{"product_id":"fourteen-talks-by-age-fourteen-the-essential-conversations-you-need-to-have-with-your-kids-before-they-start-high-school-hardcover","title":"Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Icard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book is a gift to parents and teenagers alike.\"--Lisa Damour, PhD, author of \u003ci\u003eUntangled \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Under Pressure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed, it can feel like the best option is \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistilling Michelle Icard's decades of experience working with families, \u003ci\u003eFourteen Talks by Age Fourteen\u003c\/i\u003e 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: \u003cb\u003eB\u003c\/b\u003eegin peacefully, \u003cb\u003eR\u003c\/b\u003eelate to your child, \u003cb\u003eI\u003c\/b\u003enterview to collect information, \u003cb\u003eE\u003c\/b\u003echo what you're hearing, and give \u003cb\u003eF\u003c\/b\u003eeedback. With wit and compassion, she also helps you get over the most common hurdles in talking to tweens, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- What phrases invite connection and which irritate kids or scare them off\u003cbr\u003e- The best places, times, and situations in which to initiate talks \u003cbr\u003e- How to keep kids interested, open, and engaged in conversation\u003cbr\u003e- How to exit these chats in a way that keeps kids wanting more \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike a Rosetta Stone for your tween's confounding language, \u003ci\u003eFourteen Talks by Age Fourteen\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential communication guide to helping your child through the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead and, ultimately, toward teenage success.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Icard\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of the \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e show parenting team and NBC News Learn. The author of \u003ci\u003eMiddle School Makeover\u003c\/i\u003e, her work has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e. Her leadership curriculum for middle schoolers, Athena's Path and Hero's Pursuit, have been implemented at schools across the U.S., and her summer camp curriculum is offered at more than twenty camps each summer. She lives with her family in Charlotte, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768748376352,"sku":"9780593137512","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/88b404e8fd93568dfc361ef3cc460fda.webp?v=1780336401","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fourteen-talks-by-age-fourteen-the-essential-conversations-you-need-to-have-with-your-kids-before-they-start-high-school-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}