I have found Janet Sasson Edgette's book, 'Stop Negotiating With Your Teen....', to be an invaluable tool for the parents of my adolescent clients. This book, I believe, is a MUST for ALL parents as it outlines a meaningful, candid, and guenuine syle of commuication between parents and teens.
Parents of younger children will also be afforded an opportunity to establish an empowering way of being/communicating with their children from the learnings available in this work.
The strategies discussed throughout this volume can be easily absorbed and thus implmented effectively. A stimulating and quick read, I highly recommend 'Stop Negotiating With Your Teen...'