Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Life Stages - Teenagers

This volume provides a rich history of Napa during the post-War years. An offspring of the Greatest Generation, this work by the first of the Baby Boomers is an important chronicle to read now, and for future generations.

The transition from high school to college is a significant turning point in life, but it can come with unique challenges if you are a student who is blind or visually impaired. The revised and updated College Bound helps students prepare for their new life in college, develop useful skills, and negotiate for and coordinate appropriate services. This large-print guide also includes strategies for organization, time management, research, studying, and self-advocacy. You'll also find information about college application procedures, navigating the web, and assistive technology....

In The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make, Sean Covey gives teens the advice they need to make informed decisions that will lead to long-term success and happiness. He shares guidance on the big issues in their lives, such as how to succeed in school, make good friends, get along with parents, wisely handle dating and sex, avoid or overcome addictions, build...

At the age of 17 only a week out from graduating from high school Maddy Ritchie was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma. She was given most likely three months to live and had to undergo 12 months of the most enduring and intense treatment regime to have some sort of chance at life. Through her horrific adversity she found hope and healing through writing, she is raw and real when it comes to the truth of cancer on the individual and the others that surround them. A young girl of feeling self conscious, lack of purpose, materialism and taking many things for...

Gear our youth with a strong foundation in truth and logic--at the same time let them see the personal and intimate God of the universe.

From a young age, 16-year-old Wendy Warland has maintained an unusual friendship with the spirit of a young woman named Sybil. With the help of her ghostly companion, Wendy makes regular visits to the Ashen Plains; a world teeming with spirits. For much of her life, Wendy's repeated visits to this world were nothing more than an escape from a mundane life, but now things are beginning to take a turn for the worse. Following a series of strange incidents at the orphanage where she resides, Wendy sets out in search of answers. As Wendy navigates the dark edges of the afterlife, she begins to...

The gender wage gap is one of the most persistent problems of labor markets and women's lives.

Most approaches to explaining the gap focus on adult employment despite the fact that many Americans begin working well before their education is completed. In her critical and compelling new book, The Cost of Being a Girl, Yasemin Besen-Cassino examines the origins of the gender wage gap by looking at the teenage labor force, where comparisons between boys and girls ought to show no difference, but do.

Besen-Cassino's findings are disturbing. Because of discrimination...

The gender wage gap is one of the most persistent problems of labor markets and women's lives.

Most approaches to explaining the gap focus on adult employment despite the fact that many Americans begin working well before their education is completed. In her critical and compelling new book, The Cost of Being a Girl, Yasemin Besen-Cassino examines the origins of the gender wage gap by looking at the teenage labor force, where comparisons between boys and girls ought to show no difference, but do.

Besen-Cassino's findings are disturbing. Because of discrimination...

No one taught us how to manage the enormity of parenthood – or how to teach our kids to cope with their feelings – especially during the rocky stages of adolescence.

The Teen Toolbox provides parents and teenagers with the tools to successfully navigate this vital stage of your relationship, while enabling you to enjoy, rather than endure, the journey. Inside this comprehensive parenting handbook, you will find:

• POINTERS that will help you better connect with your teenage child


• EXERCISES that are teen-friendly and fast to...