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Parents: Are you having problems with your teenager? Tired of constant conflict, struggle, attitude, miscommunication, and chaos in your home? Are you overwhelmed and frustrated with crazy-making behavior and teenage antics? This is THE handbook! If you are in any country and there are teens present - GET THIS BOOK NOW!!! Professionals: Are you looking for a handbook that is easy to read for your parent and family clients? Here is the ONE you have been waiting for! COACH YOUR CLIENTS FROM THIS BOOK WITH PARENTS OF TEENS AND TEENS, PRE-TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS! The Parent as Coach Approach is an innovative approach that you can start using from the moment the material is in your hands. There are practical coaching strategies, tips, advice, and ideas that have worked for thousands of parents all over the world. The most common response the author hears from readers all over the world is, Oh! How I wish I'd found your book earlier. The Parent as Coach Approach teaches parents how to convert parent-teen relationships of conflict and pain into enjoyable and harmonious partnerships of encouragement and support. The end result is that children are raised to fill their adult shoes with the skills and maturity necessary to live as functional and responsible members of society. Sound impossible? It's not. You can build a solid foundation of mutual respect with teens that can withstand day-to-day challenges. It works in one day - try it! The Parent as Coach Approach is a practical and easy-to-use guide for all parents, teachers, and adults who care about the pre-teens and teens in their lives. Parenting skills that worked with young children are no longer effective with adolescents and a new way of parenting must be learned. That way is The Parent as Coach Approach-Seven Ways to Coach your Teen in the Game of Life. A Professional Certified Coach, Ms. Sterling finds that what works best in her relationship with her own children are the skills and processes she uses as a professional coach. The Parent as Coach Approach philosophy is based on the belief that we first need to understand what human beings are in order to teach and coach them. This includes often misunderstood teens! From this place of understanding, we learn to offer support, ideas, new perspectives, plans for moving forward, and a host of tools and formats to help people create fulfilling and meaningful lives. Above all, we offer love and compassion to all we serve and come in contact with. Our approach is a proven and practical model for improving and transforming the relationship we as adults have with the teens in our lives. It is based on the roots and synthesis of life coaching, adult learning theories, positive psychology, adolescent development, education and mentoring. As a professional coach, Diana works with parents and teens to help them examine their own core beliefs. This approach teaches parents how to respect their own beliefs and also the emerging beliefs of their emerging adults. Instead of teaching how to manage and control teens, our model helps us as adults appreciate the unique perspective of teens and young adults and to express respect, understanding, and support for who they are right now. This produces uncommon effects of the young person actually feeling respected and heard, which in turn allows an accelerated path for the young person to grow, learn, and produce positive choices and outcomes. We teach parents The Parent as Coach Approach, which does not dictate how to grow up; instead, the parent learns how to guide young people to their own positive decisions, solutions, inherent gifts, and the path to a meaningful and purposeful life. Parents say THIS WORKS. Teens say THANK YOU!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #162759 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 133 pages

Review
In reading Parent as Coach, I was struck by the simple, common sense message that Ms. Sterling communicates, yet the results are powerful and life changing. By implementing the PAC message in our home, my husband and I can truly appreciate how special and unique each of our four teens are and they in turn feel respected and honored. ----Gail McBride, Boston, Mass. USA

Nothing is more pressing for the well-being of families today than integrating the power and passion of teens. Our future as a society literally depends on it. Diana Sterling is one of the few with a plan for accomplishing it. --Frederick Marx, Director/Writer, Academy Award Nominee for Hoop Dreams

