Raymond N. Guarendi

With wit and wisdom, Dr. Ray Guarendi gives parents the tools they need not only to navigate the teen years but also to enjoy them. Teens are "full of life, enthusiasm, energy and laughter," Dr. Ray says, although our culture primes us to expect a far darker reality.

In a lively question-and-answer format, Good Discipline, Great Teens considers issues ranging from curfew to drugs to backtalk and equips parents to give their teens a safer, more stable adolescence, and character and virtues for show more a lifetime. show less

Dr. Ray teaches you techniques for avoiding “psychological claptrap,” for responding better to hurtful comments, and for improving your communication skills. He shows you how to become more easygoing, more forgiving, less driven by reactive emotions—in short, a better practitioner of the Golden Rule—and sets you on the path toward peace of mind, heart, and soul.

Gotta love Dr. Ray's sense of humor - this is not another dry and dull parenting book! Another good Parenting 101 and amazingly consistent with Love & Logic philosophy.

Covers all of the usual growing pains of 'adolescence' in a easy-to-read, relaxed style. Did not go into specifics, such as how to manage a child's excessive anger but neither do most parenting books.

An insightful, illuminating, and, at times, entertaining dialogue between Dr. Ray Guarendi and Reverend Kevin Fete as they explore the common misunderstandings of Catholicism. 13 episodes on 3 DVDs. Approximately 6 hours.