Where has the heat in my relationship gone? Why doesn’t the attraction last? Why do we argue over the silliest things? And why are we still together? If this train of thought sounds familiar, this book is for you. Bestselling author Philip Van Munching and psychotherapist Dr. Bernie Katz have teamed up for a fascinating look at the psychological forces that shape our relationships.

Even early childhood experiences can eventually dictate our love choices, creating unconscious elements in our personalities that both attract and repel our partners. Here are the tools to help you evaluate your relationships, recognize roadblocks, repair damage, and even decide whether a relationship is simply beyond help.

Woven with personal anecdotes and told in a conversational tone, this is a funny, warm, readable relationship book.

Life can be pretty tricky when you’re a teenage girl. New things matter: Clothes. Parties. Boys. Suddenly being liked and being popular don’t mean the same thing. Your parents get completely bizarre when the subject of dating comes up. A friend you’ve had forever stabs you in the back for no good reason. Everybody you know seems to feel free to comment on your constantly changing body. Drugs and alcohol go from being what you see “bad” kids doing on television shows to what you see your friends doing when no adults are around. How are you supposed to deal?
Since life doesn’t come with a set of instructions, it helps to turn to people who have been through the stuff that you’re facing. Even parents can help. (Really!) In Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (so they can look up your skirt), former teenage boy — and current dad of two daughters — Philip Van Munching helps guide you through some of life’s most confusing topics. From Beauty to Grief, from Sex to Fate, Van Munching covers the things you most want to know about and, in his wise, warm, and funny way, offers advice on how you can become the young woman you most want to be.