03856cam a2200301 4500 529319662 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593348567 0593348567 906d093f-3066-4093-98d5-a99441c2af01 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5537289 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Icard, Michelle. Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen [Libby] : The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 277MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 277MB. Family & Relationships. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>The fourteen essential conversations to have with your tween and early teenager to prepare them for the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead, including scripts and advice to keep the communication going and stay connected during this critical developmental window.&#160;</b><br /> <b>“This book is a gift to parents and teenagers alike.”—Lisa Damour, PhD, author of&#160;<i>Untangled&#160;</i>and<i>&#160;Under Pressure</i></b><br /> Trying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed, it can feel like the best option is <i>not</i> to talk! But keeping kids safe—and prepared for all the times when you can't be the angel on their shoulder—is about having the right conversations at the right time. From a brain growth and emotional readiness perspective, there is no better time for this than their tween years, right up to when they enter high school.<br /> Distilling Michelle Icard's decades of experience working with families, <i>Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen</i> focuses on big, thorny topics such as friendship, sexuality, impulsivity, and technology, as well as unexpected conversations about creativity, hygiene, money, privilege, and contributing to the family. Icard outlines a simple, memorable, and family-tested formula for the best approach to these essential talks, the BRIEF Model: <b>B</b>egin peacefully, <b>R</b>elate to your child, <b>I</b>nterview to collect information, <b>E</b>cho what you're hearing, and give <b>F</b>eedback. With wit and compassion, she also helps you get over the most common hurdles in talking to tweens, including:<br /> • What phrases invite connection and which irritate kids or scare them off<br /> • The best places, times, and situations in which to initiate talks<br /> • How to keep kids interested, open, and engaged in conversation<br /> • How to exit these chats in a way that keeps kids wanting more<br /> Like a Rosetta Stone for your tween's confounding language, <i>Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen</i> is an essential communication guide to helping your child through the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead and, ultimately, toward teenage success.<br /> <b>* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of&#160;conversation starters to have with your kids.&#160;</b>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/5537289-FourteenTalksByAgeFourteen.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=906d093f-3066-4093-98d5-a99441c2af01&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/5537289-FourteenTalksByAgeFourteen.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=906d093f-3066-4093-98d5-a99441c2af01&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)