dealing with the parents, teachers, coaches, and counselors who can make--or break--your child's future
Wiseman, Rosalind
2006
Offers parents advice on how to effectively deal with parents, coaches, teachers, and counselors whose involvement, peer pressure, and opinions can make or break a child's future.
Presents advice for parents on talking to their teenaged children about sex, covering such topics as teen pregnancy, infections and diseases, relationships, and sexual development, expression, and pleasure; and includes example dialogues.
one family's struggle to help their teenage son come to terms with his sexuality
Schwartz, John
2012
John Schwartz reflects on his and his wife's efforts to help their son understand his homosexual identity after he attempted to commit suicide. Schwartz details the major obstacles his family had to overcome along the way and reveals how they finally managed to move forward and build a better, more stable future for them all. Includes tips and advice for teens and parents in similar situations.
Presents a practical guide that addresses many of the tough issues teens and parents face, and offers advice to maintaining a positive dialogue that fostered mutual respect.
Provides parents with the latest facts, known risks, and divergent perspectives on alcohol, and helps them open the lines of communication with their children about the subject.
a practical guide to building her self-esteem and self-reliance
Bingham, Mindy
1995
Offers advice on raising a teenage daughter in the 1990s, with suggestions for helping girls develop important skills, recognize and build healthy relationships, communicate effectively, avoid teenage pregnancy, and more.
Follows eight adolescents over the course of several years in an attempt to find out what it is really like to be a teenager in the 1990s, exploring the world of school, discussing the individual issues each young person was dealing with, and looking at how the adolescent minds attempted to make sense of their own lives.
