How to Get Your Teenager Out of Their Bedroom

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The world has changed. Our kids are different. It’s worlds’ apart from the world that I grew up in. Gone are the days of playing out ‘til dark, of long Summers playing outdoors independently, or the family cramming around the one TV to watch the same programme, at the same time, every week.

Parenting is different. Technology is different. The landscape has transformed and trying to navigate it can be challenging. 

Some of us are lucky and their teenagers stroll through these years making good decisions, staying focused, and remaining open to positive influences. Others don’t and parents live in a defiant age, with poor decision making and regular risk taking. And others retreat. Silent. Unsharing. Content but quiet.

This book is for anyone whose child has become withdrawn. It might just be from you, or it might be the wider world. It offers hints, tips, tools and strategies. Support and understanding. Helping you connect with your teenager. And boy, sometimes we need it. It doesn’t always feel like it. But they are vulnerable, and these are complex times. They can be reluctant. Hurtful. Harmful.

This book is for anyone who is a primary caregiver to a teenager. Neuroscience and developmental psychology will help you try and understand what’s going on inside their brain. Anita Cleare has twenty years of experience in supporting families through this adolescent period. Powerful and personal professional experiences, and she’s here to help us create a positive connection out of teenage disconnect. She’s wise. Supportive. Empathetic. Full of hope and ideas and practical tips. And I thank her. We thank her.

Deborah Maclaren

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