Raising a teenager can be challenging, exhausting, and sometimes frustrating for parents. In the book How to Raise a Teenager, child-rearing expert and mother of four young adults Sarah Ockwell-Smith provides advice and guidance for parents, guardians, and anyone else working with teenagers and their families on how to navigate this difficult period.

Using her unique approach that combines practical parenting advice, neuroscience, and psychology, Sarah explores the significant issues faced by families during adolescence, including:

• Common causes of difficult behavior and conflicts, and how to manage them
• How to help your teenager grow into a young adult with good mental health
• School issues such as homework, exams, behavior, and other common educational challenges
• How to manage and keep your teenager safe during the use of screens, the internet, alcohol, drugs, and vaping
• Relationships, including friendships and sibling relationships and how these change during adolescence
• Romantic relationships and how to guide your teenager through their first sexual experiences
• Increasing independence, including learning to drive and next steps regarding education and work
• Understanding your own feelings about being the parent of a teenager and preparing for the next phase of your life

Parents and young people need more support than ever during this developmental phase. How to Raise a Teenager will show you how to work through the unique challenges of adolescence alongside your child, rather than working against them, in order to support, guide, and prepare both of you for the next chapter of your lives.