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Dear Parent, It wasn't too long ago that I stood in your
shoes. I had 13-year-old twins and a 15-year-old, each with his/her
own identity issues AND each with an uncanny ability to annoy, frighten,
infuriate and hurt me, their long-suffering, self-sacrificing mother!
You know the old adage, "I was tearing my hair out?" Well, I was,
literally. Or at least it was falling out in handfuls when I washed it.
I guess you could say I was stressed out. At the time,
I thought I was doing everything I could to keep my family together: I had
us all in family counseling; I was cutting back on my work and volunteer
activities to spend more quality time with the kids; I was reading books
like "Reviving Ophelia" and "The Wonder of Boys"; I was taking stress breaks
by going out with my friends and commiserating with them about my chaotic
home life. What else could I do? It wasn't until I met
Dr. Jeff Kaplan (a parent/teen relationship and
stress-reduction expert), who started teaching me about
his theory of love-based parenting for parents of teenagers, that I came
face-to-face with the solution to my parenting problems: I took a long,
hard look in the mirror.
Have you
figured out yet that the harder you try to change or control your
adolescents the more they rebel? Congratulations if you
have, because it took me a long time to realize that the only person in my
family I could
change was me. Under the gentle guidance of Dr. Kaplan, I learned to see how I
had brought on every hurt, every fear, and most of the strife in my life by
my refusal to let any of my family members--including my husband--lead their own
lives. My kids
weren't being hurtful, contrary, self-centered or lazy--but that sure was my perception
of them because they were not fulfilling my expectations for them.
Want to know more about Dr.
Kaplan? Go to his website at http://www.ilovemyteen.com.
As adolescents, my
three teenagers were doing an age-appropriate dance, struggling to move
away from their parents toward their own future.
They didn't need me to preach,
lecture, and brow-beat them for their misbehaviors and failings and then
smother them with love when they did something I liked. Within weeks of meeting Dr. Kaplan, my
attitude toward my family did a complete turn around. I no longer blamed my
kids (or my husband) for my growing pains or theirs. I came
out of my depression and into the possibility of a new, more trusting
relationship with my growing, changing teenagers.
If you yearn for relief from the stress that raising teenagers
brings on, it's time to look deeply within yourself, to see yourself as the
adult who can make a difference in the lives of everyone in your family.
Dr. Kaplan and I share a passion for spreading the word about
his love-based parenting approach to all parents of teenagers who are willing
to examine their own struggle for identity and self-worth. That's why
we've written a fun, easy-to-read novel called
Finding the Path: A Novel for
Parents of Teenagers.
For just $29.95, our
book is available to you immediately as an interactive e-book download from our
main website or you can order the trade paperback
version and wait for it to arrive in the mail. Not only will you
get sucked into an interesting story about a parent's struggle to raise an
oppositional teenager, but you will learn about the psychological theory
behind the story through informative endnotes and appendices carefully crafted
by Dr. Kaplan, an expert on parent-teen relationships and a counselor for almost
20 years.
Every book you purchase from our website comes with a 100% money-back
guarantee. If you don't feel the book and all the bonuses listed below
are worth $29.95, we will gladly refund your money!
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30 minutes of one-on-one phone coaching with Dr. Kaplan
(a $60 value)
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A free 1-hour teleclass on Reducing Stress at Home or
School Underachievement (a $50 value)
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A full year of "Virtual Affirmation Cards" sent directly to your
inbox once a week to remind you of ways to keep love-based parenting alive in
your family life. (Priceless!)
Check out these comments from reviewers, professional
counselors, and parent/readers
“I can’t thank you enough for writing
Finding The Path and making sure it got published.
I’m not exaggerating when I say that I do believe this to be best-seller
material. I read it the first time in a few hours Saturday night, then
again last night. You’ve offered a huge gift to those of us who are
struggling so valiantly to stay connected with our teens – and I learned some
important things. You might be interested to know that the clinicians in
the psychiatric hospital where my daughter stayed a couple of weeks ago seem to
use this method to bring teens and their troubled parents back together.
Much of it was familiar – no less uncomfortable, but since I’ve just recently
had such an intensive course in parenting a teen, this is like the “textbook’
for many of those lessons." (Nancy
Q., mother and writer, New Jersey)
”Since reading your book, I have felt
more content with myself. I have a long way to go, though. Thanks so much
for your support. I have been recommending the book to friends and family of
teens." (Denise Hineline, Marysville, WA)
"I am on
Chapter 4 of
Finding the Path.
The story and the footnotes
are very enlightening. I have already
begun making changes in the way I interact with my son and have actually seen
him begin to change as well. Your knowledge and skills may very well put our
family back together!" (Tammi Norris, Katie, TX)
Thank you for the informative teleclass. I
discovered that I need to work on some foundations of respect with my son.
