Adolescence category: 1257 books
by Barbara Castle-Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
As South Africa grew into democracy, so too did the author grow into wholeness and authenticity.The challenges she met in the 60s are still those faced by gay people today… how to tell their folks, when to ‘confess’ to their friends, what to tell their employers, and more.Should you be lucky...
by Brian K. Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
Johnny Hendricks, son and grandson of traditional Christian pastors in Grand Rapids, graduates from college and gets the calling to create a youth mission in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Soon after he arrives, he finds himself embroiled in a controversy dividing the city of Hancock right down...
Shades of White
White Kids and Racial Identities in High School
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2002
What does it mean to be young, American, and white at the dawn of the twenty-first century? By exploring this question and revealing the everyday social processes by which high schoolers define white identities, Pamela Perry offers much-needed insights into the social construction of race and whiteness...
by Joy Buckley
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Adams Amazing Earth Suit is a sweet and whimsical story of a character named Adam. His experience, detailed within the book, may open doors for discussion about the mysteries of life and death with children that have lost a loved one.
The Art of Asking
Wie ich aufhörte, mir Sorgen zu machen, und lernte, mir helfen zu lassen
Language: German
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Um Hilfe zu bitten fällt uns oft schwer, weil wir Angst haben, schwach und bedürftig zu scheinen. Eine völlig falsche Sichtweise, meint Amanda Palmer. Die Musikerin ist eine wahre Expertin darin, sich helfen zu lassen, bat sie doch bei unzähligen Gelegenheiten um die Unterstützung ihrer Fans....
The Making of a Teenage Service Class
Poverty and Mobility in an American City
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
In The Making of a Teenage Service Class, Ranita Ray uncovers the pernicious consequences of focusing on risk behaviors such as drug use, gangs, violence, and teen parenthood as the key to ameliorating poverty. Ray recounts the three years she spent with sixteen poor black and brown youth, documenting...
by Diane Orme
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
When Samantha Bryant loses her job teaching high school English, she thinks her future as an educator is non-existent. That is, until one of her graduating students, Cameron Steadman, assures her his father can get her a job at his school. Over the summer, he and Samantha become friends, until she...
by Noo Writer
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
This is the letter I sent my amazing, incredible daughter on her 18th birthday, with my thoughts on this major event in her life.
by Viktoria Ter-Nikoghosyan
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
IS THERE A SHORTCUT TO YOUR TEEN'S EMOTIONAL BRAIN? What if learning a simple formula will get your teen to listen and cooperate, almost instantly and without resistance? Can you imagine going from hopeless struggle to never having to worry about your teen now or in the future while saving money and...
De chica a chica
Una charla sincera sobre el crecimiento y el cuerpo en proceso de cambio
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 3, 2016
«Un libro maravilloso para niñas de entre 8 y 12 años. Esta guía precisa, tranquilizadora y clara es uno de los mejores regalos que podemos dar a las jovencitas que hay en nuestras vidas, sobre todo en unos tiempos en que acceden a tanta información falsa por Internet.»
Judy Norsigian, directora...
Taking Flight
Mastering Executive Function - How a Mother and Son Transformed Academic Struggles into Collegiate Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
What should we do when our children struggle academically? Should we let them fail so they’ll learn from their mistakes and do better next time? Perhaps. But what if they lack the organizational tools to succeed?
Carolyn Carpeneti’s son had effectively coped with learning differences through...
Fratelli in adozione e affidamento. Il diritto alla fratellanza e la continuità degli affetti nella relazione fraterna biologica e sociale
Il diritto alla fratellanza e la continuità degli affetti nella relazione fraterna biologica e sociale
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Il volume sottolinea il valore della fratellanza e il diritto dei fratelli, nel rispetto della continuità degli affetti, a non essere separati nei percorsi di affidamento e adozione. Un testo per gli operatori che lavorano nel mondo dell’adozione, che si trovano quotidianamente ad affrontare decisioni...
by Federica Lanna, Sarah Bernini
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Questa raccolta di filastrocche è nata dall’idea iniziale di rivisitare in chiave moderna un classico della favolistica, Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie, l'autrice lo scrisse quando aveva 17 anni: Alice non sarebbe più stata sbalzata in un magico mondo delle meraviglie a causa di un Bianconiglio...
Adolescenti all'improvviso
60 dritte per genitori spiazzati
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 21, 2016
L’adolescenza non è una malattia che deve portare con sé sensi di colpa, urla, sofferenze di genitori e figli, ma una splendida stagione della vita in cui i ragazzi possono maturare e imparare a non essere più condizionati dal loro carattere. È una stagione che richiede un rapido aggiornamento...