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"In 2015, Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. But Josh Shipp didn't need Harvard to know that. Once an at-risk foster kid, he was headed straight for trouble until he met the man who changed his life: Rodney, the foster parent who refused to quit on Shipp and got him to believe in himself. Now, in The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage...
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Identifying good manners as an important social skill, this guide describes proper etiquette in such situations as being home with other family members, having a conversation, eating in the school cafeteria, greeting others, and practicing personal hygiene.
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These fifteen short stories by a writer the New York Times Book Review has called "one of the grand masters of young adult fiction" capture our fears, yearnings, loneliness, self-doubts, and universal need for love and acceptance M. E. Kerr's pioneering young adult literature has gained a devoted following for fearlessly breaking rules and confronting conformity. In Edge, her trademark gifts of pulling apart relationships, exposing real emotion, and...
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Bestselling author and pediatrician Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg provides important insights for parents and caregivers with this fully revised and updated fourth edition of his award winning book, Building Resilience in Children and Teens. This edition includes new information how strength-based relationships are critical to healthy development, especially for children who have endured toxic stress, adverse childhood events or experiences (ACEs), or trauma....
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"Hunter March has made a career out of interviewing creators about their lives all while putting his own life on the internet too. But what happens when the cameras turn off? Crushes turn to relationships and parents get divorced. Friendships are made and hearts are broken. Tests get flunked and dreams come true. Sometimes creators' real lives happen off-screen, and in TBH: 51 True Story Collabs, they happen on the page. With thousands of videos...
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Around the world, young people under the age of eighteen serve in militaries and as part of armed groups. Their experiences vary from carefully controlled, such as the stories of sixteen-year-old soldiers in the British Armed Forces, to harrowing, such as the cases of teens who are forced to take up arms or face violence to themselves or their families. This book spans the globe, looking at the experiences of young soldiers to contextualize their...
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"This title examines some of the diverse struggles that families face, offering helpful suggestions on how to cope, grow, and move forward. Features include an ask the expert section, tips on being healthy, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.
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"Bestselling and beloved author Rachel Macy Stafford tackles the modern-day stressors facing young people today and offers illuminating, straightforward strategies to help adults effectively and compassionately connect with the kids they love so they can guide them through a season of life at a time when the stakes are higher than ever"--
10) What do you expect? She's a teenager!: a hope and happiness guide for moms with daughters ages 11-19
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Body Image. Drugs. Alcohol. Sex. Stress. You know your daughter has a lot to deal with. But short of being with her 24/7, how can you help? The ultimate preparation manual and survival guide for moms with tween or teen girls, What Do You Expect? She's a Teenager! is a portable problem-solver, a manual for surviving and thriving with your daughter. Written by Arden Greenspan-Goldberg, a nationally known family and marriage psychotherapist specializing...
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Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Rainey's address the most common traps of adolescence and teach young people how to avoid making poor choices. Short, concise chapters are filled with engaging illustrations and practical applications....
12) Adolescentes: Guía para padres y madres de la crianza positiva y sin perjuicios de hijos adolesce
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¿Te has preguntado si estás tomando las decisiones correctas cuando se trata de criar a tu hijo adolescente?
En los últimos años, ha habido mucha confusión sobre el papel que los niños y las niñas juegan en nuestra sociedad. Es fácil ver por qué los padres se quedan con muchas preguntas sin respuesta cuando de criar a sus hijos se trata.
Criar a los adolescentes de la manera correcta a través de una crianza positiva puede ayudarlos a convertirse...
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This updated second edition of The Owner's Guide to the Teenage Brain tells us why 'we are as we are' in the teenage years. It shows teenagers how to get the most out of these years, helps parents understand and provides tips for parents on coping with their sons and daughters as they move towards adulthood. Knowledge is power. Teenagers who take that power will cope better with the exciting changes and challenges that face them.
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El cuarto de un adolescente suele parecerse a la cueva de un oso, un lugar donde se nota el olor de tabaco y, quizá, también de hachís...
Los padres no siempre saben cómo reaccionar ni qué actitud adoptar ante sus hijos, sobre todo cuando ellos mismos han consumido cannabis cuando eran jóvenes. Este libro aborda un gran número de preguntas que se hacen a propósito de las mal llamadas drogas blandas:
• ¿Se debe tolerar una sustancia ilegal,...
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Key strategies for parents of teens in the crucial window before that "launch" into the real world. Learn how to set them up for success through effective communication, valuing and cultivating their unique strengths, and empowering versus control. Help your teens build a strong personal leadership foundation that will enable them to live successful, independent lives of purpose, integrity, and impact.
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Adolescentes
Y sus Cosas
Los niños frecuentemente copian lo que ven. Son buenos aprendices y están programados para ser exactamente eso. Una vez que pueden caminar tienen unos diez años para aprender tanto como puedan antes de que se les de mucha libertad para caminar solos en el mundo. Esto difiere de país en país y de siglo en siglo, pero el principio es el mismo.
Aunque la mayoría de los niños son duramente supervisados durante esos diez...
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Aunque muchos padres temen la llegada de la adolescencia, esta no tiene por qué convertirse en un periodo complicado a pesar de que muchos jóvenes tengan a veces un comportamiento difícil.
La adolescencia no es un momento de cambio sin más, sino que se trata de un complejo proceso de transformación biológica que lleva a la persona a transitar desde el niño que deja atrás hasta el adulto que llegará a ser. Así, esta etapa debe entenderse...
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This humorous short 32-page read gives you the answer to the least expensive way to get from point A to point B in any country. Hitchhiking. The only thing needed now is a desire to be carefree and throw "caution to the wind." Once that desire hits, you must make detailed plans and consider contingencies to that plan, especially if
👍 You have no money.
👍 You have no way to the highway in the first place.
Successful hitchhiking takes
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Cuando empecé a escribirte no sabías leer. Ahora que lees lo que otros escritores escriben, quisiera, un poco ansiosa y un poco tímidamente, que transitaras este puentecito de papel y tinta que tiendo hacia ti, que nos encontrásemos en el medio, las dos ya de la misma altura, las dos ya calzando el mismo número de zapatos, las dos habiendo sufrido parecidos dolores, tú creciendo, yo tratando de volver hacia atrás, a los territorios del eterno...
20) Verónica crece
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Ay, niña que creces, mi Verónica. Ya vamos conversando por la calle, a pasos iguales, deteniéndonos frente a las mismas vidrieras, codeándonos para avisarnos que hay que mirar a cualquiera que pasa, riéndonos de las mismas cosas, tú mucho más aguda, más profunda, más capaz de bucear en los seres y en los paisajes, dándome a cada rato un universo diferente y nuevo, que yo sola jamás hubiera podido descubrir.
Ay, niña que creces, mi Verónica,...
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