How to hug a porcupine : negotiating the prickly points of the tween years
(2008)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
649.124/ROSS,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2008]
©2008
©2008
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780071545891 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0071545891 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Middle-schoolers : hormonal, disorganized, and defiant -- The overwhelmed "slacker" -- How to break the nagging cycle and turn responsibility over to your middle schooler -- Peer pressure and changing values -- Dealing with defiance -- The computer "addiction" -- Encouraging self-eseem and independence -- The push for independence -- Talking about sex, drugs and alcohol -- Sibling rivalry : a new level of competition -- How a relationship approach affects life