Author: Andrea Brand
Publisher: Wise Ink
ISBN: 9781634894999
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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An approachable, sex-positive resource on how to talk to your kids about sex . . . and keep the communication going beyond "The Talk." You want your kids to make healthy choices, especially when it comes to sex. But when the time comes, you find yourself tongue-tied and dodging hard conversations. With this parent's guide to proactive sex education for teens, learn how you can become your kid's go-to resource for accurate sex information-instead of the internet and media. Life coach and public health expert Andrea Brand makes seemingly difficult and uncomfortable topics less intimidating with features like: what you need to know about your child's (lack of) sex education, a "pause, ponder, and proceed" method for productive conversations, parental challenges to get in touch with your values about sex, and tips for organizing a secular sex-education group in your community. Delivered with frankness, wit, and inclusivity, Stop Sweating & Start Talking pours support and encouragement on parents to help them explore and overcome what's preventing them from opening up to their kids. Go beyond "the birds and the bees" to start-and continue-the important conversations your kids need, want, and deserve. "Conversations about sex with our kids are often challenging, but this book makes it so much easier to address this vital topic with grace and humor." -Judy Norsigian, cofounder of Our Bodies, Ourselves
Author: Jeff Feldhahn
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 160142020X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Just for guys…the inside scoop on girls from the girls themselves. Okay, the authors aren't girls. But to bring you the facts they surveyed more than 1,000 of them. Every teen guy wants to know how girls are wired, what they want, and how they really think… Or at least how to talk to a girl without feeling like an idiot. Here's your chance to find out.
Author: Emma Bolden
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593767242
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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For readers of Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire and Porochista Khakpour’s Sick, this exquisitely wrought debut memoir recounts a lifelong struggle with chronic pain and endometriosis, while speaking more broadly to anyone who’s been told “it’s all in your head” In Catholic grade school, Emma Bolden has a strange experience with a teacher that unleashes a short-lived, persistent coughing spell—something the medical establishment will later use against her as she struggles through chronic pain and fainting spells that coincide with her menstrual cycle. With The Tiger and the Cage, Bolden uses her own experience as the starting point for a journey through the institutional misogyny of Western medicine—from a history of labeling women “hysterical” and parading them as curiosities to a lack of information on causes or cures for endometriosis, despite more than a century of documented cases. Recounting botched surgeries and dire side effects from pharmaceuticals affecting her and countless others, Bolden speaks to the ways people are often failed by the official narratives of institutions meant to protect them. Bolden also interrogates a narrative commonly imposed on menstruating bodies: the expected story arc of marriage and children. She interrogates her body as a painful site she must mentally escape and a countdown she hopes to beat by having a child before a hysterectomy. Only later does she find language and acceptance for her asexality and the life she needs to lead. Through all its gripping, devastating, and beautiful threads, The Tiger and the Cage says what Bolden and so many like her have needed to hear: I see you, and I believe you.
Author: Peter Collett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780385604291
Category : Body language
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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A TELL IS AN ACTION THAT TELLS YOU WHAT SOMEONE IS THINKING, EVEN IF THAT PERSON DOESN'T KNOW IT THEMSELVES. AND TELLS ARE HIGHLY INFORMATIVEa The way you stand when you're talking to others, how you move your feet, your hands, your eyes - even your eyebrows - says a lot about your commitment to a conversation and your underlying attitude. Your actions and stance can also affect how long you get to talk and how often you get interrupted. Even when you're seated, the position of your arms and legs provides a wealth of information about your mood and intentions, showing whether you feel dominant or submissive, preoccupied or bored. But Tells aren't confined merely to conversations; when you are alone you are constantly shifting your body - and each movement, each gesture provides clues about your state of mind. In this illuminating book, Peter Collett, social psychologist, former Oxford don and Big Brother's resident psychologist, introduces us to the fascinating concept of Tells, showing how they work, where they come from and how to identify and iterpret them. Whilst sentizing readers to the motives and actions of other people, this invaluable guide also focuses on the messages that we unwittingly send, and the impact that these might have on those around us. Comprehensive and accessible in its approach, and written in the tradition of the international bestseller, Manwatching, THE BOOK OF TELLS offers a new, unifying vocabulary for understanding human communication and social influence - and a unique opportunity to read yourself, and others.
Author: Christopher Mechanic
Publisher: Chris Mechanic
ISBN: 0615430368
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 69
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This is a step by step guide you can use to reduce your sweating in just 14 days.... and have it be gone permanently.These are all things you can do right now, in your daily life, that won't cost you the time, effort, or money that it did me.You'll feel better about yourself, and your self confidence will increase and self-esteem will go through the roof!That way, you can get back to living your life without the anxiety that this problem causes.Go where you want and do what you want to do... because now you won't be afraid or embarrassed to be around other people.You'll live your life without fear.
