Charlie Wheelan and his family do what others dream of: They take a year off to travel the world. This is their story. What would happen if you quit your life for a year? In a pre-COVID-19 world, the Wheelan family decided to find out;...
Parent and teenager
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Author:Wheelan, Charles J.Summary: - Author:Pettersen, Geneviève, Smith, NeilSummary:
Winner, 2015 Archambault Prize The year is 1996, and small-town life for 14-year-old Catherine is made up of punk rock, skaters, shoplifting, drugs, and the ghost of Kurt Cobain. Her parents are too busy divorcing to pay her headful of...
- Author:TROLLOPE, JoannaSummary:
Alice is thirty-eight. She has a house, a husband, two teenage children and a part-time job. She thinks she ought to be happy. But she isn't. Instead, she feels she has vanished, that she is like something lost down the back...
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Author:Chapman, GarySummary:Struggling to connect with your teen' Never before has raising teens been so perplexing. If you are wondering what on earth you're doing wrong, you're not alone. But there is hope. By learning to meaningfully express love...
- Author:Boisvert, CélineSummary:
L'adolescence... un mot qui fait frémir d'inquiétude bien des parents ! Bien que la majorité des parents et des jeunes traversent cette étape sans grande difficulté il demeure qu'être parent d'un adolescent suscite des émotions souvent...
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Author:Duffy, JohnSummary:Learn about the “New Teen” and how to adjust your parenting approach. Kids are growing up with nearly unlimited access to social media and the internet, and unprecedented academic, social, and familial stressors. Starting as early as...
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Author:Califano, Joseph A.Summary:Drawing on more than two decades of research at The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), founder Joseph A. Califano, Jr., presents a clear, common-sense guide to helping kids stay drug-...
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Author:Simmons, RachelSummary:Author Rachel Simmons offers advice on teaching girls self-compassion as an alternative to self-criticism, resisting the constant urge to compare themselves to peers, navigating toxic elements of social media, prioritizing self-care,...
- Author:Bécotte, JonathanSummary:
Je ne suis pas n{acute}e pour {circ}etre un ouragan. Mais je ne suis plus capablede contenir mes rafales. Mon secret souffle trop fort, pour que je l'{acute}etouffe une journ{acute}ee de plus...
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Author:Thomson, LynnSummary:A delicately rendered memoir on motherhood, family, and the beauty of the natural world.In fall 2007, Lynn Thomson experiences a huge life shift. Her teenage son, Yeats, is just beginning high school. Yeats has always struggled against...
- Author:Straehl, PatrickSummary:
Un recueil de chroniques complètement désopilantes, essentiellement sous forme de dialogues, portant sur le quotidien d'un père partageant la garde de ses quatre adolescents, doués d'un sens de l'humour mordant. Bienvenue dans l'univers...
- Author:Delagrave, MichelSummary:
L'adolescence est une étape de croissance importante accélérée au cours de laquelle le jeune apprend à se passer de plus en plus de ses parents. Devant ce désir croissant d'indépendance et face aux choix de l'adolescent les parents...
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Author:McKee, JonathanSummary:In 52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Obsessed Kid, author Jonathan McKee offers just the help you need to have meaningful interaction with your kids instead of always overreacting to their unhealthy consumption of technology and...
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Author:Hayes, Anne Marie, Spavone, SandySummary:This program works with state/provincial Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) programs so parents have the information and tools they need to coach and support their teen drivers at every stage of licensing. 25 structured driving lessons...
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Author:Green, LyndsaySummary:The digital revolution has left many parents feeling intimidated by the world their teens inhabit and they worry that they lack the experience to parent effectively. Teens Gone Wired: Are You Ready? examines today’s parenting challenges...