First, we will have to work on being honest with each other. Then, we will
build trust. I feel encouraged by your story. Since I read your book last week,
my relationships with my 17-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son have greatly
improved. I am finding that as I become
OK with myself, I become free to relate to my teens in a more relaxed and
healthy manner. Your book has been an important piece of the puzzle.
(Gary Nees, Bremerton, WA)
"Did I tell
you how much I enjoyed the book!!
It was great. I didn't want it to finish."(Karen Sloan, Queensland, Australia)
"I bought and downloaded
Finding the Path
on Tuesday, and it has already made a difference and this is just Thursday!
I saw myself in the story and realized I had to change some things about my
life, before I could help my teenager change her life. I also realized that, as
the book states, I resented the fact that I was having to change from being the
“over-protective, ever-present” mom to the "I have a teenager who doesn't
respond to the methods I used with a five-year old” mom. The first day I got
your book I read it. That afternoon, my daughter and I went for a long walk and
actually talked to and with each other, not at each other. I changed my
methods, and already she has changed. I realize there are still going to be
rough times, but I am so glad I found this when she is 14 instead of 17." (Rhonda
Starling, Suwanee, GA)
“Finding the Path: A Novel
for Parents of Teenagers, by Jeffrey Kaplan and Abby Lederman, is a
must-read for all parents who suspect their sweet little baby has been taken
over by aliens. With compassion and good sense, Kaplan and Lederman show
parents how to help teenagers work through the difficult and painful tasks of
establishing a true identity and taking responsibility for their own lives.
This is a book that could make you fall back in love with your kid.” (Alicia Rasley, multi-award-winning novelist, writing teacher, and mother of two teens,
Indiana)
“Thank you for the book. What a gift you
give yourself and your children and your readers. I particularly loved
Hawk who reaffirmed that younger people without children can have a special role
for parents in crisis. I will recommend
Finding the
Path: A Novel for Parents of Teenagers to the parents I work with." (Annie
Philips, MSW, Massachusetts)
"As a high school counselor and professional associate of Jeff’s for almost 10
years now, I’ve been lucky enough to have him personally weave himself in and
out of my life as a touchstone, not unlike the character in
Finding the Path: A Novel for Parents of Teenagers. Everyone should be so lucky, and with this book everyone can.
Finding the Path resonates with my experience and can give anyone insight into
the lives of adolescents and their families.”
(Joe Havlick, Ph.D., ABD, High School Counselor)
“This remarkable
fictionalized book is steeped in sound theory and good sense. Dr.
Kaplan’s love-based parenting model shows how the use of spirituality and
clinical practice combine to transform individuals into functional families. The
book offers insight and understanding so that the path to change is navigable.
It reiterates the adage that not everything that is faced can be changed, but
nothing can be changed till it is faced. I am making Finding the Path mandatory
reading for my interns.” (Dr. Ken Hopkins, Licensed Psychologist)
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BONUSES FOR PURCHASING FINDING THE PATH:
To thank you for purchasing our book and making a commitment to improving
your relationship with your teenager, we are offering you the following
special bonuses:
FREE 1-hour teleclass for parents of teenagers 10% discount on paid teleclass series Personal one-on-one telephone coaching session with
Dr. Kaplan A year of "virtual" affirmation cards mailed weekly to
your in-box
Both Dr. Kaplan and I are only a click away.
Get your download today or order your trade paperback for delivery via the
U.S. Postal Service, usually within a week.
Sign up for a free class, send us a question for
our e-zine, or take our Parenting Teenagers Today quiz. We guarantee
that you won't regret your decision to purchase our book. As a matter
of fact, if you are not 100% convinced that the book, the affirmation cards,
the free class, the free one-on-one coaching with a professional
psychologist who has been working with parents and teens for almost 20 years, and your affirmation cards are worth $29.95, we'll gladly
refund your money, no questions asked. Don't care for
e-books? We have a handsome, sturdy trade paperback version of our book as well,
and it comes with all the same bonuses as our e-book. You can order it
from the link below and pay $29.95, or if you want to save money, you can order
it from Amazon.com, but you will receive only the book, not the bonuses.
CLICK HERE to order the
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FINDING THE PATH: A NOVEL FOR PARENTS OF TEENAGERS today!
"...a
portable parent support group.." Friends' Journal
In honor of the struggle to improve
relationships between parents and teens,
Abby Lederman, 'Supermom'
Want to read the prologue to FINDING THE PATH: A NOVEL FOR PARENTS OF
TEENAGERS?
CLICK HERE!
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