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The Cookie Angel by Dr Michael Bradly

I had just finished a long couple of weeks. The practice was very busy and the speaking engagements were getting taxing (the traveling part, not the speaking part). Like a marathon runner, I finished up the last speaking event feeling drained, tired, and missing my family — a lot. Read More Here

Teen drugs by Dr Michael Bradly

"So what are you gonna do?" this annoyed father asked. "If I tell my 14-year-old he can't drink anything or ever smoke a joint, he'll do it anyway. So what's the point? Better for me to teach him how to use alcohol and marijuana so he'll be safer. Kids will be kids, you know. You'll never stop them from trying this stuff. You got to go with the flow." Read More Here

Communicating with your adolescent

How to improve your relationship Read More Here

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GOOD BOOKS ON PARENTING TEENS

Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy, Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind, Michael J. Bradley,, Harbor Press, Inc., Gig Harbor, WA,, 2003: About the way the teen brain develops and some case studies on how teens got through tough times and conflict with parents.

Yes, Your Parents Are Crazy, A Teen Survival Guide, Michael J. Bradley, Ed. D., Harbor Press, Inc., Gig Harbor, WA,, 2004: About how the teen brain works and how parents respond to the confused behavior of teens.

What Kids Need to Succeed, Benson, Peter and Galbraith, Judy. Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN 1998. About the skills and characteristics that youth need to develop in order to grow into mature healthy adults.

Sometimes We Dance, Sometimes We Wrestle: Embracing the Spiritual Growth of Adolescents, Carotta, Michael, Harcourt Religion Publishers, Dubuque, IA 2002. About the spirituality of adolescents.

Tips For Raising Teens: A Primer for Parents , McCarty, Robert J., , Paulist Press, Mahway, NJ, 1998.