Janis Ian is currently promoting her autobiography, Society’s Child: My Autobiography, I vividly remember the song Society’s Child from way back when, the beginning of my teen years. What I did not realize, she was 14 when she wrote the song. At the time, I had no idea she was that young, and I don’t [...]
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Today’s featured author is Rebecca Faust of the book Dark Card. She is a parent of a teen with Asperger’s Syndrome and has done volunteer work in advocacy and grassroots political organization of parents of kids with learning challenges. Dark Card is a magnificent book of poetry, below is a poem and her explanation of the inspiration behind [...]
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When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us: Letting Go of Their Problems, Loving Them Anyway, and Getting on with Our Lives by Jane Adams This book goes into detail about when our grown kids refuse to grow up, are unable to hold a job, are addicted to drug and alcohol and possibly still live at home. [...]
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Today’s blog post is a break from the usual, we could call it brain food for teens (a new mind altering substance). Summer has always been thought of as a good time for recreational reading, since the required academic reading is on hold. NPR featured 17 year old, Amber Gibson on the series Three Books, [...]
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Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People This book goes beyond these issues to teach children to be responsible and self-reliant—not through outer-directed concerns, such as fear and intimidation, but through inner-directed behavior, such as feeling accountable for one’s commitments.
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Teens that harm themselves are performing repetitive injurious behaviors. For the parent or guardian they can be hard to discover and when found very alarming. The self harm activities performed by a teen are usually hidden with clothing, are in areas of the body that are not seen and are done in isolated situations, secretly [...]
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This book is one of the #1 National Non-Fiction best sellers. From Publishers Weekly Expanding on his New York Times Magazine article, Sheff chronicles his son’s downward spiral into addiction and the impact on him and his family. A bright, capable teenager, Nic began trying mind- and mood-altering substances when he was 17. In months, [...]
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