Of the 33 million adolescents in the United States, almost 10 million are at risk of failing to become responsible adults. They attend schools that do not serve their needs, lack the support of caring adults, and, as a result, are alienated from mainstream society. African-American and Hispanic children, increasingly segregated in disadvantaged neighborhoods, are particularly vulnerable. In Adolescence: Growing Up in America Today, a follow-up to Joy Dryfoos's landmark volume, Adolescents at Risk (OUP, 1991), Joy Dryfoos and Carol Barkin take a close look at the lives of young people, identify some of their problems, and present solutions based on state-of-the-art prevention and treatment strategies. They examine important issues in adolescents' lives--sex, violence, drugs, health, mental health, and education. Reviewing successful prevention programs and policy studies, Dryfoos and Barkin demonstrate that we know what to do to prevent high-risk behaviors: young people need to establish relationships with adults; parents need to be involved in their children's lives; and programs need to be comprehensive, sensitive to cultural differences, and staffed by highly trained personnel. Dryfoos and Barkin argue that turning our backs on adolescents will lead to disturbing consequences: the achievement gap will grow, outcomes will worsen, school systems will struggle with the growing disparities, and we as a nation will fall behind the rest of the world in our capacity to educate our youth. If, however, we decide that we want a better quality of life for our children, we will insure that every young person has access to an excellent education. Schools, youth workers, and parents cannot alone provide a better quality of life for our adolescents, but each must play a major role, and all must work together. Providing a roadmap for the development and implementation of sound policies for American teenagers in the twenty-first century, this volume is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of our nation's youth.

Adolescence: Growing Up in America Today

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Barkin, Carol

Dryfoos, Joy G.

Psychology & Counseling

Oxford University Press

The death of a child is that unimaginable loss no parent ever expects to face. In Beyond Tears, nine mothers share their individual stories of how to survive in the darkest hour. They candidly share with other bereaved parents what to expect in the first year and long beyond: * Harmonious relationships can become strained * There is a new definition of what one considers "normal" * The question "how many children do you have?" can be devastating * Mothers and fathers mourn and cope differently * There simply is no answer to the question "why?" This sharing in itself is a catharsis and because each of these mothers lost her child at least seven years ago, she is in a unique position to provide perspective on what newly bereaved parents can expect to feel. The mothers of Beyond Tears offer reassurance that the clouds of grief do lessen with time and that grieving parents will find a way to live, and even laugh again.

Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child

Mitchell, Ellen

Cohen, Audrey

Colletti, Lorenza

Eisenberg, Barbara

Madelaine Perri Kasden

Levine, Phyllis

Long, Ariella

Volpe, Rita

GOLDSTEIN,BARBARA

Parenting & Relationships

St. Martin's: Griffin

"During the summer before he went to college, he was obnoxious; he said, 'There's a reason I'm acting this way; it will make it easier for you to have me leave.'"
"When she was packing to leave, she was completely preoccupied with how many sheets and towels to take. I was thinking, 'My kid is leaving home forever, and life is taken up with minutiae.'"
It's an emotional rollercoaster, a combination of missing him and feeling happy and excited for him."
New Beginnings
You've taught them how to do their laundry, brought them a year's supply of toothpaste and shampoo, and lectured them on the do's and dont's of life beyond your home. The time has come for your child to leave for college -- but are you prepared to say goodbye?
Written by a mother who survived the perils of packing her own child off to school, When Your Kid Goes to College provides supportive, reassuring, and helpful tips for handling this inevitable but difficult separation. 
Comprehensive and accessible, this practical guide includes info on:
<ul>
<li>Teaching your child how to live on his own, from balancing a checkbook to dealing with a roomate.</li>
<li>The difference between financial and emotioanl dependence -- and how to keep them separate.</li>
<li>Helping your spouse, younger children, and even pets deal with the transition when your child leaves -- and when she returns.</li>
<li>How to fill -- and even enjoy -- the hole that your child's absence leaves.</li>
</ul>
Saying goodbye isn't the end of the world; it's the beginning of an exciting new one for your child-and you!

When Your Kid Goes to College; A Parent's Survival Guide

Mental Health

William Morrow Paperbacks

An easy-to-understand but comprehensive guide to letter writing explains how to create personalized stationery, address envelopes correctly, and compose thank-you notes, letters of condolence, business letters, and other types of correspondence.

Sincerely Yours: How to Write Great Letters

Children's Books

James, Elizabeth

Biographies

Clarion Books

Discusses the general purposes of writing letters and outlines the elements of different types of personal and business letters, including information on state abbreviations, forms of address, and pen pals

Sincerely Yours; How to Write Great Letters

Education & Reference

The Holiday Handbook

A comprehensive reference on the world's secular holidays lists each holiday's date and origin, the different ways it has been observed, and suggestions for games and projects, and discusses major religious holidays and their traditions.

A guide for young babysitters offers advice on how to find clients, interact with children, handle health problems or other emergencies, and understand safety. By the authors of The Holiday Handbook.

The New Complete Babysitter's Handbook

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Taking care of other people's children is a job many young people enjoy doing and do well. It's a big responsibility, too. Today's babysitters need skills and awareness that past generations didn't dream of. This comprehensive handbook offers sensible, timely, upbeat advice on practical matters from changing a diaper to answering the phone, and on such sensitive issues as dealing with a parent who may be intoxicated and babysitting for children with chronic illnesses. Suggestions for games and activities indoors and out, meals, bathtime, and bedtime address the specific needs of infants, toddlers, and older children. Appendixes discuss minor mishaps and emergencies, how to tell which is which, and what to do in every case. All health and safety information has been reviewed by health-care professionals. Designed to go along in pocket or purse, with checklists for at-a-glance reference, "The New Complete Babysitter's Handbook" contains everything a great babysitter needs to know in a handy take-along size. Every babysitter and parent should have this book as a constant companion.

Social Smarts : Manners for Today's Kids

Providing practical, upbeat advice on everything from formal etiquette to problems in interacting with classmates and family members, a guide for young people outlines modes of conduct for a variety of situations.

Social Smarts: Manners for Today's Kids

Reference

The only complete guide to secular holidays arranged by season describes their origins and celebrations. Includes the world's major religions and their holidays.

Geography & Cultures

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Books by Barkin, Carol

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Adolescence: Growing Up in America Today

Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child

When Your Kid Goes to College; A Parent's Survival Guide

Sincerely Yours: How to Write Great Letters

Sincerely Yours; How to Write Great Letters

The Holiday Handbook

The New Complete Babysitter's Handbook

The New Complete Babysitter's Handbook

Social Smarts: Manners for Today's Kids

The Holiday Handbook