ADVISER HELPS STOP PARENT-TEEN 'WAR'.

Byline: Daily News

SANTA CLARITA - Ed Redd, a city parenting instructor, will be guest speaker in a support program for parents and teens at 7 p.m. April 30 at Saugus High School.

In a talk titled ``Power Struggles and Respect,'' he will offer practical advice and solutions to solving conflicts between parents and teens in the home.

The meeting will be on the upper campus in the U building at the high school, 21900 Centurion Way. While parents meet, teens will attend a separate session.

Redd's goal is to teach parents to talk with their children without battling. He has been a parenting instructor for five years in the city's Active Parenting Today program. He is also the former chairman of the city's Youth Master Plan program.

``The relationship between each parent and child is a very personal and private matter,'' he said. ``It may seem presumptuous for someone to be telling anyone else how to communicate with their children; however, there is a way to discipline with kindness and respect.''

It is important, he said, for parents to learn to discipline teens effectively.

Redd teaches parents to listen and understand teen concerns, to achieve cooperation without nagging, to deal with feelings, to find alternatives to punishment and to help teens attain a positive selmage.

For information about the nonprofit program, call the Action Hotline at [phone].