Age groups: adolescents Books

Raising Daughters Who Refuse to SettleIn a culture that emphasizes finding the right pair of jeans over waiting for the right man, there is no time to sit back and hope everything just pans out. Mom, you are your daughter’s greatest influence,...

Turn Up the Music is a call to action for parents. For decades, parents have asked youth to turn down the music, but instead should be asking them to turn it up. Parents need to hear what music is saying to their children so they can talk to them about...

A collection of adolescent poetry about love, family, darkness and hope.

Like yesteryear's crazy uncle in the attic stories, almost every family today is dealing with one or more of its adolescent members who are at risk of being incarcerated. For middle class and single working parents in particular, time and money are...

Ce livre traite de la confiance en soi, comme le suggère le sujet, mais il est écrit spécialement pour les jeunes adultes en pleine maturité. Comment développer l'amour de soi ?Comment faites-vous face au doute de...

Ein Handbuch für Leiter, die jungen Singles helfen wollen einen Blick darauf zu werfen, wer sie sind, wo sie hingehen und wie sie ihre Freundschaften und Beziehungen beurteilen können.Der Kurs beinhaltet 9 flexible Einheiten, die über 9 Wochen oder...

Ranging across both published and anecdotal evidence, Pharmakon traces thestory of drug use as a means of self-exploration. By examining apparentlysimple questions such as 'what is a drug?', Pharmakon deconstructs andreconstructs the idea of drug...

Winner of a 2022-2023 Reader Views Literary Award for humor!Andrew McKinney seems to have it made: an important job, a great wife and three wonderful children. But when his two daughters become teenagers, life turns upside down. It's as if aliens have...

We Know is a collection of stories that explores how we experience the normalization of violence growing up in our culture, especially with food choices. It invites people of all ages to explore how they learned about our use of animals,...

"I'm Not a Baby Anymore!" is a story that every parent can relate to as their child begins to express their independence. This story captures the summer events between Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Lester and two grandchildren, cousins Camera and Anthony. In...

After working in the juvenile facilities for 4 years, it was then when I realized our teenagers were in crisis. I'm speaking about teenagers from all nationality from the urban city to the suburban community teenagers who went to public schools and...

       In this guide for parents and aspiring mentors, longtime youth mentor and parent, Scott Whitehead lays out the six pillars of support for raising and fostering a meaningful relationship with a child. Dedicating...

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to the development of communication and language in infancy and childhood. It integrates insights from both typical and atypical development to reveal the fundamental aspects of human growth and...

A Journey to the Middle: How I embraced mediocrity and failed to turn my old vacuum into a rocket ship is a book of essays. The stories range from the true to the absurd. Many are about coming of age and family, but the author also touches on mental...

The Subconscious Mind: An IntroductionWelcome to a fascinating journey into the depths of your mind - a realm that holds immense power and potential to transform your life. In this subchapter, we will delve into the mysteries of the subconscious mind,...

Tiu ĉi libreto estas scenaro por televidludoj. Ĝi pritraktas problemojn de adoleskantoj en la nuntempa Kubo. / Este libro es un material audiovisual para la televisión. Refleja como problema principal los celos de los adolescentes en la Cuba...

Traditional medicine devalues and demeans anything natural as quackery. Angela Tsounis' original best-selling book ended with a "What if?": what if there was some natural therapy that could help her daughter, who was diagnosed with Bipolar...

Help free your teen from impulsive responses today!Are you concerned about how your teen is navigating their adolescent years?Have their emotions gotten the best of them, causing damage to their relationships?Do they seem lost and overwhelmed by the...

Navigate the realm of parenting through the tumultuous teenage years.Are you raising a teenager?Have you tried everything to get them to listen, but nothing seems to work?Do you want to get their attention, help them understand themselves better, and...

This is not a sob story. It's a story about the difficulties of growing into manhood and my own particular struggle with disabling anxiety that came along with it, and how I managed to find my way. That was more than fifty years ago. American life was...

The Untold Story of the Real Me is a collection of poems written by young people who were charged and incarcerated as adults at the age of 16 or 17. All poets are members of the Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop; many are currently...

Miss Julie is the founder and director of Christ for Kids Ministries. Julie started this ministry after Jesus set her free and escape a cult. She holds a Master's Degree in Social Work from Roberts Wesleyan (2001), and earned her cosmetology license in...

Are You Ready to Stand Tall From the Inside?Angie Clucas was born with Russell-Silver syndrome, a condition that affects normal growth.Due to this, she was born smaller than most and with some physical differences. Despite growing up in a warm, loving...

Ignite Your Life For Parents is a compilation of incredibly powerful stories of parents from across the globe.  The stories demonstrate how we can take ownership of their lives and use our parenting experiences to step into true freedom, authentic...

If you are willing to make your life more organized and move towards your goal easily, then keep reading.Just imagine if you could ever have a start-over in your life. Similar to the video games, you could just press one small button and "restart the...

How do we support young teen girls through the challenges of growing up and the tricky years of adolescence? How can we help them unleash their power?Many tween and teen girls are struggling with low self-esteem, anxiety and confidence issues,...

The Orenda approach: We describe the foundational base and health and education process to interface science and health learning for vulnerable adolescents, who live in extreme urban poverty in the US, 'the forgotten children', to manage emotional and...

The introduction of the psychological construct of self-efficacy is widely acknowledged as one of the most important developments in the history of psychology.Today, it is simply not possible to explain phenomena such as human motivation, learning,...

The introduction of the psychological construct of self-efficacy is widely acknowledged as one of the most important developments in the history of psychology.Today, it is simply not possible to explain phenomena such as human motivation, learning,...

Finding me—and Them: Stories of Assimilation is a collection of ten stories. They are autobiographical. They are nonfiction. They are fiction based on fact. Each story tells the author’s life as an individual with or (fictional) without a...

For those of you who may remember the story from the Bible of the prodigal son, some of the chapters in this book may stir your memory to recall that parable. Then again, maybe some of you have led similar lives, as did this author. Whether either of the...

For as long as there have been families, parent-child relationships have been the cause for happiness and, perhaps as often, a source of stress, distress and grief. The beauty of fusion frequently disintegrates into the calamity of fission as childhood...

The Never Ending Love story is a heartwarming tale of the eternal love a mother has for her child. Children are loved long before they are conceived and long after their parents' transition. One is blessed beyond measure if they have experienced being...

This fourth story of Mary Jane's faithful journey will give you a glimpse into a young girl's heart and how her love for God drives her to succeed in every area of her life . . . and in every season. Christmas especially promises to be quite a...

A Child Learns That Christmas Has More Than One Meaning... Christmas is Nathan's favorite time of year. His dad, Chuck, loves Christmas, and it's so much fun to hear stories, learn traditions, and most of all...to wait for Santa Claus! Or at least, that...

Straight Talk for Teenage Girls gives sensible ideas and information on subjects that all girls must face as they mature. The book gives girls a variety of answers to help them face pressures from friends, boys, and life. Teen girls need help in dealing...

This book adds critical and social perspectives to Vygotsky's initial principles to expand his legacy to global contemporary needs such as a critical reflection from the perspective of social change, ethical-political situations of action power, and...

Teenagers have more potential than they realize. Our schools are not helping them "learn how to learn."This book will help them:learn to express themselves.discover a quiet faith and confidence.learn to think and act on the value of their own thinking...