Raising Teens Who Talk to You: A Connected Parenting Approach to Adolescence - Softcover

Hilkey, Cecilia; Hilkey, Jason; Mackensen, Dr. Carrie; Brill, Stephanie; Lockhart, Dr. Ann-Louise; Hurdle, Dr. Lynne Maureen; Barchia, Dr. Kirstin; Fuhrman, Vikki; Lang, Amy; O'Roarty, Casey

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798993910420

Publisher: Summit Press Publishers, 2026

Synopsis

You used to be their favorite person.

Now you get one-word answers, slammed doors, and the distinct feeling that you're doing everything wrong.

You're not.

Adolescence isn't a crisis to manage — it's a relationship to navigate. And the good news is, the connection you're afraid of losing is still within reach.

Inside these pages, more than 35 therapists, coaches, psychologists, and parents share their most powerful insights on:

• Why your teen pulling away is biology, not rejection — and what to do with that knowledge
• How to shift from control-based to connection-based parenting before it's too late
• The inner work only you can do — and why it changes everything
• Staying regulated, present, and grounded when emotions run high
• Having the hard conversations — about sex, substances, and screen life — without shutting them down
• Letting go of who they were while staying close to who they're becoming

Through personal stories, evidence-based strategies, and hard-won wisdom, you'll find that the teen years don't have to mean distance. Presence matters. Repair is possible. And you are still — even now — the most important relationship in their life.

No more white-knuckling it. No more wondering if it's too late.

Raising Teens Who Talk to You starts here.

With Contributing authors Melanie Zwyghuizen, Susan B. Carroll, Dr. Jean Clinton, Dr. Kirstin Barchia, Raquel Santos Miñarro, Amélie Friedrich, Jayme Harrison, Clair Goodman White, Kirsti Kenneth, Shilpa Kurpad Rao, Casey O'Roarty, Layne Burkette, Janey Komm, Vikki Fuhrman, Jayde Schmutter, Sue Ellen Sweeney, Sally Bennett, Vibha Arora, Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle, Justin Hurdle-Price, Amanda Baker, Dr. Marcelle Moore, Anna Neve, Meagan Colvin, Amy Lang, Rebecca Reber, Susan Notis, Dr. Carrie Mackensen, Coco Stanback, Debbie Simmons, Jennifer Lytle, Lisa Lottatore-French, Sheryl Ang, Stephanie Brill, and Kateri Aninwood

Edition details

• Publisher: Summit Press Publishers
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798993910420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364