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Teen-Proofing Fostering Responsible Decision Making in Your Teenager

Author: John Rosemond
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Keywords: making, teenager, decision, responsible, proofing, fostering, teen
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2000-09-15
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0740710214
ISBN-13: 9780740710216

Parents can protect toddlers--with their maximum mobility and minimum logic--by pasting plastic on electrical outlets and putting poisons out of reach. But protecting teenagers is not so simple, says family psychologist and author of Raising a Nonviolent Child John Rosemond. "Short of solitary confinement, you can’t guarantee that a teen won’t use drugs, shoplift, drink or crash the car. In the final analysis, teens must protect themselves." Rosemond’s Teen-Proofing provides parents with tough-love strategies for managing teens so they make self-protective, rather than self-d

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To Be a Boy, to Be a Reader: Engaging Teen and Preteen Boys in Active Literacy

Author: William G. Brozo
Publisher: International Reading Association
Keywords: active, literacy, boys, preteen, engaging, teen, reader
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-02
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0872071758
ISBN-13: 9780872071759

When it comes to reading, teen and preteen boys are your toughest students. Now, solutions are at hand in this one-of-a-kind book that offers ideas for using literature with positive male archetypes to motivate boys to read and capture their unique imaginations. Author Brozo defines several such archetypes and shares instructional vignettes in which teachers across the curriculum develop innovative strategies and activities using young adult books with these archetypes. He also shows you how to work with adults in the community to positively influence boys’ literacy behavior and create c

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Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years

Author: Patty Cogen
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Keywords: together, teen, years, hours, first, internationally, adopted, child, parenting
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2008-04-20
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1558323260
ISBN-13: 9781558323261

In this book, child and family therapist Patty Cogen, M.A., Ed.D. guides parents in promoting an internationally adopted child’s social and emotional adjustment, explaining how to help a child adopted between the ages of six months and five years bond with his or her new parents, become a part of the family, and develop a positive self-image that incorporates both American identity and ethnic origins. Other topics include how (and why) to tell the child’s story from the child’s point of view; how to handle sleep problems and resistance to household rules; and how to encourage

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Stress 101: An Overview for Teens (Teen Overviews)

Authors:Margaret O. Hyde, Elizabeth H. Forsyth,
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
Keywords: overviews, teen, teens, overview, stress
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2007-12-15
List price: $27.93
ISBN-10: 0822567881
ISBN-13: 9780822567882

Tests, rules, team tryouts, dating, injuries, illnesses, bullies--stress is with young adults every day. This highly readable book looks at the causes and consequences of stress, covering topics such as the health effects of stress, stresses specifically faced by teens, and practical advice on how to manage stress.

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Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers:

Authors:Gale W. Sherman, Bette D. Ammon,
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: teen, readers, reluctant, reads, roaring, rip
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 1993-11-15
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 156308094X
ISBN-13: 9781563080944

Selected for their high interest, appealing formats, appropriate reading levels, outstanding writing, and popularity, these contemporary, spellbinding titles (20 for grades 5-8 and 20 for grades 9-12) reflect a variety of genres and themes that will encourage lifelong literacy. Given for each title are genre and themes, review citations, author information, plot summary, reading and interest rankings, booktalks, literature extensions, alternative book report suggestions, and reproducible bookmarks that suggest further reading.