Arlene G. (toymommy2001) reviewed on 8/10/2010

Wow. Don't bother grounding your teenager when they lie, come in late or break any of your household rules because you cannot keep them in the house if they don't want to stay. We just need to accept the fact that this is a much more permissive world than when we were teenagers and by not imposing consequences for their actions we are helping them become kinder gentler people. And one day they will magically become wonderful people. When they break a rule, just tell them they broke a rule, you don't like that they broke a rule, and the rule stands.

I did like the advice of not letting your teen sidetrack an argument so that it ends up down a tangent. It is so easy to let an argument end up some place that you didn't mean for it to go.

It was also nice to hear that the teen's ability to forget the hateful words minutes after hurling them at you is really how their brain works. The title of the book is fitting in that way. While you are still shaking your head wondering how your teen can be so hateful, they have truly moved on.

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