Parent/Teen Book Club

Teen Tales: Stories About Parenting Teens

This is the place to share stories and discuss issues about raising teens. Please tell us your issues and stories, including some of the good times you have had with your teen.

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Parenting Tip of the Week

Talking to Parents - Drugs/Drinking

Looking for a way to initiate a conversation with another parent about teen drug or alcohol use? Try this: Last weekend my son was at a party where kids were drinking. He didn't drink any, but I was really upset that this happened at another friend's home. Do you think I should I talk to the friend's parents?

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SUGGESTED READING LIST

Tell It to Naomi - Daniel Ehrenhaft
Breathing Underwater - Alex Flinn
Alice, I Think - Susan Juby
The Year My Life Went Down the Loo - Katie Maxwell
Acceleration - Graham McNamee
The Year of Secret Assignments - Jaclyn Moriarty
TTYL - Lauren Myracle
Chaser: A Novel of E-Mails - Michael Rosen
Planet Janet - Dyan Sheldon
One of those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies - Sonya Sones
Heart on My Sleeve - Ellen Wittlinger

Created September 2004

Title recommendations from the Minneapolis Public Library

Additional Recommended Titles for Parent Only Book Clubs

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk - Faber, Adele and Elaine Mazlish. HarperCollins, 2005.

The Growing Season: A Parent's Guide to Positive Parenting of Teens (video and Parent handbook) - Pitzer, Ronald. University of Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota, 2000. To order call (800)876-8636.

Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide to Talking Sense about Sex - Roffman, Deborah. Perseus Publishing 2001.

Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen - Walsh, David. Free Press, 2004.

Need More Ideas?

Check out the Hennepin County Library Web site for more teen book ideas by clicking here.

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