self-control

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self-control

Managing yourself

how to control emotion, stress, and time
1984

Self-discipline

1996
When Zach's preoccupation with money leads to a tantrum at home, Plato the buffalo uses stories from classic literature to show him the importance of self-discipline.

Spark

Spark is a little dragon with a big problem--he can't control his fiery breath. Even practicing doesn't help. Will Spark ever be able to tame his flame?.

Rash

2006
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger management problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.

Self-discipline

2000
Explains the virtue of self-discipline, or controlling your actions, and describes ways to show your self-discipline at home, at school, and in the community.

Counting backwards

2012
After stealing a car and assaulting a police officer, Taylor is sent to a school that functions as a juvenile psychiatric correctional facility, where she struggles to hold onto her sanity as she battles her parents, therapists, and a group of nasty patients.

Shut out

2012
Fed up with the increasingly violent rivalry between the football and soccer teams at Hamilton High, Lissa and other players' girlfriends go on strike, but the girls will succeed only if their libidos can be controlled longer than the boys' can.

TMI

2009
Fifteen-year-old Becca has the habit of revealing too much personal information about herself and her friends, but when her boyfriend breaks up with her and she vows to stop "oversharing, " she does not realize that her blog postings are not nearly as anonymous as she thought.

Shut out

2011
Fed up with the increasingly violent rivalry between the football and soccer teams at Hamilton High, Lissa and other players' girlfriends go on strike, but the girls will succeed only if their libidos can be controlled longer than the boys' can.

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