Review of 'Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? (94849, Unabridged)' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
this was a load of crap with little or no statistics to back up his theories. most of the sample dialogue between teens and parents were so vile, you cannot help but be comforted that at least you didn't inherit that demon child.
at some point he says that teens will lie and just get over it. when a child throws out 2 notice that informs his parent that he's failing a class in school and then lies - repeatedly - about ever receiving such notices, the author says the real issue is the failure, not the lie. (!)
uh-uh.
the failure will be rectified on his own - he fails, he'll have to redo the class. easy peasy consequence. but the lying? that is serious damage to the parent/teen relationship.
but there was a kernel of gold amongst all that crap - tactics teens use to keep the 'battle' …
this was a load of crap with little or no statistics to back up his theories. most of the sample dialogue between teens and parents were so vile, you cannot help but be comforted that at least you didn't inherit that demon child.
at some point he says that teens will lie and just get over it. when a child throws out 2 notice that informs his parent that he's failing a class in school and then lies - repeatedly - about ever receiving such notices, the author says the real issue is the failure, not the lie. (!)
uh-uh.
the failure will be rectified on his own - he fails, he'll have to redo the class. easy peasy consequence. but the lying? that is serious damage to the parent/teen relationship.
but there was a kernel of gold amongst all that crap - tactics teens use to keep the 'battle' going on (because if the battle is still happening, they don't and can't act on the request you gave them).
i recognize them already: ending their rant with a hugely disrespectful comment (to encourage parent to chew them out for it) and turning the tables into a pity party (where the parent has to counterargue that - no - they don't think the world would be better off without them. blah-blah-blah.)