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Through the challenges of raising five young children, Susan Alexander Yates realized the need for an honest, practical book that helps parents. This best-selling book has helped thousands handle common struggles such as priorities, discipline, and fatigue. Yates is honest about parenting frustrations, yet encourages parents, offering a biblical perspective on shaping a Christian home.

These are no longer the happy days for kids in America. School shootings, drugs and alcohol, and premature promiscuous sex are only symptoms of a toxic culture run rampant. Let's face the fact that the Disney song "It's a Small World After All" no longer hold true. It is a big world and a dangerous world for kids growing up today. Raising Teens in a Toxic World is a guidebook to help parents navigate their way through the passage we call adolescence. Its goal is not to tell parents what to think. Its goal is to get them to think...to parent consciously...and confidently.

Throughout his long and varied career as an educator, Steve Schmitz has been told one story, and asked one question, more than any other: I know my child is in grade trouble at school, Dr. Schmitz, and it's making my life hellish at home. I've tried everything, and nothing works. What do I do now? To keep household conflict from escalating, and to show concerned parents how to be part of the solution, Schmitz put down in book form all the successful advice he's been dispensing for thirty years.

This short article that you are about to read has become, without my intending it to be, the most controversial thing I have ever written. It is about a bus trip I took to the Gulf of Mexico, sponsored by my kid's school - with about fifty pre-teens and first-year teenagers on board - as well as three or four parents and teachers... who all made the mistake of sitting in the front of the bus, where they were blind to what was going on behind them. I was the only one who sat in the back, and who had a clear view ahead of everything that was happening.....

The quinceañera, the 15th birthday celebration for a Latina girl, is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns, extravagant catered meals, DJs, limousines, and multi-tiered cakes. The must haves for a "quince" are becoming as numerous and costly as a prom or wedding. And yet, this elaborate ritual also hearkens back to traditions from native countries and communities, offering young Latinas a chance to connect with their heritage.

Springtime in the Country is a collection of short stories that are based on the author's personal experiences of growing up and coming of age in Russia. Set in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, the stories offer some memorable episodes from the author's childhood and youth, his mandatory military service, and his work that took him all over the country. The author shares with the listener the fabric of those days long gone by, and shows a myriad of funny, quirky yet deeply human characters that the author met personally - all those people who enriched his life, and the memory of whom prompted him to write this book in the first place.

When did that sudden gap divide your home into territories staked and claimed with music blasting through the halls, and fists banging on doors to turn down the stereo/TV/video game? Teens, when did you start seeing your parents as your enemies instead of your heroes? And parents, when did you start seeing your teens as crazy little demons instead of your loving children?

Would you like your teen to listen to you? Would you like to trust that your teen is making good decisions? Would you like to know how to help your teen break old bad habits and establish healthy new ones—for life? Well now you can! Internationally acclaimed speaker and author Dawn Jones presents Self Esteem Skills for Teenagers. You’ll see why Dawn believes, as Oprah Winfrey does, that our words toward ourselves and others have great impact on self-esteem and self-confidence.

With increasing urgency, the plight of the American family grips the national conscience. The family courts are often our society's last safety net to prevent disaster. In this penetrating exposé of the inner workings of the U.S. family court system, two award-winning journalists provide an intimate look at the lives of the children whose fate it decides.

Un'analisi del rapporto padre/figlio nell'adolescenza in un testo scritto a quattro mani e due voci ben distinte. Un padre psicoanalista prende spunto dai racconti del figlio (il quale è nella realtà e nel libro uno scrittore "giovanilista" molto interessante) per commentare i passi più difficili del rapporto. I capitoli saggistici e narrativi si alternano, in un audiolibro-dialogo tutt'altro che tradizionale.

Pubertät ist, wenn Eltern anfangen, schwierig zu werden, sage die einen. Es sind alles nur die Hormone, sagen die anderen. Und was sagen Experten dazu? Zwei führende Hirnforscher erzählen in diesem Hörbuch, warum es überhaupt so etwas wie "Pubertät" gibt und was sich im Gehirn von 13 bis 15-Jährigen tut. Die beiden Psychiater gehen auf die Frage ein, warum junge Menschen fast über Nacht widerspenstig und für die Eltern so schwierig werden.

