“Young adolescence is all about feelings – happiness, sadness, anxiety, frustration.  Emotionally Intelligent Patenting will be an invaluable guide to any middle school parent who is living an up-and-down existence with a moody adolescent.  The authors, drawing from their extensive experience, offer specific ways parents can help their children identify feelings and learn self-control – critical skills for resisting the lure of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs during these roller-coaster years.”