Gilbert, Sara D

Suggests how to recognize and admit the need for help with various problems in life and how to locate help in such areas as mental health, substance addiction, family problems, legal matters, money, education, and physical health.

Suggests organizational methods to budget your time.

Discusses what it means to be smart, how intelligence and talent vary from one person to another, and how to make the best of the brain you have.

Examines the American diet and offers teenagers advice on eating nutritiously. Also discusses the reliability of government protection and the world food crisis.

Discusses some social, psychological, and physiological reasons why people get fat, examines some popular diets, and advises young adults on losing weight.

Discusses the different aspects of being uncomfortable or afraid when speaking in the classroom, the reasons for such problems, and ways of dealing with them effectively.

Lists voluntary organizations which perform a wide variety of useful services and which welcome the assistance of young people, and explains how worthwhile it is to "get involved.".