Our shelves are filled with books about parenting teens.This idea is frightening to me because I am a parent with these years still ahead of me and I can see the writing literally on the wall.

Parents and teens have a wide range of issues to contend with today. Teens are experiencing increased social pressure from peers, trouble communicating with their parents, difficulties developing a strong sense of self, and an increase in technology in their personal lives. Parents have trouble accepting their teen's growing desire for independence.

Reading is bound to offer parents and teens helpful insight into the thoughts of the other, as well as the comfort that you are not alone.

Below is a list of recommended books on parenting teens for those parents who are currently in need of them. Hopefully, I can get a little head-start on my reading and not be caught unprepared when the teen years catch up with me.