Preteens and Teens Resources

[JessicaS]

Here is a list of useful Resources for the PreTeens and Teens forum. If you would like something added please pm a forum moderator or administrator.




Books



And Words Can Hurt Forever: How To Protect Adolescents From Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence by James Garbarino, PhD, and Elle deLara, PhD


Blue Jean: What Young Women Are Thinking, Saying and Doing by Sherry S. Handel

The Blueprint for My Girls: How to Build a Life Full of Courage, Determination, & Self-love by Yasmin Shiraz

Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt): A Dad's Advice for Daughters by Philip Van Munching


Field Guide to the American Teenager: A Parent's Companion by Micheal Riera, PhD, and Joseph Di Prsco, PhD


From Magical Child to Magical Teen: A Guide to Adolescent Development by Joseph Chilton Pearce


Girls to Women: Women to Girls by Bunny McCune and Deb Traunstein

Girls Who Rocked the World 2: Heriones from Harriet Tubman to Mia Hamm by Michelle Roehm

In Your Face: Stories From the Lives of Queer Youth by Mary L. Gray


It's Your Rite: Girls' Coming-of-Age Stories compiled by Nora E. Coon

Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals that Celebrate a Girl's Coming of Age by Janet Lucy and Terri Allison


The Queer Parent's Primer: A Lesbian and Gay Families' Guide to Navigating the Straight World by Stephanie A. Brill


Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman by Jeanne Elium and Don Elium

The Real Boys Workbook by William S. Pollack, PhD and Kathleen Cushman

Rites of Passage: A Celebration of Menarche by Linda M. La Flamme



The Secret Lives of Girls: What Good Girls Really Do - Sex, Play, Aggression and Their Guilt by Sharon Lamb

The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls by Lynn Ponton


Soul Searching: A Girls Guide to Finding Herself by Sarah Stillman

Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really Saying by Michael Riera, PhD



The Teenagers Guide to School Outside the Box by Rebecca Greene


Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Their Children About Sex and Character by Pepper Schwartz, PhD and Dominic Cappello

This Book Is About Sex by Tucker Shaw and Fiona Gibb

Throw Like A Girl: Discovering the Body, Mind and Spirit of the Athlete in You! by Shelley Frost and Ann Troussieux

The Thundering Years: Rituals and Sacred Wisdom for Teens by Julie Tallard Johnson



The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality 2nd ed. by Michael J. Basso


The What's Happening to My Body? Book For Boys by Lynda and Area Madaras


The What's Happening to My Body? Book For Girls by Lynda and Area Madaras


When the Breast Fairy Comes: Understanding and Communicating with Your Daughter during Adolescence by Stacey L. Roberts

When the Drama Club is Not Enough: Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students by Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer

You Have to Say I'm Pretty, You're My Mother: How to Help Your Daughter Learn to Love Her Body and Herself by Stephanie Pierson and Phyllis Cohen, CSW



You Look Too Young to Be a Mom: Teen Mothers Speak Out on Love, Learning, and Success edited by Deborah Davis