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I don't know what I'm doing with my life. When you transition from teenager to adult, it can feel like you're expected to simply know what to do. On the one hand, adulthood is great; you get to decide what kind of life you...

Real, Rural is a memoir about growing up in a rural area in the 1950s. This book examines the issues faced locally by young people living in or near a very small town in central Kansas, as well as national issues such as Civil...

What did she do? The first time they meet as sophomores their friendship is instantaneous and the attraction hard to deny, but both are too afraid to act. When with no explanation, Sam stops speaking to Gracie. After graduation, Gracie begins the pursuit of...

DESCRIPTIONReclaiming Our Daughters offers a fresh and long-needed perspective on pre-teen and teen girls, one that finally brings a message of hope and optimism about girls today. Part memoir, part sociological examination, Karen Stabiner observes her daughter, Sarah, as she navigates her critical pre-teen...

The author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter now turns her focus to the sexual lives of young men, once again offering both an examination of sexual culture and a guide on how to improve...

Read hit songwriter Jennifer "JJ" Johnson's award-winning new memoir release and incredible true story! Winner!!! 2020 14th Annual NIEA Awards Winner!!! 2020 NYC Big Book AwardsWinner!!! 2020 Kindle Book Awards A Colorado girl with type 1 diabetes beats tough odds to become a hit...

In a world overwhelmed with screens, the current guidelines for limiting screen use seems impossible to achieve by ourselves, let alone for our technology-dependent kids. Establishing healthy boundaries around devices is no easy task and trying to unglue our kids' eyes from screens can...

Are You in a Power Struggle with Your Teen Over Their Addiction?Substance abuse is a drama and a trauma for all involved. No one comes out a winner unless boundaries are set, good choices are made, and behavior modification practices are put to use....

February 18, 2007 was the day I died. I was sixteen years old at the time and my best friend had just gotten his first car. It was a used, worn, black Camaro. The possibilities were endless. We tossed around a few ideas but...

As children transition from childhood to teenage years, it's important they continue to receive encouragement from the adults in their lives. It can be hard to approach teens or to know that right thing to say. Powerful Influence: Encouraging Words for Your Teen helps...

From Berkeley to the Bronx, teenage addiction has reached epidemic levels. Parents may suspect their teen's substance use, but often don't know if their teen is addicted or what to do about it. Dr. Laurence Westreich, an addiction expert and the father of two...

"We've been there. And as parents, we are right there with you." --Health and sexuality experts Logan Levkoff, PhD and Jennifer Wider, MD. In Got Teens?, the Doctor Moms combine their medical and psychological knowledge with their own personal experiences to address the most...

The field of neuroscience is continually churning out exciting discoveries that help us better understand the human brain. Observing the brain while in action provides rich information on the behavior of teenagers giving us insight into their emotional and cognitive state. This book combines...

Helping Teens Stop Violence, Build Community, and Stand for Justice is a guide for adults who work with young people ages ten and up on issues related to youth leadership and social justice. It is also a training manual for adults who want to...

Any parent of a teenager who would like pragmatic tips on how to build a positive relationship with their child should read this book. Parents of teens know that in today's environment, being a good parent is a greater challenge than ever. In 35...

A noted parenting author and psychologist offers practical ideas and exercises that show parents how to raise a well-adjusted teenager with a solid chance for a successful life.Author: James WindellISBN-10: 162045601XISBN-13: 9781620456019Publisher: Trade Paper PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/09/1999Pages: 228Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

Expat Teens Talk is specifically targeted to Expatriate Teenagers and those who work with this unique population. It addresses the needs and different challenges that Expat Teens face throughout their lives (in particular, their adolescent years), and enables them to learn more about and...

Teenagers are perplexing, intriguing, and spirited creatures. In an attempt to discover the secrets to their thoughts and actions, parents have tried talking, cajoling, and begging them for answers. The result has usually been just more confusion. But new and exciting light is being...

Here's a book covering the time-honored basics of parenting a teen while also addressing today's hot topics. You'll learn what's going on in a teen's head, and why they do the things they do. You'll learn how to open up lines of communication, encourage...

Irish Author and Poet, Greg McVicker, brings us on three, true life adventures from his childhood while growing up in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.These hilarious, heartwarming stories will have readers laughing continuously, all the while reflecting on their own memories of yesterday. This book...

This guide for adults working with adolescent girls will help them explore and develop their emotional, social, and spiritual selves. Young people are hungry and capable of engaging in meaningful explorations of themselves and the world around them. Adolescent girls especially have a deep...

Your Amazing Itty Bitty(R) Communicating With Your Teenager Book 15 Essential Steps to creating a better relationship with your teen. When their child reaches teenage years many parents struggle with adjusting to the new changes in their son or daughter. To say the least,...

Over the past 17 years Sonya Karras and Sacha Kaluri have been working with teenagers on a daily basis. They understand that while teenagers experience many changes in their lives, there are two big areas that come into full bloom about the same time...

Building on the success of the 20 000 sales of the Terrific Toddlers books, this new book has updated and expanded the original books and added key sections in each chapter for parenting the school years (ages 5 to 12) and the teen years...

So, you're having a teenager? Congratulations/Commiserations. Worried about drugs? We recommend Valium, wine and HRT. Happy you survived the toddler tantrums? Let us introduce you to the eye roll, the cold shoulder and the incoherent mumble. On the bright side, you've reduced your need...

