Getting Started
Your group may decide to discuss the whole book, chapter by chapter or zero in on one or two chapters that are of high interest to the group. Either way, we would recommend that everyone begin by reading the first four chapters-they will lay the groundwork for later chapters.

Start Discussing
Each chapter comes with a set of questions called "The Parent Survival Kit". These make a great starting point for discussing the material in that chapter. Most chapters (except chapters one and two) also end with a list of Dos and Don'ts.

• Why are the Dos important?
  
• Which one is the most important for you?
  
• Or the hardest to accomplish?

Which Don't is the hardest trap not to fall into? Why?

• What do I want to continue?
  
• What do I want to change?

Talk about the further resources that you can call on to make that change.

Take one of the real life stories in the chapter:

• What of the teen's behavior is due to changes going on in his or her brain? Why?
  
• At what point should the parent step in and be the teen's "prefrontal cortex"? Why? and How?