Experienced psychologists Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson posit that in American culture, boys "are systematically steered away from their emotional lives toward silence, solitude, and distrust." Their exploration of how this occurs and the painful consequences that can follow covers extensive ground, including chapters on education, discipline, ...
From backstabbing to bullying to just being out, here's advice for girls about a whole host of friendship problems. Tips, quizzes, and real life stories about girls who've solved their friendship problems round out this timely advice book. Full color.
Gottman draws on his studies of more than 120 families to zero in on the parenting techniques that ensure a child's emotional health. He then translates his methods into an easy, five-step "emotional coaching" program designed to help parents enrich the bond between themselves and their children.
Passion. It's the fuel for success, for dreams, for life. But too many teens focus their energy and passion on the wrong thing-the wrong person. Dateable pulls no punches in telling teens the truth about dating while also directing their passion toward a greater purpose in life. Teen relationships seldom last, the authors point out, so why should ...
They were known as the Firefly Lane girls -- a single, inseparable unit. On the surface, they were as opposite as two people could be. Kate, doomed to be uncool, had a loving family. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, had a secret home life that was destroying her. The best friends promise to be there for each other forever -- and for thirty ...
A teenaged victim of AIDS recounts her battle with the disease in her diary, describing her first love, the night she was date-raped, her diagnosis of AIDS, and her thoughts and dreams.
With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one last, glorious time, in a dazzling, fearless novel about a summer that will forever change the lives of Lena, Carmen, Bee, and Tibby.
According to the author, adolescence is a time when girls begin to separate from their parents, emotionally, and intellectually. Their source of guidance distanced, they often turn to readily available authorities--the media, mass marketing, and their peers--for advice. The messages can be damaging and often result in a dramatic loss of self ...
Johnny Gunther was only seventeen years old when he died of a brain tumor. During the months of his illness, everyone near him was unforgettably impressed by his level-headed courage, his wit and quiet friendliness, and, above all, his unfaltering patience through times of despair. This deeply moving book is a father's memoir of a brave, ...
"Language Disorders From Infancy Through Adolescence, 2e" provides students with the information needed to properly assess childhood language disorders and provide appropriate treatments. Using a developmental approach, the text covers language development from birth to adolescence. The book is divided into three sections: the first deals with ...
This mesmerizing account tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of 15, Michael Greenberg's daughter, Sally, was struck mad. Unsentimental and deeply humane, this work chronicles Sally's journey into and out of psychiatric wards and its effect on those closest to her.
High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are brilliantly explored in this smart, incisive ethnography. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, "Dude, You're a Fag" sheds new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. C. J. Pascoe's ...
When teen behavior crosses the line, frazzled parents need a reliable source of expert advice to help them take the situation in hand. Now they have one. Russell A. Barkley and Arthur L. Robin--award-winning researchers and coauthors of a leading book on defiant teens for therapists--have created a clinically proven self-help program that parents ...
The author of the bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series introduces the girls in a new sisterhood in this new series. Summer is a time to grow, and Polly, Joe, and Ama each sprout into young adulthood over the course of one summer.
[Reading Line] Activities to help you deal with anxiety and worry [Bullets] Control anxiety and feel calm in the face of everyday problems Develop a positive self-image Seek help when you need it
With contributions by the Raineys' children, this repacked edition dispels the fears that can come during the massive upheavals of adolescence and helps preteens anticipate issues they will face, avoid mistakes and temptations, and move confidently through their teenage years.
The American Psychiatric Association estimates that sixteen percent of children in the United States may have oppositional defiant disorder. These kids relentlessly push the boundaries set for them by authority figures. By exploring the mindset of O.D.D. children and explaining the way they operate, Dr. Douglas Riley teaches parents how to ...
Television personality Bill O'Reilly offers advice for children, grounding his observations in personal anecdotes and stories about friends. As far as alcohol is concerned, after several of his friends once disgusted him with their drunkenness, he swore off drinking for life. He also counsels against ingesting illicit drugs. In the informative sex ...
Aiming to make the transition to adulthood easier, this is a guide to Jay McGraw's "Ten Laws of Life" for teenagers. It deals with issues of popularity, peer pressure, ambition and ambivalence, helping teenagers to stay afloat in their pivotal years.
The experts from Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc. bring their time-tested techniques to teenage girls in order to help with the challenge of finding, developing, and enhancing great friendships during adolescence. Illustrations.
The Learning Tree brings us into the inner lives of a black family as they struggle to understand and accept--without malice--the bitter challenge of their special world. "A fine novel . . ".--Boston Herald.
This is a raw and powerful memoir not only of one woman's struggle to survive the streets but also of her ascent to the top ranks of the new Mafia, where the only people more dangerous than rival gangs were members of her own. At age five Sonia Rodriguez's stepfather began to abuse her; at 10 she was molested by her uncle and beaten by her mother ...
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Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
