Keeping Adolescence Healthy: Exploring the Issues Facing Today's Kids and Communities |  | Author: Aaron White
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1235321
Media: Paperback
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1419689975
Dewey Decimal Number: 649
EAN: 9781419689970
ASIN: 1419689975
Publication Date: March 18, 2008
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Product Description
Keeping Adolescence Healthy by Aaron White provides an enlightening exploration of the challenges awaiting parents of today's kids as they round the corner from childhood to the teen years. The writing is clear and compelling, with humor mixed in for good measure. The author takes a balanced approach when discussing such issues as violence in videogames, underage drinking, diet and obesity, sex and sexuality and the list goes on. His intent clearly is not to tell parents how to raise their kids, but to help parents make wise decisions by arming them with facts based on the latest science. This is an enjoyable must-read for today's parents and anyone else interested in helping adolescents make the most of their lives.
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Keeping Adolescence Healthy April 7, 2008
Roxanne R. Ellington (Wake Forest ,NC USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am an adolescent treatment professional, as such I am always on the look out for resources that will help families and their teens move toward healthy life styles.
Aaron White,PhD's new book "Keeping Adolescence Healthy" is a must for all parents, professionals and others who care about our most precious resource, our children. His book takes a common sense approach with the backing of the latest sicence to help keep our teens from falling in to the abyss that is reaching out for them. It is a different world where bullying and cyber-space are issues our teens deal with on a daily basis. What does a parent and others need to know? Check out this book and you will be amazed at how prepared you are to answer that question. My first order was 10 books, my second is 20 books. My co-workers ,friends, and family members are getting early Christamas presents.
A veritable encyclopedia of issues facing today's teens and their parents November 7, 2008
Paul M. Ross
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a High School Substance Abuse Prevention Counselor, people often ask me to recommend parenting books to guide them through the teen years. At last I have found a resource that I can suggest with complete confidence. This book is a well-balanced exploration of what research says about topics like violence in video games, underage drinking and a long list of other subjects. If parents have ever wondered whether they should be concerned about the games their kids play but don't know how to decide what kinds of games are okay and which cross the line, they can find the answers here. Similarly, if they've wondered whether it's a good idea to let their kids drink at home, how to know when strange eating habits become eating disorders, what the symptoms of ADHD and depression are, how to spot problems with drug use and then figure out how to deal with them, whether they should talk to their kids about things like suicide, how much exercise their teens need, and so on, the book contains concise recommendations based on science.
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