Connect with Your Teenager: A Guide to Everyday Parenting
Brand: Vezal Institute
Categories: Books, Parenting & Relationships, Family Relationships



Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.79 x 9.21 inches
ISBN-13: 978-9619419809
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9619419804
Print length: 348 pages
Publication date: April 18, 2017
subtitle: Paperback – April 18, 2017
author: Visit Amazon's Leonida Mrgole Page search results Leonida Mrgole Dr Albert Mrgole
review: Editorial Reviews Review Barbara Turk Niskač (Trained in child-focused anthropology in Slovenia and the USA. Mother of three children.) - VERSOPOLIS, Europian Review of Poetry, Books and Culture.In their recent best-seller on how parents can connect with their teenagers, Connect with Your Teenagers: A Guide to Everyday Parenting, Dr. Albert Mrgole and Leonida Mrgole draw from their rich professional experience in therapeutic work and counselling with families. Their book resonates with me, as someone whose anthropological research explores the relationship between play, work and learning in early childhood. In their writing on chores, they show that work can be a source of good family relationships and provides a platform upon which children not only develop their skills, but also build their independence, responsibility, self-confidence and industriousness needed for good performance at school. Upon completion, work brings satisfaction and a reward for persistence and effort. From the Inside Flap Dr. Sue Johnson (developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy ) - A part of book forword.Like EFT, Connect with Your Teenager has anattachment focus. It is a valuable guideto understanding adolescent development, and how we as parents can effectively provideand maintain a "secure base" from which teens can flourish and launch into adulthoodwith positive views of themselves and a capacity to trust and rely on othersduring times of need, and resiliently face the various demands of their livesahead. Having worked with many hundredsof couples and families since the inception of EFT in the 1980s, we clearlyrecognize the key role of parenting in preparing adolescents for healthyrelationships, and the importance of contributions such as that of Connect with Your Teenager by Albert andLeonida. Using stories, combined withwisdom, science, and their own insights as parents and clinicians, Albert andLeonida provide readers with various accounts, some evoking tears, otherslaughter, and all a sense of understanding that parenting teens comes withchallenges, and also great rewards, and particularly when parents are able tomaintain a sense of balance during periods of storm, and an open heart duringtheir teens' moments of vulnerability.. Dr. Leanne Campbell ( Certified EFT Supervisor and Trainer) - A part of book forword.Albert and Leonida give generouslyof themselves and their experiences in these stories such that, at times, oneis left with the feeling of being in their kitchen as they speak of the talesof parenthood.In addition to their years of experience, it is these qualities that emanatefrom the pages of their book, Connectwith Your Teenager , and that remind us all that parenting can be humblingat times, and at other times a vacillating source of joy and frustration, butalways deeply meaningful. Although thereis some variability in the protagonists in the stories throughout the book, theconsistent message is that parents are not necessarily meant to be the heroesin the family, but it is their responsibility to provide a stable and securebase both for each other, and for their children, and particularly duringadolescence, a key developmental period. From the Back Cover "This book is a small miracle. It has helped hundreds of parents in Slovenia, where the original edition was published and became a best-seller, and the authors regularly sell-out theaters for their workshops. Now finally available for the rest of the world, in this well-translated, easy-to-use, insightful English-language edition, updated for the broadest possible readership, it combines scholarly theory and practice with approachable examples in the form of dialogues drawn from the authors' real therapy sessions (and family incidents). It functions as a user's manual for parents with teens, approaching the subject with erudition, humor and wisdom. Invaluable for any parent of teenagers." -Dr. Noah Charney , best-selling author and father of two.The authors and the book couldn't have come into my life at a more appropriate time. As the mother of a teen, I especially loved the stories. I could relate to many of them, having lived through them with my own teen. I sometimes cried with laughter, thinking "Were Lea and Albert watching us when they wrote this story?" Other stories, not so familiar just yet, left me wondering how my family will deal with the situations described in them. But no worries, Connect with Your Teenager has it all, situations and solutions. It's inspirational, thought-provoking, educational, motivating, and perfect for (future) parents of teens. -Laura Cuder Turk , translater."Using a combination of pointed anecdotes about relations between parents and their teenagers and sound advice on better parenting, this is an engaging and useful guide to understanding your adolescent, and yourself as a parent" - Dr. James Charney , Child Psychiatrist, Yale Medical School."This is one of the best books available for anyone who wants to connect with their Teenage children. It's a book I wish I had 10 years ago, when my children were still facing the challenges of Life!" -Dr. Mel Gill , Author of the International Bestseller The Meta Ssecret About the Author Leonida is a trained reflex therapist, and learned about psychology and parenting techniques "in the field." Albert, on the other hand, has a Ph.D. in sociology, and studied psychology, doing field work with marginal youth in a residential care institution. He developed a program for rescuing school dropouts, which received the European Innovation Award. He has been a practicing psychotherapist since 2003. Albert initially trained in the systemic family therapy, while he and Leonida continued their studies with imago clinical therapy techniques, and began working as co-therapists. Since 2013, they have been training in emotionally-focused therapy (Susan Johnson's approach), and organizing training seminars and workshops for groups, as well as assisting individuals and families. Read more