Closing the Gap: A Strategy for Bringing Parents and Teens Together

When did that sudden gap divide your home into territories staked andclaimed with music blasting through the halls and fists banging on doors toturn down the stereo, television, or video game? Teens, when did you startseeing your parents as your enemies instead of your heroes? And parents, whendid you start seeing your teens as crazy little demons instead of your lovingchildren? Finally there is a solution for both sides, and one that will not onlybridge that gap but show parents and teens how to prevent it. Jay McGraw—theauthor of the New York Times bestseller Life Strategies forTeens—is the ideal person to write a book for both parents and teens. Abestselling author by the age of 21, and son of #1 New York Times bestsellerDr. Phillip C. McGraw, known to millions worldwide as Dr. Phil, Jay has seenthe parent-teen battle from all angles. In this groundbreaking work, heintroduces a new plan for both teens and their parents to work through theissues that divide them and, in the process, rediscover the love that initiallydefined their relationship. In this entertaining, informative, and life-changing audiobook, Jaygives instructions to both sides of the familial gap on – Dos and don’ts for parents and teens; – Parent and teen myths; – Discovering your needs; – Tuning in to the needs of others; – Ten ways to bridge the gap and reconnect. In finding a commonground, and even more important, a common respect for one another, parents andteens can break down the walls and welcome each other back into one another’slives.