: resilience. In it, Dr. Bradley reveals: What kids these days are really going through Ways to strengthen the seven skills every teen needs to survive and thrive What-to-do-when suggestions for common behavior, school, and social issues Tactics for coping with conflict, teaching consequences, improving communication, staying connected, and more It's not easy being a teen - and it's certainly not easy parenting one. Always frank and often funny, Crazy-Stressed will become your go-to guideand your kids may even thank you for it.. Add stressors such as screen addiction, cyberbullying, increasing academic demands, and time-consuming athletic commitmentsand it's no surprise that today's teenagers rank as the most anxious in 50 years. Teens w

This book hit home and hit hard which could have Joanne This book hit home and hit hard which could have made me depressed but with Dr. Mike's unique sense of humor, I was able to lighten up a little and laugh at myself. The title should have a subtitle about saving parents, too, because that's how I felt as I read it. My son's early years were equally stressed (for both of us) and even though Dr. Bradley's book speaks to our family's issues still, I wish I had this book 1. It's great! Amazon Customer Couldn't wait to get the book and start reading it! It's great!. "A Must Have for Parents of Teens" according to Loves2Read. As a parenting educator, it gets more and more difficult helping families survive the teen years. Too often the old rules don't work because of the overwhelming and sometimes destructive impact of social media and digital devices. For ten years I've been telling parents to get Dr. Bradley's, "Yes Your Teen Is Crazy." You can bet I'll be dong the same with "Crazy Stressed." Mixing science, case studies, personal insigh