Our Last Best Shot Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence

Name: Our Last Best Shot Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence
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ISBN: 9781573228756

ISBN-10: 1573228753

ISBN-13: 9781573228756

Edition: N/A

Authors: Laura Sessions Stepp, Laura Sessions Stepp

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It's easy to dismiss ten - to fifteen - year - olds as moody, baffling creatures. Yet these years are perhaps the most critical time in human development, a juncture at which unmatched physical and intellectual growth, expanding creativity, emerging moral sensibilities, awakening sexuality, and maturing emotions converge. Early adolescence is a time when girls and boys may need the help of parents most - yet it's often a time when they are most reluctant to accept it. And it may be a parent's greatest opportunity to effect positive changes in a child's life. In Our Last Best Shot, we meet twelve girls and boys from all across America. Through their stories, and through Laura Sessions…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.34" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



Knowing Who They Are



Am I Competent? (Eric's Story)



Am I Loved? Am I Loving? (Chandler's Story)



Am I Normal? (Shannon's Story)



The Company They Keep



Hangin' with the Crowd (Libby's Story)



The Loner (Chip's Story)



Best Friends (Angela's Story)



Learning In and Out of School



Low Expectations (Rodney's Story)



Learning Values and Being Valued (Jessica's Story)



Outside the Box (Jack's Story)



The Right Connections



Mom's Friend (Michelle's Story)



Connections Severed, Connections Made (Mario's Story)



The Power of One-Plus (Alana's Story)


Epilogue: School Year 1999-2000


From my Home to yours: Some Concluding thoughts


Notes


General Resources on Adolescence


Bibliography


Index