Grandma: “How was school?”
Napoleon Dynamite: “The worst day of my life, what do you think?”

—Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

 

This final section provides an overall approach for how to address specific teen issues, some of which result from hurt or injury rather than the violation of a rule. The topics have been arranged alphabetically in order to make it easier for you to find a particular problem.

However, I recommend that you first read chapter 32, “Disrespect,” because this problem often launches other problems and tends to show up first. For example, teens who disrespect their parents’ values about drinking can be more prone to acting out with alcohol. So it’s important for you to understand this problem and to deal with it in your teen.

In applying the insights and guidelines in this section, you’ll not only be doing some problem solving, you will also be equipping your adolescent to take on the world as a mature and successful person.

Get informed and get equipped.