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Title: Getting strong safely.(strength training for children)(Brief Article)
Author: Carol Krucoff
Publication: Jack & Jill (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 1995
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: v57Issue: n8Page: p18(2)

Article Type: Brief Article, Biography

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Extremely disappointed
Noting "brief article" in the title in no way indicates how ridiculously brief this was. I feel totally ripped off to have paid $5.95 for this common sense. I learned nothing new. Do NOT bother with this. ... Read more

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Doug Potter's Denizens of Deep City issue #4. 1989. ... Read more

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Now in paperback! Here is the book that updates the rulebook, giving parents the training and skills they need to transform their teenage children into strong, confident, productive adults. ... Read more

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Must Read Before The Teen Years...
This book will prepare parents to not take the drama (associated with the teen years) too personally. Welcome to the improv....

excellent book for parents
One of the best books on raising teens!Gives practical advice without making you feel like you've done a bad job parenting. A must read!

Informative
This book is an excellent guide to understanding your teen.It gives practical advice on how to communicate and foster a strong, healthy relationship, not so easy to do. Parenting is much easier with advice from someone who has worked with hundreds of teens, and knows how they think.

Book Title?
Right now I am planning to order this book and figure out how i can read it without my 13 year son seeing the title.Why on earth did the author give it this title?When kids read it they'll definitely take offense.Just think, your teenage son walks by, sees the book title, and asks you why you think he's crazy.It should come with a book cover that says something like Why You Should Eat More Fiber or How to Remove Stains or something neutral and uninteresting like that.

Sane Counsel
The humor and advice in this book are practical, inspiring and somewhat surprising.As a step-parent, it really helped illustrate how my step-daughters perceive my relationship with them and their biological parent.Though it sometimes seemed to promote a model that is too lenient, putting its counsel into practice has returned some sanity to our home.

Dr. Bradley's experience, intellect and compassion are equally evident in these pages, and his insights into the adolescent psyche rang true as I recalled how I once looked at the world and my own parents so many years ago.That said, I noticed his companion book, "Yes, Your Parents Are Crazy" so he's clearly working both sides of the street!I'll leave it up to my kids to read that one. ... Read more

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Examines issues that are of concern for young people who have been labeled "gifted," discussing what the label means, intelligence testing, educational options, and relationships with parents and friends. Includes first-person essays on being gifted. ... Read more

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Good, but awkward
I'm fourteen and my mother got me this book for Christmas. I'm only about a seventy-five pages in and I can see myself and my problems accurately described over and over again. There are reasonable and useable solutions for the problems I do have and I plan to use a few. The only problem I'm having with the book is how it is constantly telling me how gifted I am. Maybe that's one of my problems (I hate people telling me I'm smart, especially 'gifted'), but it feels like overkill and makes the entire book feel a bit awkward.

I'm A gifted kid, too!!
This book truly meets the needs of gifted kids like myself. When I read this book, it was like the author was talking to me. I am a gifted kid myself, and I have been through the advantages and disadvantages of being gifted. Every child, gifted, or not gifted should read this book!!

Good reference book for gifted students
I am a coordinator for gifted programs and often need a resource for gifted students. I like this one because it is written for the students to read themselves and deals with problems they face on their own level. I keep several copies and loan them out to students as needed.

very good but not inclusive enough
i picked this up because it's the sort of thing that wasn't available to me when i needed it years ago and i was curious. i'm impressed with the career advice given, although far too many pages are devoted to getting into college. every gifted kid (possibly every kid) is going to be inundated with grades/college stuff without this book. i particularly like that the authors address subjects which can be touchy or entirely skipped over in some environments, such as drinking, drugs, sex, depression and teen suicide.

however, while the book spends a bit of time on special issues for gifted girls, gifted boys, and gifted minority students, and even includes a list of suggestions of 'ways to fight racism in your school', it makes no mention whatsoever of sexual orientation. gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens are at special risk for depression and suicide due to actual social rejection and/or feeling like it's not okay to openly be themselves. they are also well represented in the gifted population. to deal with both issues simultaneously is something that deserves a special word or two, just as minority students' concerns were so thoughtfully addressed.

if this book is updated, i hope the authors will include this issue in the section on dealing with prejudice. its omission tends to send the wrong message. i was thinking of buying copies of this for some young teenagers i know, but if i have to write notes in the margins before giving them out... well, let's just say i'm still deliberating.

