Here are some great quotes about teenagers: If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.  ~Al Bernstein

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.  ~Dorothy Parker

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.  ~Erma Bombeck

In order to know whether a human being is young or old, offer it food of different kinds at short intervals.  If young, it will eat anything at any hour of the day or night.  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

The invention of the teenager was a mistake.  Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don't have to pay taxes - naturally, no one wants to live any other way.  ~Judith Martin

Adolescence is a period of rapid changes.  Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.  ~Author Unknown

None of these quotes are in this book but it is full of good, practical advice for parents of teens.  Pat and I read this book when our son became a teenager and it was a huge help. So why am I putting it on my blog now – because I noticed I only had one book for parents.  Trust me, there are many more to come.

You will learn the difference between helicopter parents and drill sergeant parents.  We were definitely helicopter parents. In reading, we learned how to balance love and logic.  Love is giving your teens the opportunity to be responsible and empowering them to make wise decisions.  Logic means allowing your teen to experience the natural consequences of their actions. We could have done a better job I am sure but both of our older kids are off at college now.  Pat and I are so proud of the choices they are making and the maturity they demonstrate.  Raising Teens with Love and Logic helped make it happen.