''Get out of my life, but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall?'': a parent's guide to the new teenager

Presents advice on raising adolescents, covering communication, trust, control, conflict, and such issues as divorce, school, the Internet, sex, drugs and drinking, and suicide.;Part I. Adolescence. What is adolescence? -- What they do and why -- Being the parent of a teenager.;Part III. Reality and the World Outside. Divorce -- School -- The Electronic world -- Sex -- Drugs and drinking -- Suicide.;Part II. Between Parent and Teenager. Communication and trust -- Controlling your teenager -- Conflict.

Beleaguered parents will breath sighs of relief and gratitude over this bestselling guide to raising teenagers. In this revised edition, Dr. Anthony E. Wolf tackles the changes in recent years with the same wit and compassion as the original edition.

Dr. Wolf points out that while the basic issues of adolescence and the relationships between parents and their children remain much the same, today's teenagers navigate a faster, less clearly anchored world. Wolf's revisions include a new chapter on the Internet, a significantly modified section on drugs and drinking, and an added piece on gay teenagers.

Although the rocky and ever-changing terrain of contemporary adolescence may bewilder parents, Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? gives them a great road map.

A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated In this revised and updated edition of his best-selling guide to raising adolescents, Dr. Anthony E. Wolf tackles the changes of the past decade with the same wit and compassion of the original. Today's teenagers navigate a faster, less clearly anchored world, and Dr. Wolf's revisions include a new chapter about the Internet, a significantly modified section on drugs and drinking, and an added piece on gay teenagers. This new edition gives bewildered parents a road map to the rocky and ever-changing terrain of contemporary adolescence. Part I. Adolescence. What is adolescence? -- What they do and why -- Being the parent of a teenager. Part II. Between Parent and Teenager. Communication and trust -- Controlling your teenager -- Conflict. Part III. Reality and the World Outside. Divorce -- School -- The Electronic world -- Sex -- Drugs and drinking -- Suicide. A Lighthearted But Insightful Guide To Raising Adolescent Children Shows Parents How To Deal With Teenagers Living In A Faster-paced, Less Morally Certain World Than The One They Knew. Original. 50,000 First Printing. Describes adolescent behavior, stresses the importance of parental communication, and discusses discipline, behavior problems, divorce, school, sex, drugs, and suicide