Excellent Book
This was truly an excellent book for any teen who is gifted. I've been gifted since I was very young and I've never fit in with any of the other kids. I've always been much more mature and on a much higher level than the rest of the kids my age. This book showed me that I should be proud about being gifted, and shouldn't worry about fitting in. This is a must read for any gifted teen. ... Read more

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Have you ever cringed at the sight of your four-year-old waltzing through the neighbor’s front door without an invitation? Have you ever had to call to apologize when your six-year-old forgot to thank his grandmother for the birthday gift she so lovingly sent? How about the formal dinner for Dad’s promotion when your ten-year-old decided that she didn’t like the meal she’d ordered, and then refused to eat a thing—making for an uncomfortable evening for you, the other guests, and the waiter? As a parent, you’ve probably experienced these and many more instances when it seemed that your children had forgotten their manners completely, leaving you frazzled and embarrassed.

Sheryl Eberly’s 365 Manners Kids Should Know gives clever and insightful advice for the myriad of situations where consideration counts, but is sometimes forgotten. Using her smart one-manner-a-day format, parents, grandparents, and even aunts and uncles can find practical ways to teach basic manners, such as:

* How to address elders when being introduced
* How to write a thank-you note
* The polite way to answer the telephone
* How to accept and decline an invitation
* What is expected at formal occasions such as weddings, funerals, and religious services

Full of role-playing exercises, games, and other activities that parents can do with their children, 365 Manners Kids Should Know helps parents and other caregivers understand not only what manners to teach, but also how—and at what ages—to present them. Most important, 365 Manners Kids Should Know makes learning manners fun.



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365 Manners Kids Should Know: Games, Activities, And Other Fun Ways to Help Children Learn Etiquette
EXCELLENT book! Every new parent in America needs this book. Kids today are NOT on the same level as adults and need to learn their place.

A little dated, but a good resource
I purchaced this book for my personal counseling library. A coworker and myself have been working to develop an etiquette course within 9th grade health courses.

This book an excellent resource--although it is a little dated. It is also more geared towards younger students, but as with any resource, it can be beefed up for older students also. Some of the lessons within the book are not relevant to my student population such as "how to eat a scone."

I will get a lot of use out of this book. I recommend it to any counselor or parent. The lessons are short and easy to implement into any school day, or home as a lesson.

wonderful book!
this book is an amazing tool.i wish i had it when my kids were young.now i use it to teach my grandchildren.i am also learning from it!

Excellent book
Very useful book. As I was not taught manners growing up, I was unsure how to begin to train myself and my daughter good manners.This book gives wonderful guidance and many helpful hints.Highly recommend.

Great Book For A Pre-Teen!
I bought this for my 12 year daughter and she has learned much from this book already.Each days entry is short, sweet and to the point.Great for kids! ... Read more

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For anyone who has ever puzzled over the mysterious and often infuriating behavior of a teenager comes a groundbreaking look at the teenage brain written by the medical science and health editor for The New York Times. While many members of the scientific community have long held that the growing pains of adolescence are primarily psychological, Barbara Strauch highlights the physical nature of the transformation, offering parents and educators a new perspective on erratic teenage behavior. Using plain language, Strauch draws upon the latest scientific discoveries to make the case that the changes the brain goes through during adolescence are as dramatic and crucial as those that take place in the first two years of life, and that teenagers are not entirely responsible for their sullen, rebellious, and moody ways. Featuring interviews with scientists, teenagers, parents, and teachers, The Primal Teen explores common challenges–why teens go from articulate and mature one day to morose and unreachable the next, why they engage in risky behavior–and offers practical strategies to help manage these formative and often difficult years. ... Read more

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still a must read for youth workers and parents
there aren't many books i read more than once. but this is my third read of barbara strauch's must-read book for all youth workers and parents. this single book has lead me into more youth ministry conversations in the past 5 years than any other single book. i've hosted multiple multi-day retreats with youth workers focused solely on the findings reported on these pages (including one a couple months back, which is what caused me to read it again). but now, as i write this review, i'm in a new quandry: robert epstein's book, teen 2.0 (which i'm reading right now), counter-punches against many of the underpinnings of the primal teen. epstein doesn't buy the "nature" assumption that seems an implied foundation to this book (and, more accurately, the research and discoveries of jay giedd and other adolescent brain specialist that the primal teen reports on). epstein's contention -- which he builds very convincingly -- is that the issues and implications of new findings in adolescent brain development are a "nurture" issue. in other words, we've created them. i still think strauch's book is a book every youth worker needs to read, but i'm now viewing it from a more critical place.

I couldn't finish it
This book was so relentlessly repetitive in stating the subject of discussion that I had to skip to the final chapter to search for conclusions. I usually finish a book or movie but this stands out as a real bomb. Great topic, I wish I could get my $ back.

