The newly-updated 2007 Please Stop the Rollercoaster! is back from the printer and is now available! This book has been updated in some key areas, providing recent data and figures on teenagers and risky behavior, improving communication between parents and teens, adolescent development, parent involvement in secondary school and why it’s important…and so much more. You may download excerpts and a flyer here.

This guide doubles as the curriculum for a parent discussion group program, and is written specifically for parents of teenagers in grades 6 - 11. In fact, parent discussion groups are running all over the country using Rollercoaster!: FL, TX, OR, CA, CO, MA, CT, GA, NY and more. Some parents use the guide for the self-directed version of the program that runs like a book group. Many others have facilitators who enjoy running the discussion group with the help of our secular, Christian or Jewish Leader’s Guides.

Thanks for the warm welcome from the lovely group of parents and teachers at the Kulanu Jewish school for teenagers in Stamford CT where I spoke last evening. Parents who have open minds benefit from frank discussions about important issues they face, and this was a particularly lovely group. On Sunday I’m working with the Jewish Federation of Greater Detroit and running a train-the-trainer for a number of synagogues in the Detroit area who will be offering the program shortly.

Call me (800-234-2150) if you want more information on how I can help you empower, educate and connect the parents of teenagers in your community.

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