Book Review: 'The Tyranny of parenting experts'
Stella O'Malley's What Your Teen is Trying to Tell You shows why parents need to be put back in charge.
Hi,
I loved this review of my new book by Nancy McDermott for Spiked-online.
And, I wanted to share the link with you all below. Hope you will have a read!
https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/01/the-tyranny-of-parenting-experts/
Stella
My favorite advice I've heard from you, Stella, is the idea of throwing pebbles (or do you say stones?) in a bucket. Eventually, it gets full and the teen can feel the weight of it, so to speak, even though it feels like these gestures don't mean anything. I love your examples of your Mom throwing a candy bar at you in your bedroom and your Dad giving you a saying about parents and how they F you up, and you dropping it to the floor of the car. The best proof that these gestures matter is that you are still talking about them! (I personally find the image of the candy bar flying across your room hysterical.) I've only just started reading the book, but if it has more of these practical tidbits in it, it's well worth buying and taking the time to read.