Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World

Parents worry they don't have the understanding or training to be able to care for their kids in a world that is increasingly superficial, politicized, and performance driven. "Disconnected" makes the concepts and strategies described in the bestselling "Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers" accessible to parents. After the overwhelming response to "Hurt," authors Chap and Dee Clark here equip parents with an up-to-date, realistic parenting book that doesn't ignore the harsh realities of adolescent life. It builds a foundation for parents by describing exactly how things have changed, takes them through the various developmental stages their children go through, and gives them workable paradigms for parenting.