You and Me Kid

Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers

Advice from an Experienced Parent Educator and Child Development Professor

  • Tips to save parents and teens a lot of pain.
  • Tools to feel competent as a parent of a teenager.
  • Engaging stories with simple lessons for parenting your teen.
  • Simple messages that all teens need to hear to grow up emotionally healthy.
  • Knowledge of what all teens are experiencing developmentally.
  • Advice on how to navigate important and difficult conversations with your teens.
  • Information that the average educated person does not know about teenagers.
  • Examples of how to shift from conflict with your teen into responsiveness and enduring connection.
  • Ways to foster your teen’s success in life and build a asting parent-child bond.
  • When teens hear these messages, they always say, “I wish my parents knew this.”

About Nancy Washburn of La Crescenta, CA

Nancy Washburn, M.A., is a Professor and Vice-Chair of Child and Family Studies at LA City College.

             For the past twenty years, Ms. Washburn has taught Child Development classes to thousands of young adults across the greater Los Angeles area. Her goal as a professor has been to inspire new teachers and parents to go forward, and use their knowledge to help children and families to be the best together, and for society. Prior to teaching college Ms. Washburn was a Parent Educator for 16 years with families of children from birth through adolescence.  Ms. Washburn has taught a variety of workshops on Parenting, Conflict Resolution, and Guidance.  One of her favorite jobs has been raising three children of her own into productive human beings.

            Throughout her career she has been spurred on by her own confusion and lack of confidence as an adolescent and the desire to help young people and their parents have a smoother ride. In writing this book she enlightens parents and gives them the knowledge and messages they need to have a positive relationship with their children and help them to be secure within themselves and in the world.

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Paperback 9781944297404 1944297405 2019-05-17 168 0.00 x 6.00 x 9.00 in $14.95

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