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Tables of Contents for Girltalk
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xv
Hello
1
4
Body: Looking and Feeling Your Best
5
52
Do Guys Worry About Their Bodies?
5
1
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Breasts
6
5
Is Your Period a Question Mark?
11
6
The Right Height
17
1
Excited About Exercise
18
2
Winning the Weight War
20
2
Don't Window-Shop at the Bakery and Forty-Nine Other Do's and Don'ts For Healthy Eating
22
4
Losing Too Much: Eating Disorders
26
4
Body Sweat, Body Smells
30
1
Skin Care (Sun Goddesses, Beware!)
31
3
A Nose Is a Nose Is a Nose and All About Ears
34
2
Eye Deal
36
1
Ignore Your Teeth and They'll Go Away
37
1
Hair Care
38
3
Nice Nails
41
1
Cosmetics and Clothes
42
1
Even Beautiful Girls Get the Blues
43
1
Sleep Tight (Waking Up Is Hard to Do)
44
1
Mono and Your Health
45
2
Physical Disabilities
47
1
Speaking of Body Language
48
1
Dear Carol...
48
9
Friendship: You Don't Like Everybody; Why Should Everybody Like You?
57
30
Girlfriends Last Longer Than Boyfriends
58
1
Ten Ways to Make Friends
58
6
The Pursuit of Popularity
64
1
Your Friends Don't All Have to Like Each Other
65
1
Can a Guy Be a Friend
66
1
Fights and Friends
67
2
Staying Friends
69
1
Telephone Tactics
70
3
Being a Good Guest
73
1
When Friendships Change
74
2
Ten Ways to Lose Friends
76
1
Be Your Own Friend
76
3
Dear Carol...
79
8
Love: Falling In, Falling Out
87
37
Getting Started
88
1
Sending Out Signals
89
3
On Your Mark, Get Set---Relax!
92
1
Icebreakers: Twenty-three Ways to Launch a Conversation
92
2
Is Cupid Stupid, or Does He Just Have Poor Aim?
94
1
Should You Date Older and Younger Guys?
95
1
Should You Date Someone from a Different Ethnic, Racial, or Religious Background?
96
1
Saying No Nicely
97
1
Twenty-Eight Things to Do Besides Meet at the Mall
98
2
The Way to a Guy's Heart Just Might Be My Cheesecake
100
1
Nine Awkward Situations and How to Handle Them
101
4
Eleven Surefire Ways to Ruin a Romance
105
2
Breaking Up Without Breaking Down
107
3
Lasting Love
110
2
Love Notes
112
3
Kissing, Etc
115
1
Dear Carol...
116
8
Sex: What You Should Know Before Saying Yes
124
53
To Do It or Not to Do It: That Is the Question
124
3
Talking to Parents About S-e-x
127
1
Do-It-Yourself Orgasms
128
1
Sex? Who Me?
129
1
True Confessions: My First Time
130
1
It's Easy to Get Pregnant; It's Easy Not To
131
3
Birth Control Methods
134
9
What If You Are Pregnant?
143
6
Quick Quiz on Prom Pressures
149
2
Straight, Lesbian, Gay, Bi: Sexual Orientation
151
2
STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
153
5
No-Fun Nuisances (That Aren't STDs)
158
1
HIV and AIDS
159
3
Rape
162
6
Incest
168
1
Dear Carol...
169
8
Family: Making the Best of Your Nest
177
43
Problems with Parents
177
10
Parents with Problems
187
6
You're Crazy If You Need Counseling and Don't Seek It
193
2
Teen Suicide
195
2
Brothers and Sisters
197
6
Stepparents and Stepsiblings: Step by Step
203
2
Relatives in the Parlor and Skeletons in the Closet
205
1
When Loved Ones Die
206
4
Dear Carol...
210
10
Education: Getting Through High School, Getting Into College
220
40
Is School Unbeatable or Unbearable?
220
1
Why Should You Learn All That Irrelevant Stuff Anyway?
221
1
Cram Course in Study Habits
222
5
Learning Difficulties: You Know You're Smart But
227
3
Teachers: They're Not In It for the Money
230
3
When You Need a Change
233
4
College: Choosing and Getting Chosen
237
13
Dear Carol...
250
10
Money: The Buck Starts Here
260
27
Be a Better (and Better-Paid) Baby-Sitter
260
3
Beyond Baby-Sitting (But Before the Big Time)
263
2
All in the Family
265
1
Figuring Out Your Future
266
4
Writing a Resume
270
3
Acing the Interview
273
1
Connections
274
1
Once You're Hired, Don't Get Fired---Or Should You Quit?
275
1
When to Be Cheap, When Not to Be Cheap
276
2
Money Miscellany
278
3
Dear Carol...
281
6
Smoking, Drinking, and Drugs: And I Promise Not to Lecture
287
32
Tobacco: When It's Good to Be a Quitter
288
7
Thinking About Drinking
295
5
Alcoholism
300
3
Drunk Driving
303
2
Illegal Drugs
305
7
Dear Carol...
312
7
A Quartet of Quizzes: Getting to Know You
319
20
Are You Too Nice?
319
5
How Well Do You Know Your Best Friend?
324
4
Are You and He a Good Match?
328
5
Are You the Jealous Type?
333
6
Goodbye
339