Tough Guys and Drama Queens, Mark Gregston
Tough Guys and Drama Queens, Mark Gregston
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Tough Guys and Drama Queens
How Not to Get Blindsided by Your Child's Teen Years

Author: Mark Gregston

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 03/04/2025


Synopsis

Are you ready for your child's teen years?

If you've ever lain awake at night wondering what might be around the corner of your child's adolescence, this book is for you! After more than thirty-eight years of working with more than 2,500 years, Mark Gregston, founder of heartlight, a Christian residential counseling center, introduces Tough Guys and Drama Queens—a must-read "how-to" book for parents of pre-teens and teens with time-tested, biblical techniques to guide you  through these unavoidably challenging years.

Mark helps parents realize that some natural parenting approaches are actually counter-productive and therefore totally ineffective.In place of those, he offers tried and true wisdom on the vital importance of relationship, forgiveness, and explains how conflict is actually the precursor to change.

Everyday your child is bombarded by highly sexualized culture and over-exposed to words and images that can influence them beyond your reach.your connection to them during these years is critical as is your response to tough issues such as appearance, performance, authority and respect, boundaries, and many more.

About Mark Gregston

Mark Gregston has been helping parents and teens for 38 years. He is the founder and executive director of Heartlight, a residential counseling center for teens, which has helped more than 2,500 struggling adolescents. Mark spends 90 percent of his weekends teaching, and also hosts the Parenting Today's Teens radio program. Mark is happily married with two children, three grandchildren, one dog, and too many horses.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marlise on June 05, 2016

As far as I can see, most of the people who have given this book a decent rating aren't actually parents of teens. As a parent of 3 teens, I found this book very outdated and redundant. I should hope that any parent of teens would know these basics already. But I guess there are many parents who don......more

Goodreads review by Preston on May 26, 2017

I'll admit the first few chapters left me wondering if this book was going to be any good, but it picked up after that and actually I like it quite a lot. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to parents. In fact, I'd say don't wait for your kids to become teenagers. I'd say 10 is probably a better ag......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on November 08, 2013

Love this book. Easy read and logical strategies.......more

Goodreads review by April on April 03, 2025

This book is five stars because of Part 3 telling me how to parent better. BEST PARENTING ADVICE. Thank you.......more

Goodreads review by M. Azhaari Shah on June 16, 2016

Old style of parenting may not work on children today. Making it sometimes, the parents are not able to bridge the gap between them. This book will give you a short take on how to handle your kids. How to begin a conversation with them.......more