ARHS Recommended Reading Lists: Teens - Psychology

Explores the biological gender differences which influence how boys and girls learn and discusses how the American education system can be adapted to better serve various learning rates.

"Neurologist Dr. Frances E. Jensen offers a revolutionary look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths and offering practical advice for teens, parents, and teachers"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the causes of the rising crime rates involving middle-class adolescents and drug abuse, violence, and suicide and maintains that today's teens live in a culture of exclusion and neglect that has left them with few options among an unforgiving society.

Through real stories from the counseling office of Gary Chapman, you will discover how the principles of the five love languages can really work in the lives of your teens and family.

Provides parents with information about the social and psychological world in which their teenage sons live and strategies for helping their sons with positive self-realization.

Shares anecdotes from the childhoods, teen years, and young adult lives of three men from Newark, New Jersey, who made a pledge to each other in high school to stay safe from drugs, gangs, and crime, and work to become doctors--a goal they have successfully achieved.

Explores the most common lessons teens learn when they experience loss and explains how to turn a set-back into a step forward by examining the eleven elements that make up the DNA of those who learn.