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amended The 600 citizen-volunteer members of the National Association
of State Boards of Education (NASBE) provide policy-making leadership
to public education in the United States. Their efforts are designed
to assure quality education to every child in every classroom in the
states and territories. NASBE believes that sound communication and
decision-making skills are critical aspects of every child's journey
towards informed, responsible adulthood. In working as education leaders,
state board members recognize that a partnership exists among schools,
parents and the communities. This publication is an example of two
of these, the education and business communities, reaching out to
the third, parents. We hope that parents who use this guide will find
it useful in creating effective parent-child communication and in
helping children to learn to make sound decisions. July 1984 December
1985 Phyllis Blaunstein Executive Director National Association of
State Boards of Education second edition CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO
LITIGATION amended This publication of the National Association of
State Boards of Education was made possible by The Tobacco Institute,
Washington, D.C.. The Tobacco Institute is an association of cigarette
manufacturers who--as a matter of longtime policy and practice--believe
that smoking is an adult custom. Simply put: The people who make cigarettes
do not want young people smoking them. It is The Tobacco Institute's
hope that this booklet will help parents deal with the full range
of decisions adolescents face today. INTRODUCTION Child raising has
been a subject of debate among adults as long as there have been children.
Almost every parent has opinions, or has heard theories about one
of the most tenuous and difficult of family relationships: that between
parent and adolescent. You've probably said it yourself a hundred
times. And you're right. Raising an adolescent is hard on a parent.
But adolescence can be even more difficult for the youngster, who
is trying to make the transition to young adulthood and is not quite
sure how to handle it. This is the time when your young teenager will
be faced with many new decisions. Some decisions will be small, others
important. Consider the following examples: whether to drive the car,
to drink, to smoke, to borrow money, to quit school, to take or quit
a job, to marry. see substitut Making responsible decisions is a skill
that is best learned with the help of someone more experienced. With
adult help, youngsters are more likely to make good choices. Shared
decision making begins with good communication between parent and
child. Good communication skills help to strengthen the mutual respect
and trust in the family. It is the objective of this booklet to help
family members better understand each other, talk more easily and
effectively to each other, and make more responsible decisions that
are more agreeable to both parent and child. This booklet is divided
into three parts. part I discusses what's involved for you and your
child during the adolescent years. Part II suggests ways to develop
more open lines of communication with your teenagers and to guide
them in decision making. Part III includes materials designed to help
you implement the ideas presented in the preceding sections--some
"homework" for parents and child. 

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