{"product_id":"on-the-glide-raising-kids-who-stay-close-as-you-step-back-the-practical-parenting-guide-for-the-tween-early-teen-years-ages-6-14-9798197076083","title":"On the Glide: Raising Kids Who Stay Close as You Step Back - The Practical Parenting Guide for the Tween \u0026 Early Teen Years (Ages 6-14)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lena Mintz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Stages - Teenagers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eControl works-until it doesn't.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere between ages 6 and 14, the family system changes. The bedroom door closes. \"How was school?\" becomes \"Fine.\" The routines that worked for years start generating resistance. You push harder. You get less truth. \u003cb\u003eWelcome to the Drag.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're not failing. The system is. Your tween, preteen, or early teen isn't broken-they're entering the Transfer Phase. Hormones shift. Friendships become higher-stakes than family. Screens, social media, school pressure, and puberty all hit at once. The parenting playbook that worked for years is now generating attitude, anxiety, and silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Glide\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical engineering manual for these Threshold Years. Not gentle parenting. Not stricter parenting. A complete rebuild of how the family operates-so you can lead from a different position entirely. The position that keeps your son or daughter close as they grow up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you'll learn: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow your child's \u003cb\u003eSocial OS\u003c\/b\u003e works-and why the school cafeteria feels higher-stakes than a final exam for your 10-year-old, 12-year-old, or middle schooler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy obedience and grades are the wrong metrics-and how to track \u003cb\u003eThe Return\u003c\/b\u003e, the measure that predicts a connected adolescence built on independence without distance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to shift from exhausted \u003cb\u003eManager to influential Consultant\u003c\/b\u003e-the role transition that gives parents real influence after control runs out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003e15 Locked Lines\u003c\/b\u003e: scripts for the conversations that matter most-anxiety, screens, friendship trouble, body image, lying\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to build a \u003cb\u003eCrisis Navigation Map\u003c\/b\u003e for moments when nothing is working\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy intuitive parenting fails most parents-and what to build instead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to repair after rupture, so trust survives the hard years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is parenting non-fiction for the parent who wants to do the work, not be reassured. For mothers and fathers navigating the years when childhood ends and adolescence begins. For the family that wants to come out the other side still talking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book was written by someone who has been in the Drag.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Head of PR, Lena Mintz left corporate life after her second child and built Mr. Mintz, designing printable craft templates for parents and teachers. \u003ci\u003eOn the Glide\u003c\/i\u003e is her second book, following \u003ci\u003eWhile the Kids Slept\u003c\/i\u003e (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpen the book and start building the architecture that holds when control no longer does.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891819397271,"sku":"9798197076083","price":1399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197076083.webp?v=1781184881","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/on-the-glide-raising-kids-who-stay-close-as-you-step-back-the-practical-parenting-guide-for-the-tween-early-teen-years-ages-6-14-9798197076083","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}