Tabloid headlines such as ‘Anti-social Feral Youth,’ ‘Vile Products of Welfare in the UK’ and ‘One in Four Adolescents is a Criminal’ have in recent years obscured understanding of what social justice means for young people and how they experience it. Youth marginality in Britain offers a new perspective by promoting young people’s voices and understanding the agency behind their actions. It explores different forms of social marginalisation within media, culture and society, focusing on h...

The acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teen girl’s harrowing descent into drug addiction—a cautionary tale as heart-wrenching, shocking, and timely as ever.January 24thAfter you’ve had it, there isn’t even life without drugs…It started when she was served a drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the ...

The first "adolescent primer" on the marketDestructive trends among today's youth are growing, making life very different from when their parents were growing up. The primary four self-destructive behaviors in adolescence today are excessive alcohol and substance abuse, promiscuity, self mutilation (ie: cutting and burning), and eating disorders. These will be covered in detail, along with other issues like Internet addiction and suicide. These problems are not only detrimental to teens' m...

This perennial bestseller (with more than 100,000 copies sold) has been completely revised and updated for a new generation of teenagers and their parents.Since its initial publication in 1995, Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers has ushered countless families through the trying years of adolescence. In this fully revised and updated edition, Riera tackles some of the newest issues facing parents and teens, and gives a second look to the old standbys...

The long-awaited follow-up to the million-copy bestseller The Out-of-Sync Child, presenting information and advice for tweens, teens, and young adults living with Sensory Processing Disorder, and their parents.The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up will be the new bible for the vast audience of parents whose children, already diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder, are entering the adolescent, tween, and teen years, as well as those who do not yet hav...

It is difficult to diagnose this disease in children as sometimes the symptoms can be confused with bad behavior. However some signs of the disorder are inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. This disorder can affect your child’s learning. Attention deficit disorder or its other name Attention deficient hyperactivity disorder makes it a challenge for the child to inhibit their spontaneous response. Sometimes these kids are labeled as troublemakers or being in-disciplined, however they...

Offering strategies for getting and staying sober, first-hand stories, and other resources for teens, parents, and professionals, Young, Sober, and Free helps young addicts and alcoholics through recovery.Real teens tell the real story about getting sober and staying sober in this edgy, winning interpretation of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Shelly Marshall lets her teen contributors speak for themselves (and their words are not sugarcoated), while expe...

ANNA WAS GIVEN CERTAIN ABILITIES AS A CHILD, NOW IT WAS TIME TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO PASS THE "GIFT" ON TO. CHRIS WAS ONLY TWELVE, BUT GROWING UP FAST AND THE OLD LADY GETTING OUT OF THE CAB WAS TO BE HIS NEW NEIGHBOR. SHE LOOKED OVER AT HIM PEEKING THROUGH THE CURTAINS AND SMILED. CHRIS SUDDENLY HAD A COMPULSION TO GO OUTSIDE AND HELP HER WITH THE LUGGAGE. "WHAT'S WITH THAT?" HE THOUGHT... 

Bradley V. DeHaven's first book, Defining Moments, A Suburban Father's Journey Into His Son's Oxy Addiction, is the story about how addiction defined him throughout his life and made him the person he is today. The second book, The Addict Among Us, contains the stories of some of the over 400 people afflicted by addiction. It distills some of the most potent lessons and provides information about preventing, detecting, treating, and living with drug abuse, in particular, prescription opioi...

BISHOP BARRINGTON BURRELL is a senior minister in the New Testament Church of God (UK) for over fort-two years. He is an author, counsellor, Bible teacher and family life conference speaker. He is a graduate from the Ebenezer Bible Institute in Switzerland. His profound love for humanity, coupled with a distinct call of God, has brought him face to face with the practical and spiritual issues of todays generation. He is married to beautiful Maxine, and they are blessed with two grown-up ch...

Leola Jackson, born and bred in the Deep South, narrates her experiences as a black girl whose entire life was defined by Jim Crow boundary lines. These invisible lines, which were drawn and enforced by the authority of Southern laws and customs, told Leola and her friends where they could live, where they could go to school, where they could sit on a public bus, where they could sit and eat in a public place, where they were allowed to worship, and even how high their dreams and aspiratio...

This is the fifth and final book in the Adventures of Olivier and Joaquin series of childrens stories. The boys go to Canada for the first time in more than twelve years to celebrate Canadas 150th anniversary in 2017, marking an adventure that has them explore the countrys biggest cities and breathtaking countryside. Now begins each of their stories as they grow into increasingly independent teenagers, and soon, young men.