General
Ciavola, Debra Hapenny. 50 Great Tips, Tricks and Techniques to Connect With Your Teen: Fun Simple Tools Any Parent Can Use. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2003.
Faber, Adele and Mazlish, E. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk (Updated Edition). New York: Scribner, 2012.
Kastner, Laura S. and Wyatt, Jennifer. Getting to Calm: Cool-headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens. Seattle, WA: Parent Map, 2009.Riera, Michael. Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How To Hear What They’re Really Saying. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2003.
Schaefer, C. E. and DiGeronimo, T. F. How to Talk to Teens about Really Important Things. Specific Questions and Answers and Useful Things to Say. New York: Josey Bass, 1999.
Van Petten, Vanessa. Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded. New York: Plume, 2011.
Know Your Kid
These questions were based, in part on a list I found many years ago that had been published in Families magazine. I have not been able to locate the original reference (or even find the magazine, if it still exists).
