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The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans
- How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Unshakable Trust, and Raise a Respectable Adult
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
A practical guide to understanding teens from best-selling author and global youth advocate Josh Shipp.
In 2015 Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. But Josh Shipp didn't need Harvard to know that. Once an at-risk foster kid, he was headed straight for trouble until he met the man who changed his life: Rodney, the foster parent who refused to quit on Shipp and got him to believe in himself.
Now, in The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans, Shipp shows all of us how to be that caring adult in a teenager's life. Stressing the need for compassion, trust, and encouragement, he breaks down the phases of a teenage human from sixth to 12th grade, examining the changes, goals, and mentality of teenagers at each stage.
Shipp offers revelatory stories that take us inside the teen brain and shares wisdom from top professionals and the most expert grown-ups. He also includes practice scripts that address tough issues, including:
- Forgiveness: What do I do when a teen has been really hurt by someone and it's not their fault?
- Communication: How do I get a teen to talk to me? They just grunt.
- Trust: My teen blew it. My trust is gone. Where do we go from here?
- Bullying: Help! A teen (or their friend) is being harassed.
- Difficult and awkward conversations: Drugs. Death. Sex. Oh my.
Written in Shipp's playfully authoritative, no-nonsense voice, The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans tells his story and unpacks practical strategies that can make a difference. Ultimately, it's not about shortcuts or magic words - as Shipp reminds us, it's about investing in kids and giving them the love, time, and support they need to thrive.
And that means every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.
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- Kieran McLoughlin
- 18-02-20
Easily could apply to Adults
I had bought this month's ago, and had finally decided to look into it. Really pleasantly surprised with how good this book was. While it certainly contains a plethora of lessons to help raise young adults and teenagers I do think the vast majority could just as easily apply to adults and how we can communicate/interact with each other. It's all compiled smartly and written in a no-nonsense manner which is easy to take in. The narrator again was brilliant, really made you feel like Josh was speaking to you. Would highly recommend this book.
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- Jeli
- 17-04-21
One to return to time and time again!
Absolutely loved this book from the opening sentence. It was engaging, funny, extremely practical and eye opening. The narrator made you feel like you were in a living room hanging out and talking. I would definitely recommend this book irrespective of whether you have teenagers or not. Fantastic insight into navigating the teenage world.
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