aggressiveness in adolescence

Bullying—whether online or face-to-face—can be an incredibly hurtful experience, often with serious (or even deadly)consequences for the teen being targeted. Teens and Bullying explores the real-life choices teens face as they develop an understanding of risks and consequences and of right and wrong.

Presents students with steps to take to respond to bullying.

Presents students with concrete steps to take to respond to bullying.

Analyzes how American culture views girlhood, exploring how the media has begun to focus on girls' meanness to other girls instead of trying to positively influence girls' independence and self-esteem and how those portrayals affect the way girls view themselves.

Explains why many pre-teens are cruel to their peers and offers advice to parents on how to help adolescents survive this difficult period in their lives.

Explores how emotional violence in the classroom and on the playground can affect a child's self esteem and learning abilities and offers strategies designed to help protect children from bullying and harassment.

"This book has two goals: 1) to help parents recognize aggressive behavior in their children and act before it becomes a problem, and 2) to show parents how they can teach their children to stop using negative aggressive behaviors and learn new positive behaviors"--P. 3.

Explores social and scientific theories about the causes of aggression and suggests several strategies for coping with it.