Favorite Resources for Parents of Teens
Parenting Approaches for Teens
- Parent as Coach: Helping Your Teen Build a Life of Confidence, Courage and Compassion by Diana Haskins Sterling (2001)
- Parent/Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach . . . to End Battles with Your Pre-Teens and Teens by Mira Kirshenbaum and Charles Foster Ph.D. (1995)
- Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for a Responsible Adulthood by Foster Cline MD and Jim Fay (1993)
- Positive Discipline for Teenagers: Empowering Your Teen and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting by Jane Nelson Ed.D. and Lynn Lott (2000)
- Uncommon Sense for Parents of Teenagers by Michael Riera Ph.D. (2004)
Addressing Risky Behavior
- Lonely, Sad and Angry: How to Help Your Unhappy Child by Barbara Ingersoll Ph.D. and Sam Goldstein Ph.D. (2001)
- The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls by Lynn E Ponton MD (2001)
- Date Rape Backlash: Media and the Denial of Rape
- *Deadly Persuasion: The Advertising of Alcohol and Tobacco with Jean Kilbourne
- *Dream Worlds 2: Desire, Sex and Power in the Music Industry
- *Game Over: Gender, Race and Violence in Video Games
- Selling Addictions and Deadly Persuasion: The Advertising of Alcohol and Tobacco
- *Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies and Alcohol with Jean Kilbourne/Jackson Katz. Focuses on the normalization of alcohol abuse despite that its use leads to deaths, sexual assaults, and violence among our youth.
- Teen Sexuality in an Age of Confusion
- *Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity with Jackson Katz
Financial Education
- No More Frogs to Kiss: 99 Ways to Give Economic Power to Girls by Joline Godfrey (1999)
- Smart Kid, Rich Kid and Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kyosaki (2001) (2002)
- Start Smart: Money Management for Teens. How to save, spend and protect your cash. www.fdic.gov
Coming of Age
- Prairie Star Coming of Age Program. Contact Beth Brownfield at bethbrown@aol.com
