How to Hug a Porcupine

Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years

By: Julie A. Ross MA

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Yesterday, your child was a sweet, well-adjusted eight-year-old. Today, a moody, disrespectful 12-year-old. What happened? And more important, how do you handle it? How you respond to these whirlwind changes will not only affect your child's behavior now but will determine how he or she turns out later. Julie A. Ross, executive director of Parenting Horizons, shows you exactly what's going on with your child and provides all the tools you need to correctly handle even the prickliest tween porcupine.

• Find out how other parents survived nightmarish tween behavior - and still raised great kids
• Break the "nagging cycle", give your kids responsibilities and get results
• Talk about sex, drugs, and alcohol so your kid will listen
• Discover the secret that will help your child to disregard peer pressure and make smart choices - for life

©2008 Julie Ross (P)2017 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Ross's central metaphor, 'tweens' as prickly-but-loveable porcupines, is funny and effective, and her writing style is easy-going, making this an accessible and practical primer." ( Library Journal)

Great Book

This is a great book with awesome principles and techniques to use when raising your kids.

Mother of a 12 year old girl¡

I really enjoyed listening to this book and will listen again and again. I have a fairly open relationship with my daughter now, but she is getting stranger and stranger as hormones hit. I have faith that these tools will be just the extra help I needed to maintain a solid respectful relationship with my girl. Thanks.

Super useful

I wish I had found this book before, but it is never too late to build a relationship!

Helpful advice

Enjoyed the entire book for helping with my kiddos but also more understanding of myself. Easy listen and definitely recommend.

All parents should hear this

I heard it twice to catch any lessons I may have missed! Now to implement them…