Beyond advice for crisis situations, this book informs parents of the new stresses their kids today must cope with and suggests ways to minimise these pressures for both adults and teens. Patience, caring, vigilance, 'street smarts', knowledge of the teenage brain - these are among the many skills that parents today need. The book points the way to those skills, and empowers parents and other adults to resume their legitimate roles as the guiding and nurturing models in their adolescents' lives.