Product Description: Drawing on a thorough review of the existing theoretical and empirical literature in the area of adolescent romantic relationships, as well as interviews with practitioners directly involved with developing or administering relationship education to adolescents, the authors bring together relevant research and theory from a wide range of disciplines that have examined these issues, and suggest future directions for research and interventions to promote healthy marriages in adulthood...read more

When their parents divorce, some children falter and others thrive. This book asks why. Is it the custody arrangement? A parent's new partner? Conflicts or consistency between the two households? Adolescents after Divorce follows children from 1,100 divorcing families to discover what makes the difference. Focusing on a period beginning four years after the divorce, the authors have the articulate, often insightful help of their subjects in exploring the altered conditions of their lives. These teenagers come from a wide range of backgrounds. Some are functioning well. Some are faring poorly. The authors examine the full variety of situations in which these children find themselves once the initial disruption has passed--whether parents remarry or repartner, how parents relate to each other and to their children, and how life in two homes is integrated. Certain findings emerge--for instance, we see that remarried new partners were better accepted than cohabiting new partners. And when parents' relations are amicable, adolescents in dual custody are less likely than other adolescents to experience loyalty conflicts. The authors also consider the effects of visitation arrangements, the demands made and the goals set within each home, and the emotional closeness of the residential parent to the child. A gold mine of information on a topic that touches so many Americans, this study will be crucial for researchers, counselors, lawyers, judges, and parents.

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A sociologist and author of The Ambitious Generation explores the relationship between how students feel about their school preparation and after school work and their later sociolization into the work world. (view table of contents)

Presents a series of personality tests dealing with fashion, beauty, and style, along with the evaluation results.

Provides information, personal accounts, and advice about living with parents, money problems, pregnancy, and parenthood

Packed with advice on how to improve relations between teens and parents, this useful guide to a difficult relationship steers clear of stereotypes and cliches to focus on practical, proven methods. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

A guide for parents of teenagers offers insights into the young adult world while describing how its members think and feel

Covering difficult issues including AIDS, date rape, suicide, dieting and eating disorders, pornography, prejudice, depression, drugs, gangs, and racism, this guide for parents helps keep the lines of communication open with their teenaged children. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: In this first volume of Stories by Teenagers, we invited students to send us stories that relate to the question, "What has been your most memorable experience of good coming out of a bad situation, of kindness in the midst of ugliness, or growth in the midst of difficulty?" In these stories, young people show the extraordinary strength and vision required to draw good out of bad situations...read more

Product Description: As many parents can attest, kids don't have to be on drugs or about to drop out of school to drive them up a wall. In her new book, Dr. Vedral discusses the everyday things that make parents wild, and uses quotes direct from teenagers, offering insights into the teenage mind and why they act the way they do...read more

Draws on the photographer's travels throughout all fifty states, during which he interviewed teens from a diverse array of ethnicities, cultures, socioeconomic groups, and educational backgrounds to capture the essence of young adulthood in today's America. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: ...addresses the critical need for combating this growing problem...presents a specific intervention program as an effective approach that incorporates parent, peer, school, and community involvement.

Offers advice on improving the relationship between parents and their children, and shares the views and misconceptions of each group