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Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers

A book by Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., Steven E. Tobias, Psy.D., and Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D.

 Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers: Parenting with Love, Laughter, and Limits

Recently, I had the opportunity to read a new book about raising teenagers. I was very interested in reading the book, as I knew that someday my young children will be teens, and I like to be prepared!

As I read the book, "Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers", I cannot begin to tell you how uplifted I began to feel. While my oldest is only eleven years old, I immediately realized that this book could help me with raising her even before she officially becomes a teenager. I have already began to experience some strains on our relationship, but this book gave me new insight and approaches that I alone would not have thought of.

My husband and I have discussed that we are worried about the future, when we will have hormone-filled teens. Will be raise them right? Have we provide the best foundations for them? What obstacles must we overcome once these little ones are transformed into young adults? We know how we were for our parents, so how are our children going to be for us? "Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers" was the perfect book we needed.

Here are a few other opinions on this wonderful book:

"A welcome help for any parent who seeks to raise a self-aware, responsible, empathetic, and effective teenager."
-- Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

"Thank you to Drs. Elias, Tobias, and Friedlander! Speaking as the parent of a thirteen-year-old and a psychologist who designs programs for teenagers, I think this is the best book on parenting teenagers
that I have ever read. It is wise, practical, engaging, and humorous. The authors offer sound advice, powerful vignettes, and strategies that parents can immediately put into action. This book is uplifting and confirming."

-Roger P. Weissberg, Ph.D., executive director, Collaborative to Advance Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), and professor of psychology and education, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Reading and integrating the messages in Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers will put you on the path to making a parent-teen connection that is ' 'cool' beyond compare."
                     -- From the Foreword by Gotham Chopra

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Brandie is a freelance writing mother of three children. She is also the editor of the the HomeMade Living ezine, and other services for parents and stay-at-home mothers. To find out more about Brandie's creations, visit:  http://www.bmvcreations.com