Why do teens do what they do
WOW. Did you ever wonder why teens do crazy things? We as adults are many times perplexed as to some of the things our teens do. We think "Don't they know better?" My daughter used to spend time doing homework and then not turn it in the next day. When asked why she did not turn the work in, she would reply "i don't know" I could not fathom this. After reading this book it makes so much more sense. As a counselor at a high school, I am amazed at what teens do. I now have some idea and it makes sense.
I recommend this book to all the parents and staff I work with in understanding the teenager. Well worth the money.

Yet Another Ridiculous Parenting Book
The is yet another book premised on the assumption that your teen (or child) is some kind of alien.Remember -- you were once a child and a teen yourself, and your child will eventually be an adult, and maybe even a parent.Just relate to your child as a person, and forget about this book.

A must-read for every parent!
As parents of teens, we tend to think that--by now--we have pretty much figured out what makes our kids tick...hormones, immaturity, psicological issues...right? Well, maybe that is only part of the picture.This books does a wonderful job of going beyond that, to the neurological foundation of behavior itself.It clearly explains the ramifications of the changes that are going on at a neurological level in the brain of teens and how that, consequently, translates into "teen behavior".
Your kid is not "crazy"...their frontal cortex just needs more time to develop!A reassuring read for every parent! ... Read more

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The winner of a Parents' Choice Award, this acclaimed prevention and intervention guide for parents of children aged 3 through 19 presents a complete, step-by-step program, time-tested over the last 25 years. ... Read more

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How to Survive Your Teenager by Hundreds of Still-Sane Parents Who Did offers hundreds of pieces of great advice and entertaining stories on teenagers from the real ‘pros’—everyday parents across the country who have raised a teenager and survived to tell their story.

This book —the sixth in the Hundreds of Heads Survival Guide series—grew out of the simple idea that when you’re facing any of life’s major challenges, it’s good to get advice from those who have gone before you. Unlike other parenting books that give the opinion of one or two experts, How to Survive Your Teenager includes words of wisdom from hundreds of parents— both moms and dads, nationwide—who have "been there, done that" (many of them have raised as many as four or five teenagers!).

"From the first slammed door to the last temper tantrum, from their first pimple to their last day living at home, it’s your job to get them through it alive and survive the experience yourself. Don’t attempt to navigate these treacherous waters alone," advise editors Beth Reingold Gluck and Joel Rosenfeld, who each have several teenagers of their own. How to Survive Your Teenager provides hard-won insight into the realities of day-to-day life with a teenager in the house.

The book is jam-packed with hundreds of quick tips and great pieces of advice on subjects including

• Home Life—messy bedrooms, locked bathrooms, and "I hate you!"

• School—getting them to college, or just getting them to class

• Media—MP3s, R-rated movies, and the Internet • Friends—peer pressure, dating, and romance

• Driving—teaching them, and letting them go

• Sex—talking to your teen, getting your teen to talk

• Drinking and Drugs—keeping your teen sober and safe

How to Survive Your Teenager is a fun and quick read for harried parents on the go. Moms and dads can get quick tips on dealing with their teens while they drink their morning coffee, going to pick up their kids from events, or waiting for their teens to get off the phone so they can talk! With this book, parents can get smart about the teenage years. Millions of parents have survived, and so can you! ... Read more

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A Valuable Resource for Parents of Teenagers
As the mother of two teenage boys, this book was exactly what I needed to convince me that my sons' erratic behavior is absolutely normal and age-appropriate. Best of all, "How to Survive Your Teenager" has some great advice on how to get through these turbulent years! This book is loaded with tips from other parents that explain how to communicate with your teen, enforce household rules and discipline, encourage responsibility, handle rebellion, monitor use of technology, and much more. The advice ranges from the practical ("Working is the best way to keep your teens out of trouble") to the serious ("Your teen's depression is not a reflection on you") to laugh-out-loud funny ("Chain your teenage daughter to her room"). After reading this book, I feel like I've just consulted the best Parents of Teens Support Group and Dr. Phil at the same time. "How to Survive Your Teenager" is a valuable resource for parents of adolescents.

Author of Survival Meditations for Parents of Teens
I'm always searching for books on how to survive the teens years to recommend for the families I work with, and for myself with two teen boys! This book hits the mark. Lots of funny stories and places of encouragement so you don't feel so alone. Well done!

