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Addictions:

Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood (by Koren Zailckas)
Topics: A cautionary tale about one girl's experience with alcohol
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It's Not Okay to Be a Cannibal: How to Keep Addiction from Eating Your Family Alive  (by Andrew Wainwright and Robert Posnanovich
Helping family members cope with addiction
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Adolescent Development

 

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ. (By Daniel Goleman)
Topics: The importance of developing social and coping skills
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And...
 

Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. (By Daniel Goleman)
Topics: The biological basis of social and emotional health
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The Primal Teen.  What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids.  (by Barbara Strauch)
Topics: Adolescent brain development / understanding teenage behavior
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Yes Your Teen IS Crazy!  Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind (by Michael J. Bradley)
Topics: Adolescent brain development / understanding teenage behavior
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And the companion book for teens...Yes Your Parents ARE Crazy!  A Teen Survival Guide (by Michael J. Bradley)      Browse through the book (Click HERE)

 

 

 

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall.  A Parents Guide to the New Teenager (by Anthony Wolfe)
Topics: Understanding and coping with the challenges of parenting
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I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!  A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict (by Roni Cohen-Sandler and Michelle Silver)
Topics: Mother--daughter relationships
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Anxiety and Stress Management

The Quiet Mind by John Harvey, Ph. D.

Topics: Stress, anxiety, and "self-talks"

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Freedom from Stress by Phil Nuerenberg, Ph.D.

Topics: Stress, and the role of breathing, diet, exercise, and meditation

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Teenage Depression

 

More Than Moody.  Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression (by Harold Koplewicz)
Topics: Depression
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Girls' Issues

 

Queen Bees and Wannabes.  Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence (by Rosalind Wiseman)
Topics: Relational Aggression / "Female Bullying"
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Odd Girl Out.  The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls (by Rachel Simmons)
Topics: Relational Aggression / "Female Bullying"
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Reviving Ophelia.  Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (by Mary Pipher)
Topics: Self-esteem and adolescent female development
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Eating Disorders

 

Dying to Be Thin.  Understanding and Treating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia--A Practical, Lifesaving Guide (by Ira Sacker)
Topics: Eating disorders
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Self-injury

 

Cutting.  Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation (by Steven Levenkron)
Topics: Cutting and self-mutilation
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Boys' Issues

 

Boys Will Be Boys.  Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence (by Myriam Miedzian)
Topics: Bullying, self-esteem, and adolescent male development
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Raising Cain.  Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (by Dan Kindlon)
Topics: Self-esteem and adolescent male development
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Real Boys.  Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood (by Mary Pipher)
Topics: Self-esteem and adolescent male development
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Credit To Andrew Yeager - Park Ridge Highschool