Addresses questions pre-teens have about puberty in such areas as body changes, changes in feelings, hygiene, health problems, and talking to doctors and parents.
Addresses questions pre-teens have about puberty in such areas as body changes, changes in feelings, hygiene, health problems, and talking to doctors and parents.
Provides a guide for the prevention and intervention of teen risk-taking behaviors, including substance use, premature sexual activity, pregnancy, running away, eating disorders, depression, and suicide.
A handbook for teenagers discussing such topics as the male and female bodies, health, grooming, emotions, various aspects of sex, eating disorders, depression, drugs and sexually transmitted diseases.
From over 100 interviews with single parents and counseling experts, McCoy provides practical, supportive suggestions for coping with the tough issues single parents face . . . and the reassurance that single parents can meet their own needs and become better parents for it.
Do you: • Often feel afraid to let anyone know how bad you feel and why you feel that way? • Hide your feelings—pretending to be happy and that life is going along as it always did? • Deny your feelings or cover them up with angry or impulsive behavior—lashing out at parents, family, friends, or teachers? • Try to numb your feelings with alcohol, drugs, sex, or eating disorders—not always realizing what you're doing and why? If you can't seem to get in touch with your emotions—and you feel that there's no one you can turn to—then you need Life Happens. Written by specialists in adolescent psychology and medicine, this reassuring guide offers information to help you understand that the way you're feeling is totally normal, even when it seems that you're depressed for no reason at all. Using the voices and letters of teens seeking help, the authors discuss some of today's most difficult situations—from the pressure to get good grades to questions concerning sexuality to dealing with your parents. You'll learn the steps you can take to help yourself, as well as how and where to get professional help, if you want it.
Provides a guide for the prevention and intervention of teen risk-taking behaviors, including substance use, premature sexual activity, pregnancy, running away, eating disorders, depression, and suicide.
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