Parents of Teens Read this Book!
I gave this book to my sister who has two teenage boys. I knew she needed help!How to Survive Your Teenager is filled with heart-felt advice from other parents that you can't get anywhere else--except from your best friends!Other books focus on right and wrong, whereas this book provides creative alternatives and solutions to the problems parents face everyday with their teenagers. It's also a quick read. The chapters are arranged by subject so you can just turn to the pages you need. My sister was glad I gave her the book and she's already put some of the advice to good use!

Who doesn't need advice on teens?!
I'm a fan of all these guides, but this one is extra good. It's full of great tips (and funny stories) from hundreds of parents who have raised teens or are in the process of surviving this chapter!
It's helpful to know that many parents have some of the same challenges with their teenagers. I bought it for my cousin who is terrified for her son to start driving! ... Read more

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When we look back on childhood, we realize that "exercise" was a lot like play. Recess was a favorite time during school: we enjoyed running, playing tag, or hitting a baseball just because it felt good. And if we were lucky, we carried these healthy habits into adulthood. However, it's apparent that staying active, even as kids, has become the exception. The statistics are depressing: up to one-third of American children are obese. And overweight kids become overweight adults.

Parents play a significant role in keeping children fit and healthy. Good nutrition and exercise learned as a child can mean a long and active life as an adult. This book can help reades foster these healh habits in their children.

"Fit Kids for Life" coves common misconceptions regarding strength training for children. Kids can safely use resistance training to get firr for recreational activities and sports. Weight lifting allows children to build strength, prevent injury, and improvve motor skills. Coaching tips, gender specific workouts, and training programs are included. The more kids exercise and participate in sports, the more calories and nutrients they need. Athletics creates more nutritional demands on the body, especiallywhen a hectic and unhealthy eating schedule has become a habit. Parents and young athletes need to undestand the importance of high-quality nutritiion. You'll find general dietary guidelines for health eating for active kids, as well as tips on pre- and post-exercise nutrition, staying hydrated while exercising, and health snacks. In short, "Fit Kids for Life" willhelp you keep young athletes injury free, active, and healthy right into adulthood. ... Read more

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A Must Read!
This book answers all of the questions that any parent of an active child may have.Easy to read and understandable, every parent should read it. ... Read more

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I can't believe my mother was ever my age.
I think she was born a mother....

Now that she's a teenager, Victoria Martin expects freedom, good times, and maybe even some understanding from her mother. But no such luck! She's still getting the same old lectures, the same old groundings, and the same old punishments. It's obvious her mother was never thirteen years old.

Then one day, as she's on her way home to get the telling-off of her life, something very strange happens to Victoria. When she finally arrives in New York, the station looks completely different, as if she's slipped back through time. And then she meets Cici -- cool, outgoing Cici, the best friend a girl like Victoria could want. But Victoria can't help feeling like she's met her somewhere before.... ... Read more

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Great book!
My Mother Was Never A Kid is a funny, honest story told by Victoria Martin, a thirteen year old girl living in New York City in the 1970s. I think that this book is a good read, especially since it totally relates to a lot of people. Francine Pascal's present time writing style contributes to the actual-time essence that brings out the reality of it all. Victoria's experience going back to the twenties was rather far-fetched, but it adds up to the thrill it gave me reading this book. I think this book is great for all ages, even above thirteen. Once you start, you can't stop!

This wasa great ABC Afterschool Special in 1981
I've been looking for this book for the longest time, but by the original title "Hanging out with CiCi"...I remember when this book was made into an ABC Afterschool Special in 1981(which might be why the previous reviewer thought it to be a bit outdated) and I've been on the lookout for it ever since. This book strikes a chord with most every teenage, because who hasn't felt at one time or another that their parents just can't relate to them? This book helps to give another perspective and show that yes, our parents once were kids themselves who lived, loved and got in trouble just like we did. It's a must read for any teenager...

