It's Not Tough, It's Tender Love: Problem Teens Need Compassion That the "Tough-Love" Approach to Child-Rearing Doesn't Offer Them.

Pieper, Martha Heineman; Pieper, William J.

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Publication Date: 1992

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It's Not Tough, It's Tender Love: Problem Teens Need Compassion That the "Tough-Love" Approach to Child-Rearing Doesn't Offer Them.

Pieper, Martha Heineman; Pieper, William J.

Child Welfare, v71 n4 p369-77 Jul-Aug 1992

Maintains that parents and physicians should adopt a tender love, rather than a tough love, approach when dealing with adolescents with behavior problems. The discussion is highlighted by a case study of a 15-year-old boy. (BB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Child Rearing, Contingency Management, High Schools, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Psychiatrists, Substance Abuse, Truancy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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