The Parent as Coach Approach has transformed my world. Since learning and applying the approach for the last 5 years my two teenage boys, now 15 & 19, they have grown into wonderfully responsible, caring, confident and independent young men. Instead of dreading the teenage revolution I have thoroughly enjoyed the teenage evolution! The Parent as Coach tools and strategies have also been used widely in all my relationships to wonderful effect. Thank you Diana! The Parent as Coach Approach has transformed my world. Since learning and applying the approach for the last 5 years my two teenage boys, now 15 & 19, they have grown into wonderfully responsible, caring, confident and independent young men. Instead of dreading the teenage revolution I have thoroughly enjoyed the teenage evolution! The Parent as Coach tools and strategies have also been used widely in all my relationships to wonderful effect. Thank you Diana! --Tracy Tresidder, Sydney, Australia

About the Author
Diana Sterling, Author of The Parent as Coach Approach: The Seven Ways to Coach Your Teen in the Game of Life first launched this important work under the title Parent as Coach: Helping Your Teen Build a Life of Confidence, Courage and Compassion, (under Diana Haskins). It received international acclaim and is distributed throughout North America, Latin America, Korea, Europe and Australia and is translated into Spanish and Korean. The new revised book now includes 50 success stories from all over the world from happy families, using The Parent as Coach Approach. The main content remains unchanged and has proven to work effectively. Diana is a Body for Life 2002 Winner in Bill Phillips Body for Life worldwide competition and is featured in Body for Life for Women. She is also featured in Wake Up; The Power of Team along with Tony Robbins and Wayne Dyer. Author Diana Sterling (formerly Diana Haskins) is a 30 year entrepreneur and innovator. Her commitment to helping others find meaning and success has resulted in the creation of New Generations International, Inc., a personal and professional development company serving families, teens and individuals worldwide. As CEO of New Generations International, Diana oversees three divisions. Her business educational program, Vision in Action is a testimony for her relentless enthusiasm for self-employment. The second division, Parent as Coach, is a series of programs designed to support parents going through the struggling teen years of parenting. Diana and her son Jordan, now 25, found that the skills and systems of coaching allowed them both to migrate successfully through his often difficult teen years and her even more difficult parent of teen years. Academy for Family Coach Training is the third division and compliments the other two by offering the world acclaimed Advanced Coaching Course, which trains professionals in the art of professional coaching in the specialty of teens and parents. In addition to her leadership role, Diana is an executive coach, lecturer, trainer and facilitator in the areas of Small Business Development, Parenting, Life Skills, and Professional Coaching. She has a wealth of knowledge and communicative skills acquired through her background in coaching, teaching, drama, music, and film production. Diana holds a Bachelor Degree in Drama and is working towards a Masters Degree in Education majoring in Adult Learning and Development at Portland State University. She has completed a Professional Certificate in Coaching at New Ventures West and holds the distinction of being a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, certified by Life Design International. She is a member of the International Coach Federation and International Speakers Association. Diana is known for her innovative and creative style of speaking, coaching and training having achieved excellent results with a diverse base of individual clients, including corporate executives, small business owners, service professionals, professional coaches, parents and teenagers. Prior to founding New Generations International, Diana served as Executive Producer of The Production Team, Inc, which she founded in 1993. She is an award winning film and video producer with over fifteen years as a freelance producer. She produced and directed a thirty-minute documentary, Guerilla Theatre for Outside In, a non-profit agency working with homeless youth, earning her a First Place Telly Award, which took her into deep into the world of homeless youth. Diana is married to a caring, insightful man of God, Bill Sterling, adding to her growth on a daily basis. And the true inspiration for her dedication comes from her positive relationship with her grown son, Jordan, who says on a regular basis, Go for it, Mom!

Customer Reviews

Solid advice for parents but sometimes parents need a coach too!
I really like Diana Sterling's advice in this book. It is solid and my own experience tells me it works. What it takes to follow her advice well, however, is the parent's ability to do his/her own self-reflective work. She says that clearly. What she doesn't say is that it isn't easy to do without support. Yes, I am a coach, but no, I don't think every parent needs a coach. Some people, though, will find it hard to break out of their long standing patterns without external support. Read the book- and then if you are struggling with making the shifts she recommends, go find a coach!