Adolescence category: 1257 books
Crashproof Your Kids
Make Your Teen a Safer, Smarter Driver
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
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 getting their license, and a significant...
by Marie Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
An upbuilding book for young mothers that discusses the responsibilities, independence, and rewards of motherhood.
Each chapter helps to build motivation and self-esteem, guiding young women towards fulfilling such goals as completing an education, starting a career, and providing a comfortable...
by Dr. Mama Love
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Be afraid; be very afraid your lovable, agreeable child has become a teen. It's a parent's worst nightmare. As a parent of a teenager you will find that there are certain rules that we as parents must abide by in order to survive. Most of us will learn the hard way. I have compiled 1,000 tips that...
Live Through This
A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
An “achingly beautiful” memoir about a mother’s mission to rescue her two teenage daughters from the streets and bring them back home (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
After a miserably failed marriage, Debra Gwartney moves with her four young daughters to Eugene, Oregon, for a new job...
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition
A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
"It seems like everyone else has the script. Everyone else knows what's happening and I look around and say, Duh."
Of course, the truth is that no one has the script because there is no script to follow. Chances are you'd find that almost everyone else has questions and worries a lot like yours,...
Real Wired Child
What parents need to know about kids online
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
How can you protect your kids if you don't know where they are?
Few parents would let their children wander the streets at all hours or meet with strangers, but kids do that and more on the internet without even leaving their bedrooms.
Do you know the people your daughter chats with online every night?...
by Michael Parlee
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
As an older foster child, Andrew longed for the day when hed be adopted by a real family because they loved him and wanted him to be part of their family unit. Until that day dawned, like many other foster kids, he lived with the stigma that he was kept by his foster parents to generate income for...
Summary of The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Summary of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green | Includes Analysis Preview: The Fault in Our Stars is a novel by award winning author John Green. The novel is about Hazel Grace Lancaster. Hazel has thyroid cancer that has metastasized to her lungs. Although her cancer is fatal,...
by Jeannine Studer
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Jeannine R. Studer’s The Essential School Counselor in a Changing Society offers a practical approach to helping students understand the methods and standards in contemporary school counseling. Integrating the new ASCA model as well as the CACREP Standards across all areas of school counseling practice,...
Taking Care of Your Girls
A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
The real facts about your “girls” and how to take care of them
“Well, all my friends think they will never have breasts—and it’s not funny—because a lot of girls feel this way.”
—Elena, 13
“I went up two sizes over summer break! I started seventh grade with a ‘C’...
Back off Bullies!
Bob Back off Bullies
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Bobbi world turned upside down when her mother decided to move her to a better school; little did she know that moving her daughter has open up problems that Bobbi had never faced before bullying! Bobbi timed how she would walk up and down the hallways; even walking home was a planned event everyday...
by Richard Wasenius
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Emily Brown and Colin Archer, together with their parents, share employment on the farms of Lord Heny Tweed., a wealthy land owner. This is a story of two teenagers sharing common interests in community life who explore the ethical and moral conduct of adults. Through a combination of shared adventures,...
The Making of Men
Raising boys to be happy, healthy and successful
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2013
As parents, we all want our boys to grow up to be happy, healthy and successful. For this to happen, it’s vital we understand their world, their challenges, and how our relationship with them must change as they become young men.
Using real-life examples, parenting expert Dr Arne Rubinstein...
Easing Their Stress
Helping Our Girls Thrive in the Age of Pressure
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Today’s teenage girls are in a pressure cooker of expectation. They are told to excel in academics, juggle extracurricular activities, become popular, look great and get into an elite college. As a result they are experiencing debilitating stress that threatens their health and well-being,...