CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: Saving Teens from Themselves -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- how children act versus who they are -- It's not where your child has been, it's where he or she is going -- bringing your child in from the cold parenting the alienated teen -- the transparent parent learning about your teen by letting your teen know you -- parenting a combative teenager how to establish and maintain a productive dialogue -- helping your child build a resilient identity -- building healthy identities through adversity, challenge, and adventure -- setting limits establishing a family culture -- the unkindest cut healing the self-destructive teen -- using spirituality to build healthy identities -- APPENDIX: Fast FAQs Guide to Parenting Teens -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.