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What if you could get immediate relief from the stress of parenting your @!#$%!& teenager...

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If so, read on...

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 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--that was my perception of them because they were not fulfilling my expectations for them. 

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.

Click here to take our 5-minute parenting teenagers quiz

If you yearn for relief from the stress that raising teenagers causes, 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.

CLICK HERE to order the interactive E-Book version of FINDING THE PATH: A NOVEL FOR PARENTS OF TEENAGERS today!
"...more than an interesting, uplifting novel, more than a text on surviving your child's adolescence: it is a spiritual experience." Independent Publisher

Every book you purchase from our website comes with the following additional values:

  • 30 minutes of one-on-one phone coaching with Dr. Kaplan

  • A free 1-hour teleclass on Reducing Stress at Home or School Underachievement

  • 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

Check out these comments from reviewers, professional counselors, and parents. 

“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)

 “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 NOW for quick delivery.  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, and your affirmation cards are worth $29.95, we'll gladly refund your money, no questions asked.


CLICK HERE to order the trade paperback version of 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,

 

life-coaching

Abby Lederman, 'Supermom'

Want to read the prologue to FINDING THE PATH: A NOVEL FOR PARENTS OF TEENAGERS?  CLICK HERE!

Want to read more testimonials from parents who have read the novel? CLICK HERE

Want to read more reviews? CLICK HERE!


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