Some of Francine's Best
We all probably know Francine Pascal best from Sweet Valley and Elizabeth and Jessica- "two blond, blue eyed twins with perfect size 6 figures who live in southern California". If you are under the age of maybe 18, you probably know her from Fearless a series and "Gaia, a girl born without the fear gene".
Since no one has reviewed this book, I guess few people know about Victoria.
This is a shame because Victoria is everything that Gaia, Elizabeth and even Jessica were not. Victoria has no special abilities. She isn't a black belt, or an algebra genius, she doesn't claim a size six figure or long sunstreaked blond hair.
Victoria is thirteen and always in trouble.
Realistically in trouble, she has no sensible look-alike to constantly bail her out. What Victoria has is a bratty little sister that constantly gets her in trouble and a mother that she doesn't think was ever a kid. (The book's title). This book is very realistic even though it is a little outdated. (The seventies). There is a fight scene on the subway between Veronica and her sister that is so surprisingly realistic that if you had had a little sister you would be nodding your head at it as you read. (Veronica's sister demands something that Veronica borrowed back and Veronica demands that her sister return Veronica's socks that she is wearing before she gets on the train. It ends with their mother screaming at both of them).
Veronica finally gets in even worse trouble when she visits her cousin for a weekend and gets caught with illegal drugs. She didn't bring them, she didn't even want to try them, she just happened to be holding them when her aunt walked out.
On the dreaded train ride home to her angry mother, she is somehow transported back in time. She meets her own mother, at her age, and is intially unable to recognize her. Later, she realizes that her mother was indeed a kid and she is able to contrast and compare their similarities and differences and get in some more trouble.
This book, besides being grittily honest is also very well written. It kept me reading until the very end. I was happy to see it, and it's sequels back in the book stores.
It comes highly recommended. Victoria, is once again, everything every other character Francine Pascal wrote about, is not. She is often awkward, self doubting and ridiculous. This book, despite it's light hearted, angst ridden tone of voice, grapples with some more serious issues. It's in a way, a slightly more sophisticated version of "Are you there god, it's me Margaret?"
I believe this book was actually written by Francine Pascal, and not just planned out. (Francine didn't write all gazillion Sweet Valley books, but I think submitted something like various outlines to chosen writers). Back in the day, I wondered what she could have done with Elizabeth and Jessica, what kind of personalities they would have had, if she had narrated their stories.
This book also has two other sequels. I only read one of them when I was thirteen. It is also well done, Victoria is back, and recognizable. All of them are back in print now, and definetly worth reading. ... Read more

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These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan´s most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Chang Ta-chun´s intricate narrative and keen, ironic sense of humor poignantly and piercingly convey the disillusionment and cynicism of modern Taiwanese youth.Interweaving the events between the birth of the narrator´s younger sister and her abortion at the age of nineteen, the first novel, My Kid Sister, evokes the complex emotional impressions of youth and the often bizarre social dilemmas of adolescence. Combining discussions of fate, existentialism, sexual awakening, and everyday "absurdities" in a typically dysfunctional household, it documents the loss of innocence and the deconstruction of a family.In Wild Child, fourteen-year-old Hou Shichun drops out of school, runs away from home, and descends into the Taiwanese underworld, where he encounters an oddball assortment of similarly lost adolescents in desperate circumstances. This novel will inevitably invite comparisons with the classic The Catcher in the Rye, but unlike Holden Caulfield, Hou isn´t given any second chances. With characteristic frankness and irony, Chang´s teenagers bear witness to a new form of cultural and spiritual bankruptcy. ... Read more

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Introspective journeys
Wild Kids is split into two stories, Kid Sister and Wild Child. I preferred Kid Sister but both were great stories. Kid Sister is about the narrator's younger sister getting an abortion and he recollects how she has affected his life. Wild Child is about a young boy that has a wild side that leads him to the wrong place where he ends up on a destructive path. Both stories examine the narrator's family life, inner problems, issues, how society affects people and relations with others. Neither of the stories flow in a conventional manner, jumping from different events while intertwining thoughts and recollections of childhood memories. The story still does not lose you and keeps you engrossed to the end. I definitely reccommend this book. ... Read more

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It's tougher than ever to be a teenager these days.Our young people are influenced by everything from divorce and teenage violence to a host of peer pressures that can bombard them daily.More than ever, teens are hungry for—and in need of—sound direction and guidance from their parents.It can be equally as challenging for parents to know how to communicate with their teenagers about such delicate subjects.Through short and concise chapters, Curtis addresses such issues as laying a spiritual foundation for your family, developing self worth within your child, handling outside influences, discipline within the home, handling problem behavior, as well as proper guidance for the young adult.

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Whether parents want to believe it or not, their teens are thinking about sex. Because kids are thinking about it, parents need to be ready to talk about it. This book offers practical advice for approaching the subject of sex in a way that is comfortable for both kids and parents. Biblical perspectives provide the foundation for a healthy view on sexuality, while social perspectives help parents understand the many influences impacting kids today.

Features:

• Leader guides in each chapterand #150; provide helps for use in small group or class settings.
• Journaling and personal reflection spaces.
• Candid discussions on hot topics such as masturbation, abortion, homosexuality and more.
• Answers to frequently asked questions from parents.
• Up-to-the-minute statistics on Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
• Cross culturally appropriate.