A guide that teaches parents how to protect their teenage daughter and conquer their own fears in raising her.Author: Sally ClarkISBN-10: 1683509978ISBN-13: 9781683509974Publisher: Morgan James PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/11/2018Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.34d

Insights, ideas and activities for discussing the toughest questions of Jewish life. This comprehensive companion to the award-winning Tough Questions Jews Ask will help you guide students toward a more mature, carefully considered set of personal beliefs.Author: Edward FeinsteinISBN-10: 1683364708ISBN-13: 9781683364702Publisher: Jewish Lights PublishingLanguage:...

Monsters do exist, though many parents can't see them. I knew one called Bernie. He groomed me and led me away from home. It's been all over the news lately. Teenagers running away from home. Groomed and snatched from the nest by predators, before...

The transition from child to teen can be a very challenging time for parents, watching a child grow up and begin to pull away from the family unit, wanting to spend more and more time with peers. They wonder why their children don't want...

Carefree summer vacations, nostalgically sweet songs of that summer's hit parade, the joy and sting of first love, each forms building blocks of our cherished memories. Times in our hearts before the stresses of adult responsibilities, times of learning and times of moving on...

It's not easy growing up, but there's good news God is here to help you, and He has surrounded you with plenty of other people who want to see you become a strong, smart, and pure young man This guide will help you and...

The gender wage gap is one of the most persistent problems of labor markets and women's lives. Most approaches to explaining the gap focus on adult employment despite the fact that many Americans begin working well before their education is completed. In her critical...

Heaven's Consciousness A Near-death Experience is vividly engaging and will resonate with wide applications that even secular readers might take to heart "KirkusReviews." "This is a compelling and inherently fascinating read from beginning to end. I highly recommend this as an addition to any...

A baby changes everything. It can be messy. It can also be beautiful... Pregnant at fifteen, and choosing to keep her child, Laura knew that her life would never be the same. Through her compelling story, and stories of others-parents struggling with miscarriage, infertility,...

Turn on the news and most likely the stories you hear will include school shootings, bullying, sexting, car accidents, burglaries, and/or other types of acts being committed by teenagers. What has our world come to? Are you sending your kids to school with backpacks...

"This book is for teenagers and anyone who knows one...""If you only buy one survival guide for the teenage years, make it this one...""This book is] accessible, entertaining, humorous, and equally helpful to parents and teachers" This updated second edition of The Owner's Guide...

From the publishers of We Are Absolutely Not Okay Druggie. Loser. Boozer. Dropout. Runaway. Delinquent. Slut. Labels can hurt and destroy-as the teen authors of this powerful true story collection know all too well. But are they true? Would you still think the same...

On a winter night at a prestigious New England boarding school, two teenage girls compared secret love letters male teachers had written them. One girl kept a journal and recorded the events that followed. The other, years later, took her own life.When her own...

In Mother Advice To Take With You To College: Humor, Inspiration and Wisdom To Go, Kathleen Buckstaff, award-winning author, former Los Angeles Times humor columnist, and mother of three children, shares wise and humorous illustrations and stories that are full of truth and love....

There has been a tremendous amount of attention paid to the rising levels of depression, anxiety, cutting, and relationship aggression in girls over the past 50 years. But what if these issues aren't the real problem? What if adolescent girls don't have poor self...

Growing Up Silent in the 1950s likely will become the definitive social history of the Silent Generation. Whether you were a part of this generation or have no idea there was such a generation, here you will find the answer to the central question:...

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Where should I go to university? What should I major in? What job should I choose? What's my purpose? Young adults from high school into their mid-20s get stressed out with making decisions about these issues. They get stuck in their fear about making...

Kids in Jail, narrative nonfiction, sheds light on a deeply fractured juvenile justice system. In the grim setting of a juvenile jail, the book reveals the angst of tragically lost childhoods, appalling indignities, and brutal retribution. The harsh realities of incarceration are unveiled to...

From the nerve wracking anxiety of driving lessons to the uncertainty and excitement of graduation raising a teenager can be both amazing and difficult at the same time. Everyone talks about the challenges of the terrible twos but it seems like no one ever...

A groundbreaking perspective on Nature's plan for full human creativity and intelligence during the teen years - Shows what is at the core of today's serious social and psychological problems - Explores the sexual and spiritual stage of adolescent development - Details the connection...

In this timely, relevant guide, parents will learn proactive strategies for unpacking one of God's greatest mysteries: their teenager.It's an MTV world, and teenagers are under more pressure than ever to grow up fast, look sexy, and be independent. Teens are bombarded with messages...

A New York Times Bestseller Award-winning Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales crisscrossed the country talking to more than two hundred girls between the ages of thirteen and nineteen about their experiences online and off. They are coming of age online in a hypersexualized...

BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT HANDING YOUR TEENS THE CAR KEYS, DO EVERYONE A BIG FAVOR: CRASHPROOF THEM! Every year, six million sons and daughters will become first-time drivers. Fifty-eight percent of them will be involved in a car accident within a year of...

MAKING A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD More than ever, young adults are struggling with career and life decisions that can sometimes seem overwhelming. Some return home to live with their parents, or find themselves in unsatisfying jobs, or lack a sense of direction in...