life skills guides

Provides information and guidance for immigrant teenagers, discussing such topics as cultural identity, challenges to expect in a new culture, and making the most of the experience.

Encourages teenagers to talk about what is bothering them with adults and their peers and explains how voicing their worries can help them overcome their problems and find reasonable solutions.

Offers teenage girls advice on dealing with the many issues they face, including stress, depression, menstruation, sex, pregnancy, rape, drugs, school, friendships, dating, and discrimination.

This book, focusing on money and finances, explains the changes that divorce brings to a family, including custody issues, child support, living arrangements, visitation rights, and other problems.

Presents 297 tips for working moms designed to help them balance work, home, family, and personal responsibilities.

The author examines why some children succeed in adulthood and other do not and suggests that schools should put less emphasis on college prep courses and concentrate more on what adolescents will need in order to make an effective transition into adulthood.

Offers guidance and advice on social interaction for tweens and teens with Asperger's syndrome.

Presents a comprehensive guide for parents with special needs' children that provides strategies for helping them to develop the skills necessary to be independent.

Uses real-life examples and five basic moral principles to encourage teens to make the right choices in various situations related to friends, family, school, and relationships.

Describes seven habits teenagers can cultivate to help them improve their self-images, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve goals, get along with parents, and make other positive changes in their lives.