In a lively question-and-answer format, Dr. Ray unpacks issues ranging from sibling relationships and peer pressure to curfews and chores to overcoming backtalk and teaching your kids to avoid drugs. He equips parents to give their teens a safer, more stable adolescence and help them develop virtues for a lifetime. If you feel as if you’ve been a weak disciplinarian, Dr. Ray explains that “there are . . . critical reasons to reverse your parenting, even if it seems late.” He offers practical approaches such as:

• Four tips to help you enjoy your kids’ teen years
  
• Three techniques for becoming a calmer parent
  
• Five ways to monitor your child’s use of technology
  
• Four simple house rules that lead to success
  
• Four consequences to curb nasty talk
  
• A strategy to motivate underachievers