Thomas A Houle

How to Make Your Teenager Want to Behave Thomas A Houle

What this book does for you the parent. If you are living in the same house with a pre-teen or teen, you will undoubtedly experience discipline problems. In this book pre-teen and teens are refereed to as teenager because they present the same types of problems. If you follow the techniques presented in this program, you will find the solution to the problems you are having with your teenager. You will get them to behave in more productive ways. In fact, within two weeks from tomorrow, you will begin to see these changes. Within 15 days you will begin to see your youngster do the following things: - Get up on first call - Clean up his room - Eat his meals on time - Stop ?ghting with siblings and parents - Come home on time - Do his chores - Do his homework Be assured that you can actually get your teenager to meet his responsibilities or follow any other rules you want him to follow, by simply applying the techniques outlined in this program. Not only will your teenager begin to do all of these things in a rather short period of time, he will actually begin to do them without having to be told! The program guides you, the parent, step by step through the process with each step and its purpose clearly explained. How to use this book The book is divided into two sections. In Section I (Chapters 1 through 7), you will learn about your teenager and his or her psychological makeup, your teenager's problem and how it is displayed. The section continues with a discussion about you and your relationship with your teenager. Section I also presents the rationale for applying the Houle Relationship Approach to problem behavior. Section II (Chapters 8 through 15) presents the methods for correcting your teenager's problematic behavior. In essence, the section shows you how to change behavior by guiding you through the steps and telling you what to do. The manner in which the book is written allows you, the parent, a choice in how to use the program You may want to read the book in the standard manner, starting from the first chapter in Section I and reading through to the last chapter in Section II; or you may use this book as a manual by first reading Section II and putting the program into effect immediately, Then you may want to read Section I while your program is in operation.