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Parenting the System: Why Your Teenager Struggles at School, What Teachers Are Really Seeing, and What Every Parent Can Do to Help

Parenting the System: Why Your Teenager Struggles at School, What Teachers Are Really Seeing, and What Every Parent Can Do to Help


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Does your teenager behave completely differently at school than they do at home?

Do you get phone calls from school about a child you barely recognise in the report? Do you find yourself caught between defending your child and backing the school - unsure which version of events to believe?

You are not alone. And this is not a discipline problem you've missed.

Parenting the System is the practical guide for parents of secondary and high school students who are struggling with behaviour at school. Written by an educator with years of front-line classroom experience, it explains - in clear, direct language - how school behaviour systems actually work, why teenagers behave so differently across environments, and exactly what parents can do to close the gap between home and school.

This book will help you:

  • Understand why your teenager's school behaviour and home behaviour look nothing alike - and what's actually driving the difference
  • Read the pattern underneath the behaviour before it becomes a crisis
  • Recognise when defiance, laziness, or attitude is hiding academic shame, anxiety, unmet learning needs, or peer pressure
  • Build consistency at home that supports what school is trying to do, without turning home into a second classroom
  • Have productive conversations with your teenager about school - even when they shut down, deflect, or turn everything into an argument
  • Talk to school as a partner, not an adversary - with the right questions, the right language, and the confidence to push back when necessary
  • Know exactly what to do when things escalate: from detentions and isolation through to suspension, reintegration meetings, and exclusion risk

Whether your child is just starting to push back or things have already become serious, this book gives you a map.

Not a map for winning against the school. Not a script for excusing behaviour. A map for understanding the full picture - and responding to it before the pattern becomes a permanent story your child carries about who they are.

Parenting the System is not about choosing sides. It is about understanding why your teenager does what they do in school, what both sides are missing, and how to build the consistency and communication that can actually make a difference.

The incident is the smoke. The pattern is the fire. This book teaches you to read the fire.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798198621688
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 158
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 249 gr
  • ISBN-10: 8198621687
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Why Your Teenager Struggles at School, What Teachers Are Really Seeing, and What Every Parent Can Do to Help
  • Width: 152 mm


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