How to hug a porcupine : negotiating the prickly points of the tween years
Title:
How to hug a porcupine : negotiating the prickly points of the tween years
Author:
Ross, Julie A.
ISBN:
9780071545891
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008
Physical Description:
xiv, 210 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Abstract:
Middle-schoolers : hormonal, disorganized, and defiant -- The overwhelmed "slacker" -- How to break the nagging cycle and turn responsibility over to your middle schooler -- Peer pressure and changing values -- Dealing with defiance -- The computer "addiction" -- Encouraging self-eseem and independence -- The push for independence -- Talking about sex, drugs and alcohol -- Sibling rivalry : a new level of competition -- How a relationship approach affects life.
Subject:
| Preteens |
| Parent and child |
| Child rearing |
Summary:
Middle-schoolers : hormonal, disorganized, and defiant -- The overwhelmed "slacker" -- How to break the nagging cycle and turn responsibility over to your middle schooler -- Peer pressure and changing values -- Dealing with defiance -- The computer "addiction" -- Encouraging self-eseem and independence -- The push for independence -- Talking about sex, drugs and alcohol -- Sibling rivalry : a new level of competition -- How a relationship approach affects life.