How to Really Love Your Teen - by Ross Campbell (Paperback)

About the Book

Campbell offers invaluable help and encouragement for all grandparents as they attempt to counter unhealthy influences and provide positive direction for their grandchildren.

Book Synopsis

Even parents who deeply love their teen don't always know how to express that love in a way that makes their teen feel loved and accepted. In How to Really Love Your Teen, Dr. Campbell helps you create a balanced approach to parenting in the teen years. The skills you learn in this book will help you:

- Communicate unconditional love
- Handle teenage anger ... and your own
- Deal with adolescent depression
- Establish loving communication even when your teen shuts down
- Help your teenager grow spiritually

As you learn to love your teen in ways he or she can receive, you'll be amazed at the joy the teenage years can bring.

From the Back Cover

You thought there could never be a love like the love you have for your child. But then you held your first grandchild. The emotions that flooded you focused to an intense desire to protect and make his or her world secure. Yet it's no breaking news that children face a vastly different world from the one you grew up in--or even the world your children knew. The forces of popular culture are no longer child-friendly. Too often, attitudes and ideas all around us obstruct character formation in children, rather than build it up. Although you long to know that your grandchild will be safe and secure in such a world, maybe you live a great distance away. Or perhaps there's some friction between you and your grandchild's parents, or maybe you just don't keep up with your grandchild's interests the way you would like. Whatever your circumstances, being a grandparent is a unique and wonderful opportunity to stand in the gap against the often dark and discouraging elements of our culture in order to positively influence your grandchild's future. "How to Really Love Your Grandchild" is a book of hope and encouragement for you to provide the extra love and emotional support that only a grandparent can give. Through stories that read like your own life, Dr. Ross Campbell's I'm-in-this-with-you advice will provide failsafe ways to stay close to your grandchildren--no matter what.

Review Quotes

Most parents would be shocked to discover that their child doesn't feel loved. After all, we go to their school events, drive them where they want to go. How could they not feel loved? And yet, the top issue among children and the source of most childhood challenges is just that, not feeling completely and unconditionally loved by their parents.

About the Author

The late Dr. Ross Campbell served thousands of families in his three decades as a counselor. He authored several books, including the international bestseller How to Really Love Your Child and The Five Love Languages of Children (coauthored with Gary Chapman), and wrote extensively on helping children deal with anger.