How to Raise Your Parents : A Teen Girl's Survival Guide

Being a teen (or the parent of a teen) doesn't have to be so hard. __How to Raise Your Parents__ will help teens and their parents navigate those years between training bras and keys to the family car. In a voice teens will relate to and parents will appreciate, author Sarah O'Leary Burningham offers smart advice about negotiation and parental hot buttons and a little insight about what the world looks like from a parent's point of view. Parents should come with instruction booklets : an introduction Parent profiles Let's get together : the art of negotiation Leave me alone : how to get some privacy Planet teen : hip hop, hanging out, and your entourage The essentials of declaring independence : piercings, tattoos, and hair dye When the clock strikes : curfews High school hell : bad grades and other scholastic scrapes The road to freedom : your driver's license Work it : after school jobs, allowances, and earning money Cyber-life Parentspeak : decoding your parent's catch phrases. Being a teen (or the parent of a teen) doesn't have to be so hard. How to Raise Your Parents will help teens and their parents navigate those years between training bras and keys to the family car. In a voice teens will relate to and parents will appreciate, author Sarah O'Leary Burningham offers smart advice about negotiation and parental hot buttons and a little insight about what the world looks like from a parent's point of view. Helps young girls and their parents navigate the early teen years, offering advice about parental hot buttons and insight into what the world looks like from a parent's point of view.