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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Active Parent | |
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| Another Tough Century for Teenagers | |
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| The Tasks of Adolescence | |
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| The Purpose of Parenting | |
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| What Qualities of Character Are Important for Teens to Develop? | |
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| What Skills Will Teens Need for the 21st-century Workplace? | |
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| Styles of Parenting | |
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| Why Reward and Punishment often Backfire | |
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| Control versus Influence | |
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| Your Parent-Teen Relationship: Build It and They Will Come | |
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| Mutual Respect | |
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| The Method of Choice | |
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| Ethnic Identity Development | |
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| Drugs, Sexuality, and Violence: Storms at Sea | |
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| Family Enrichment Activity: Taking Time for Fun | |
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| Family Meeting: Choosing a Fun Family Activity | |
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| Home Activities | |
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| Chapter 1 Guide Sheets | |
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| Winning Communication | |
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| The Gift of Problems | |
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| Who Owns the Problem? | |
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| Communication: The Road to Cooperation | |
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| Mixed Messages | |
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| Avoiding Communication Blocks | |
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| The Heartbreak of Discouragement | |
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| Active Communication | |
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| The �Palms Up� Technique | |
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| Self-Disclosure | |
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| Putting Active Communication to Work | |
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| Family Meeting: Getting to Know Your Teen Better | |
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| Family Enrichment Activity: Letter of Encouragement | |
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| Home Activities | |
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| Chapter 2 Guide Sheets | |
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| Responsibility and Discipline | |
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| What Is Responsibility? | |
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| Effective Discipline and the Problem-Handling Model | |
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| Basic Discipline Methods | |
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| Advanced Discipline Methods | |
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| The FLAC Method | |
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| Family Meeting: Problem Solving Using the FLAC Method | |
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| Parenting and Anger | |
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| Family Enrichment Activity: Positive �I� Messages | |
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| Home Activities | |
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| Chapter 3 Guide Sheets106 | |
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| Building Courage, Redirecting Misbehavior | |
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| Courage: One from the Heart | |
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| Self-Esteem: One from the Mind | |
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| The Thinlc-Feel-Do Cycle | |
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| Four Ways We Sometimes Discourage | |
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| Turning Discouragement into Encouragement | |
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| Self-Esteem, Courage, and Body Image | |
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| Understanding Teen Behavior: Purpose, not Cause | |
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| Five Goals of Teen Behavior | |
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| Positive and Negative Approaches to the Five Goals | |
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| How to Determine a Teen's Goal | |
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| Redirecting Your Teen's Behavior | |
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| Family Meeting: Problem-Prevention Talks | |
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| Family Enrichment Activity: Teaching Skills | |
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| Home Activities | |
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| Chapter 4 Guide Sheets | |
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| Drugs, Sexuality and Violence: Reducing the Risks, Part 1 | |
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| Drugs, Sexuality, and Violence: The Think-Feel-Do Cycle | |
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| Ten Strategies to Prevent High-Risk Behavior | |
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| Model and teach positive values and choices | |
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| Educate teens about the risks | |
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| Filter OUT negative influences and IN positive ones | |
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| Establish clear guidelines for behavior | |
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| Establishing a No-Use Rule | |
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| Family Meeting: Preventing High-Risk Behavior | |
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| Family Enrichment Activity: Expressing Love | |
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| Home Activities | |
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| Chapter 5 Guide Sheets | |
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| Drugs, Sexuality and Violence: Reducing the Risks, Part 2 | |
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| Drugs, Sexuality, and Violence: More Prevention Strategies | |
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| Monitor and supervise teen behavior | |
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| Work with other parents | |
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| Provide healthy opportunities for challenge | |
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| Consult about how to resist peer pressure | |
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| Identify and confront high-risk behavior | |
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| Stages of Drug Use | |
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| Confronting Your Teen | |
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| Calmly manage a crisis | |
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| Family Council Meetings | |
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| Family Enrichment Activity: In Our Family | |
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| Letting Go | |
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| Home Activities | |
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| Active Communication Activity Answer Key | |
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| The Active Parenting of Teens Video-Based Program | |
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| Resource Guide | |