self-esteem in adolescence

Offers principles for raising healthy girls and suggests exercises for parents and teachers designed to help them bolster self-esteem in girls.

Guide to raising children who are confident, motivated, and caring, uses emotional coaching to teach children to respond appropriately to their feelings.

Describes the importance of getting to know oneself, thinking about consequences before taking actions, and caring enough to say no to things that could be harmful or have negative effects on one's life.

Discusses various aspects of low self-esteem, how it can lead to drug abuse, the negative consequences, and where to get help for such a problem.

Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities students talk about social, racial, religious, and sexual diversity in the United States.

Teaches young girls how to feel good about themselves, discussing self-confidence, integrity, friends, physical and mental health, drugs, suicide, and much more. Includes related activities.

Outlines twenty-three strategies aimed at helping teenagers who want to be successful.

Addresses a variety of issues Asian American teenage girls and young women face in the early twenty-first century; and includes comments by women from across the United States.

"How many times have you looked back on your teenage years and cringed, wishing you could offer your younger self some guidance? This book of nearly 70 letters by top young adult authors -- including bestselling writers Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder -- does just that, and today's teens will benefit." --Publisher's website.