In this how-to parenting guide, Denny Burda provides a refreshing, no-nonsense approach to parenting difficult teens. With each passing generation, teenagers seem to be getting more and more unruly and undisciplined. According to Ms. Burda, all they need is a strong hand and tough love and retraining parents. Inspired by her struggles with foster care and the troubled teens brought into her home, she sheds light on an unappreciated profession: parenthood. Witty and humorous, Burdas powerful words shine in this personal and direct approach on raising children, offering a perspective rarely expressed: that of a foster parent.

About the Author

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Denny Burda currently lives in Denmark, Wisconsin. Frustrated with the lack of information on foster parenting from the foster parents point of view, she wrote this book in the hope that it would become a useful tool for those already involved in or interested in becoming a foster parent or regular parents looking for help. Her hobbies and special interests include gardening, making quilts, crocheting, and anything artsy and/or crafty.