The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents

Practical information that helps parents deal with teens. Reassuring about the wide variation of ways that normal teens behave and relate.

I found this book to be easy to read with a lot of great reminders on how to navigate adolescent emotions.

Dr. Lisa's book is an invaluable tool for parents navigating the tumultuous teenage years. It delves into the intricacies of the teenage emotions and offers practical guidance for parents on how to effectively support and guide their teens.

I appreciate this person’s perspective. But she tries to hard to appease a certain crowd that feels they cannot generalize between boys and girls. Ya can! They are “generally” different. They have different brains etc I put it down when it got into wavy gravy area.

This book is so inspirational, as a parent, u realize ur not so far off track , ur just given a way to receive & give conversation ,in a way u & ur teen (bonus ,even pre teen ) can connect on. I’m still in the process of reading this book, but it’s been a long x since I’ve looked forward to picking up a book x & x again to read. We can’t go wrong when buying this book because we never have enough tips for parenting ; especially these days ! Enjoy a great read!

This book is so helpful for how to deal with teenagers’ emotions and improve your relationship with your teen. It has immediate tips you can use that are very practical. I feel like I want to read it over and over again! This is definitely the most helpful, applicable book I have found on parenting teenagers.

Very clear and concise explanation of the why behind so many puzzling teenage behavior patterns combined with down to earth, practical advice on how to work with or around each. Highly recommended

Excellent book

I liked its compassionate approach to this age level. Even though a great grandmother, I found I still learned.

I really loved this book, having appreciated some of the podcast episodes. The book gives some great ideas on ways to approach having a better relationship with my teens. I feel better equipped with an understanding of how teenage brains are developing and how that translates to their behaviour.

I was very surprised to receive a book with no cover, not even a book jacket. All it has is this ugly sticker with the bar code that I can’t even peel off for fear of wrecking the cover. But, I’m sure that just like her other books, this will be a true hit as well.That being said, I do not think that I will pre-order anything with Amazon anymore. Had I waited to order it as it was released I’m sure I would’ve gotten a prettier book.

Actually an engaging and interesting read, humorous and not preachy. Adolescent psychological development is clearly and simply explained, and straightforward advice given on how to support.