Read This Book or You're Grounded! A Secret Guide to Surviving at Home
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Overview
Does This Sound Familiar? “Hey, Gimme a Break!” “Aw… You Just Don’t Understand!” “Try to see it my way for once!” … the lines of every teenager through history, right? Not this time! The dirty little secret is that your parents were actually your age once. Believe it or not, they went through a lot of the same junk you’re going through now (including with their parents!) … and another dirty little secret is that some day you’ll be trying to make sense of your kids and their lives. Read This Book Or You’re Grounded! gives you six chapters with a lot of sound-bites and cool ‘boarding-inspired cartoons, plus wisdom and common sense with an attitude. Read This Book Or You’re Grounded! includes two chapters on understanding, two on getting along one on special needs and concerns; and a final wrap-up of marching orders to put all this wonderful wisdom into practice. God is here, too: author Wayne Rice lays a spiritual foundation for mutual respect, common understanding, and getting along with parents in all ways. This book can change your life… change the life of your family… and change your relationship with those sometimes-weird parental units who hang around the kitchen, hog the TV, and act like it’s their own house.
INTRODUCTION . . . 10
Chapter One 12
Eyes in the Backs of Their Heads
Myths about Parents You’re Better Off Forgetting
Parents Are Your Enemy
Parents Are Clueless
Parents Don’t Understand You
Parents Don’t Want You to Have Any Fun
Parents Are Slave Drivers
Parents Don’t Want You to Have Friends
Parents Control Your Life
Parents Will Use Whatever You Tell Them Against You
Parents Don’t Want You To Grow Up
Parents Won’t Change
Chapter Two . . . . 30
Parents Are People Too
Facts About Parents You’ll Want to Remember
Parents Are Absolutely Necessary
Parents Have a Ton Of Responsibility
Parents Have Feelings Just Like You
Parents Make a LOT of Mistakes
Parents Are Not All Alike
Parents Grew Up in a Different World
Parents Have Experience You Don’t
Parents Worry Constantly
Parents Have a Pile of Problems
Parents Love You More Than You Realize
Chapter Three . . . 50
Game Over!
How to Blow It Big Time with Your Parents
Think Like a Loser
Pretend You Know More Than They Do
If You Don’t Get Your Way, Get Mad
If You Disagree, Disobey
If They Give You an Inch, Take a Mile
Lie Your Way Out of Trouble
Make Everything Be About You
Blame Them for Your Behavior
Help Yourself to Their Stuff
Play One Parent Off the Other
Chapter Four . . . 70
ROCK THE HOUSE
How to Score Points with Your Parents and Liv e
Happily Ever After
Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer
Change Yourself First
Sweat the Small Stuff
Teach Them HowYou Want to Be Treated
Make Regular Deposits into Your Trust Fund
Go the Extra Mile
Commit Random Acts of Kindness
Go Ahead, Be an Eddie Haskell
Learn the Fine Art of Negotiation
Head ’Em Off at the Pass
You Make the Call
Get Things Clear
Share Your Life with Them
Take an Interest in Their Boring Lives
Write ’Em a Note
Listen Up
Take Time to Hang with Them
Learn to Forgive
Stay Plugged In
Remember the Law of the Farm
Chapter Five . . . 104
But You Don’t Know My Parents
Extra Help for Extra Tough Problems
My Parents Aren’t Around Very Much
My Parents Don’t Care What I Do
My Parents Split Up
My Parents Try to Communicate Through Me
My Stepparent Is a Pain to Get Along With
My Parents Are Always in a Bad Mood
My Parents Expect Me to Be Something I’m Not
My Parents Are Too Strict
My Parents Push God on Me Too Much
My Parents Are Not Christians, but I Am
My Parents Are Immigrants from a Different Culture
My Parents Are Bad Examples for Me
My Parents Are Abusive
My Parents Don’t Listen To Me
My Parents Are Not My Real Parents
My Parents Are Cheap
I Can’t Tell My Parents What I’ve Done
My Parents Don’t Want Me To Leave Home
My Parents Think They Know Everything
My Parents Embarrass Me
Chapter Six . . . 134
The Cliff Notes
(In Case You Need to Get Ungrounded Quickly)
Product Details
- Title : Read This Book or You're Grounded!: A Secret Guide to Surviving at Home
- Author: Rice, Wayne
- Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties
- Publication Date: 2010
- ISBN: 9780310873617