Beth Reingold Gluck has a master's degree in social work and is the mother of three teenage boys. Joel Rosenfeld has taught high school and is also the father of three teenagers. Both are surviving life with teenagers!
Critics
"Parents of teens and parents of kids approaching those years will find wisdom on each page?.provides insight, humor, and empathy..."
-- Foreword Magazine, July/August 2005
"Words of wisdom: Hundreds of parents nationwide weigh in with advice on everything from messy bedrooms to driving to sex..."
-- The Cincinnati Enquirer
"Raising a teen? Here's some advice from the book How to Survive Your Teenager straight from people who've done it..."
-- Knight Ridder News Service
"These anecdotes, written by people who have been there, hit the nail on the head! Some you'll recognize as wonderful suggestions or insightful descriptions of true-life experiences. Others will help you recognize traps to avoid. This book tells it like it is."
-- Steven Perlow, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, Atlanta, GA
"As the owner of the largest prom Web site in the world, I deal with teens every day. But it took this book to really prepare me for the coming-into-teenhood of my own three boys. This book is a marvelous achievement! I whole-heartedly recommend it."
-- Richard G. Calo, Ph.D., creator of ThePromSite.com and author of The First Book of Prom
"Teens create constant learning experiences for parents and peers, as well as teachers. This book provides knowledge from survivors of those learning experiences!"
-- Benita Morris, High School Teacher, Pittsburgh, PA
"The book really gave me some insight on my life and hopefully my parents will read it so we can enhance our relationship."
-- David E. Weinstein, 10th Grade Class President, Riverwood High School, Sandy Springs, GA
"With warmth, humor and 'I've been there' compassion, editors Gluck and Rosenfeld have turned the ordinary experiences and struggles of parents into bits of compact wisdom that are easy to pick up and use straightaway. I especially liked this book's many examples of how to survive (and even thrive) while living under the same roof as your teen."
-- Lifetime Radio host Donna Britt