Unser Grundvertrauen in unsere Kinder ist viel entscheidender als die aktuellen Schulprobleme, oder andere Probleme. Was ist meine Haltung meinem Kind/meinem Jugendlichen gegenüber? Müssen sie alles machen so wie ich mir das vorstellen, und erst dann können meine Kinder mein Vertrauen haben? - Das ist eine wichtig philosophische Übung. Denn man muss sich auch als Kind/Jugendlicher fragen: Will ich meine Eltern zufrieden machen, oder finde ich meinen eigenen Weg?

Anstrengende Kinder besitzen besonders ausgeprägte Eigenschaften, die im Erwachsenenalter sehr geschätzt werden: Willensstärke, Ausdauer und Sensitivität. Bei Kindern und Jugendlichen führen diese Gaben oftmals zu Schwierigkeiten auf ihrem Weg durch Kindergarten, Schule und alle Institutionen, die Anpassung, Flexibilität und Selbstkontrolle erfordern. Ihre Erziehung führt Eltern immer wieder an ihre Grenzen und vor viele Fragen: Was kann ich tun, um meinem Kind eine unbeschwerte Kindheit zu ermöglichen?

Computersucht, Komasaufen, Schulmüdigkeit - selten gibt es positive Schlagzeilen über Jugendliche. Und das, obwohl die Mehrheit selbstbewusst, verantwortungsvoll und mit viel Eigeninitiative in die Welt startet. Mit Jugendjahre wollen Remo H. Largo und Monika Czernin Verständnis für die Jugendlichen und ihre schwierigen Entwicklungsaufgaben wecken und den Blick dafür schärfen, dass sie es sind, in deren Händen die Zukunft liegt.

Michela ha 16 anni ed è una studentessa diligente. Ma un giorno è tentata dall'idea di copiare il compito di italiano, ingannando i genitori e l'insegnante che tanto la stimano. È sabato sera e Riccardo ha appena preso la patente. Gli amici lo invitano a bere: ma lui è consapevole dei rischi che corre mettendosi alla guida dopo aver bevuto. Cosa fare? Sono due esempi di scelte che quotidianamente gli adolescenti affrontano, alle prese tra bisogni e desideri personali da un lato, e principi e norme dall'altro.

Perché gli adolescenti sono tristi? Da che cosa deriva il loro senso perenne di inadeguatezza nei confronti del mondo che li circonda? Come si articolano, e come si confrontano, esperienze psicopatologiche ed esperienze creative? Quali sono gli orizzonti problematici della psichiatria oggi? Sono inconciliabili tra loro, o sono possibili reciproche influenze? Sappiamo riconoscere il valore umano della malattia? Queste e altre domande articolano una riflessione sulle passioni fragili che appartengono alla nostra vita e alla nostra crescita.

Sfrontati e fragili, ostili e desiderosi di affetto, gli adolescenti rappresentano una sfida per gli adulti, ma soprattutto per loro stessi, alle prese come sono con la difficile costruzione del proprio io e del proprio ruolo sociale. Anche se alcuni drammatici fatti di cronaca sembrano insondabili è compito degli adulti capire. Ogni generalizzazione produce soltanto pregiudizi e la "miscela" dell'adolescenza, per non diventare esplosiva, richiede adulti coerenti nell'esempio e nella guida, capaci di attenzione e di rispetto.

Hier geht’s ums Älterwerden. Aber keine Angst: Sie sind nicht allein! Ohne ein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen spricht Kai Wiesinger über alles, was einen Mann in der Mitte des Lebens überrollt. Mal ehrlich: Haben Sie die Schriftgröße Ihres Handys schon geändert? Das ist erst der harmlose Einstieg in den sicheren Abstieg. Plötzlich stellen sich ganz neue Fragen: Wie geht es eigentlich meiner Prostata? Soll ich mir die Haare färben, und wie fühlt sich eine Darmspiegelung an? Schlafen wir nur noch aus Gewohnheit nebeneinander, und wie sinnvoll ist eine Paartherapie.

After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Distilling lessons and sharing stories (some cautionary, some entertaining, all helpful) from her long college advisory career, three-time Ivy League Dean Monique Rinere presents a unique month-by-month road map to a college experience that is rich, rewarding, and successful for teens and parents alike.

In this paradigm-shifting book, Jonathan Catherman shares with adults raised in the 1900s a fresh look at guiding 21st century youth to become confident and capable adults. With relevant research and real-world examples, Catherman shows us the benefits of practicing and teaching four principles that will unite and empower us all.