Author: George Kapalka
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412969433
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 185
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"This may work with the majority of my students, but what about those who have more significant behavioral issues?" Although few in number, students with more challenging behavioral issues cause the most disruptions and require a significant amount of the teacher's time. Based on sound psychological principles and backed by more than 10 years of empirical, scientific evidence, this resource provides teachers in general and special education settings with strategies and techniques as well as an eight-step plan for responding to challenging behaviors: Giving simple, effective instructions and commandsUsing appropriate warningsHandling tantrums and outburstsCreating a behavioral contractManaging transitionsPreventing disruptionsImproving behavior outside the classroomDeveloping effective homework routines The book provides many practical examples and vignettes and addresses possible problems that teachers may encounter while administering the interventions.
Author: Graci Rocha
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
ISBN: 1667427369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
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What would you do if even the simplest of your dreams were a sin? How far would you go to protect someone you love? In the not-too-distant future, a new order raises to power after intelligent machines try to seize power. Now, humans live isolated on small estates, doing what the government - known as the Fraternitatem - says is best. In this new world, dreaming is forbidden. To prevent dreams, the Fraternitatem provides medications to the people, and everyone is encouraged to seek help for family members suffering from the nocturnal ailment. In this dark and repressive scenario live Cassiel and Alexus, two teenagers who just want to get through one more day of hard work on the family's farm, but end up involved in a dangerous political intrigue.
Author: Amir Abrams
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758280084
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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If everyone wants to say I'm trippin', well, that's their problem. . . If you saw my boo Sincere, you'd totally understand why I've dropped everything--even my besties--to be with him 24/7. After all, what girl wouldn't do whatever it takes to show her first-ever boyfriend she's all he could ever want? I know I'm a prize, but relationships are tough enough when you're just a high school senior, so I've really had to up my game to keep a college freshman like Sincere interested. And if that means hacking his cell and following him everywhere, I'm down. Because I just know what we have is for always. And I'm going to prove it, no matter how far I have to go. . . "Hot and poppin' with drama and life lessons. The world of teen lit has never seen anything like this before!"--Ni-Ni Simone Amir Abrams is a regular dude with a dream. Born in Brooklyn, Amir has a thing for fresh kicks, fly whips, and all things Polo. For Amir, writing teen fiction was never something he imagined himself doing until he started working with Ni-Ni Simone on Hollywood High. Now, he's amped about the endless possibilities. Amir hopes to be an inspiration to others and is determined to make a difference in the lives of teens everywhere.
Author: LaWanda Lewis Burrell
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1645690350
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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Ananda was a shy, small town girl from Alabama, but had some big city dreams. She was the younger sister and always leaned on her big sister for guidance and support. When she got older she realized her sister, who she loved dearly wasn't always going to be around, and had to learn how to allow her voice to be heard and become independent. She was raised with a good upbringing from her parents, and sheltered from the evils of the world, but after persuading her parents to work during her teenage years, she experienced discrimination on her very first job, which truly scared her heart. This motivated her to do well in school, graduate from college, look for job opportunities, and move far away. Ananda soon realized after she moved that ignorant people lives everywhere. Her life is an emotional rollercoaster as she experiences childhood bullying, death of loved ones, lasting friendships, happiness, infidelity, forgiveness, health and safety, hardships, finding true love, harassment in the workplace and cherishing marriage and family. As she gets older she realizes that the ups and downs of life can be exhausting and sometimes a little ME time may be just what the doctor ordered. Ananda discovers that the power of prayer and having a voice to speak up is essential to her everyday life's journey, as she takes control of her destiny.
Author: Ben Philippe
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062824139
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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William C. Morris YA Debut Award Winner! A hilarious YA contemporary realistic novel about a witty Black French Canadian teen who moves to Austin, Texas, and experiences the joys, clichés, and awkward humiliations of the American high school experience—including falling in love. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon, When Dimple Met Rishi, and John Green. Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas. Plunked into a new high school and sweating a ridiculous amount from the oppressive Texas heat, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, the Loners, and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Making a ton of friends has never been a priority for him, and this way he can at least amuse himself until it’s time to go back to Canada, where he belongs. Yet against all odds, those labels soon become actual people to Norris…like loner Liam, who makes it his mission to befriend Norris, or Madison the beta cheerleader, who is so nice that it has to be a trap. Not to mention Aarti the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, who might, in fact, be a real love interest in the making. But the night of the prom, Norris screws everything up royally. As he tries to pick up the pieces, he realizes it might be time to stop hiding behind his snarky opinions and start living his life—along with the people who have found their way into his heart.
