If They Are Going to College, Why Don't They Clean Up Their Room?

If you are like most parents of teenagers, you have asked yourself the same question more than once. Why can they remember every lyric to their favorite song but not remember to take the trash out? Why can they spend hours researching the perfect college but leave a bowl of cereal in their room until it becomes a science experiment?

This book is not about messy bedrooms. It is about understanding the heart behind the behavior. Your teenager is not simply behaving differently. They are motivated differently. Built around the MyCoreMotivations assessment, these twelve chapters walk through how each of the seven Core Motivations shows up in the teenage years, and what to do when your motivation clashes with theirs.

Instead of asking "Why are you so lazy?" you begin asking "What motivates you?" Those are entirely different questions, and they often lead to entirely different relationships.

1. Introduction: Before You Read Another Parenting Book…3 minFree sample
2. 01Welcome to the Most Confusing Years6 minFree sample
3. 02Why Consequences Don't Always Work6 min
4. 03Every Teenager Is Driven by Something6 min
5. 04The Server Teenager7 min
6. 05The Nurturer Teenager7 min
7. 06The Gatherer Teenager7 min
8. 07The Teacher Teenager7 min
9. 08The Visioner Teenager7 min
10. 09The Advocater Teenager