Age groups: adolescents Books

Book SynopsisResponding to real-life questions and concerns from younger boys about their changing bodies, Madaras covers a wide range of topics at a reading and understanding level that's just right for them: the growth of sex organs, body hair, and facial hair; weight and height spurts; the unwelcome appearance of acne and body odour; shaving; circumcision; erections and ejaculations; feelings about puberty; and bullying.Illustrated throughout with lively two-colour drawings, "On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!" is the newest entry in the popular "What's Happening to My Body?" series that has influenced an entire generation of readers.

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Book SynopsisAmerica's Suburban Gangs is the first book written about youth gangs in suburbs and schools. Based on interviews with over 400 boys and girls between the ages of ten and twenty, the author offers a vivid portrayal of their lives in and around gangs. It chronicles the way in which suburban youths become involved with gangs, learn about committing crimes and violent acts, and gradually begin to question their loyalty to gang life.Trade Review"This is a book that generates rich insights into a disturbing societal problem bedevilling our entire nation. People who deal with children but who have little personal knowledge about the neighborhoods and streets where children live their private lives ... will gain a new outlook on the emotional scarring that children suffer in gangs, a new appreciation of the scope and extent of the destructive dilemma gangs pose for our way of life, and a new understanding of how best to approach the challenge of formulating constructive efforts of prevention and rehabilitation in local urban, suburban, and rural communities across the United States." Thomas Shannon, National School Boards Association, USA "Wannabe is a poignant reminder of just how difficult it will be to develop public policy designed to control the 'youth gangs' which so terrorize both urban and suburban neighborhoods. Dan Monti's contribution is the brutal honesty of his work. The words, however, are not his own. He lets the gang-bangers and wannabes tell their stories. Chilling stories, 'out of the mouths of babes', about children and young adults who moonlight as organized criminals and contract killers. God help us! We will need it." Robert Destro, Catholic University School of Law, Former member United States Commission on Civil Rights "Dan Monti's study of the Fairview School District was in-depth and a revealing description of the impact of gangs on school-age youth and the school environment .... Read and take heed, this is happening in your school district." Superintendent, Fairview School District "Wannabe is very well written, very interesting, and certainly of great importance in understanding how our society is to deal with some of its most intractable problems. I was struck by the fact that gangs serve as a focus of identity for those who join them, not because it is a new idea, but because our schools have been systematically stripped of any affective qualities - anything that might provide an alternative sense of identity." Diane Ravitch, The Brookings InstitutionTable of ContentsForeword by Edwin J. Delattre vii Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 2 Gangs in the World of Children 21 3 Coming of Age 51 4 Going Along with the Program 96 5 Learning to Ride a Bicycle 130 Index 172

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Book SynopsisThis innovative collection of newly commissioned essays from leading experts in sociology and cultural studies looks at youth culture through subcultural identity. Youth Culture is the first text to bridge sociology and cultural studies in order to understand youth identity replacing the outmoded theories based on deviance. This volume examines the social worlds of young people in their "natural environments"; suburban bedrooms, shopping malls, rock concerts, and school. In addition, it explores the impact of the media and music on youth, using Beavis and Butthead, "grunge", and heavy metal bands as examples of youth subcultural identity. Epstein's collection of prominent writers and researchers will give you a better understanding of why youths, in particular, are prone to collective identity, and how they achieve their sense of self through fashion, music, sports and entertainment.Table of ContentsList of Contributors vii Acknowledgments x 1 Introduction: Generation X, Youth Culture, and Identity 1 Jonathon S. Epstein 2 Teenage Sexuality, Body Politics, and the Pedagogy of Display 24 Henry A. Giroux 3 Teens and Schools: Who is Falling through the Cracks and Why 56 Sarah Nixon-Ponder 4 Beavis and Butt-Head: No Future for Postmodern Youth 74 Steven Best and Douglas Kellner 5 The Industrial Identity Crisis: the Failure of a Newly Forming subculture to Identity Itself 100 David A. Locher 6 Identity and Status Stratification in Deadhead Subculture 118 Robert Sardiello 7 “Don’t Need you:” Rethinking Identity Politics and Separatism from a Grrrl Perspective 148 Mary Celeste Kearney 8 “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle:” Pan-capitalism and Alternative Rock 189 Javier Santiago-Lucerna 9 “This Ain’t No Disco” … or is it? Youth culture and the Rave Phenomenon 195 Lori Tomlinson 10 Growing up Punk: Meaning and Commitment Careers on a Contemporary Youth Subculture 212 Linda Andes 11 “When It All Changed:” Cyberpunk and the Baby Boom’s Rejection of Religious Institutions 232 Samuel R. Smith 12 Social Justice and Sexism for Adolescents: a Content Analysis of Lyrical Themes and Gender Presentations in Canadian Heavy Metal Music, 1985-1991 263 Bruce K. Friesen and Warren Helfrich 13 Incubus: Male Songwriters’ Portrayal of Women’s Sexuality in Pop Metal Music 286 Lisa J. Sloat 14 Explorations in Youth Culture. Amateur Stripping: What We Know and What We Don’t 302 Thomas C. Calhoun, Julie Ann Harms Cannon and Rhonda Fisher Index 327

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Book Synopsis At the core of the author's concern stands the question of cultural transmutation in an era riddled with media channels and all-embracing messages. Fragments of the Israeli experience are pieced together in this provocative essay to provide a socio-anthropological agenda for some of the issues involved in the manufacturing of items of symbolic solidarity and common national imagery in an epoch of social disunification and cultural pastiche. The author argues that even though the aesthetic forms of major cultural idioms have unrecognizably altered and are accommodated to befit the shape and style of post-modern living, the basic programs underlying them have remained immutable. Furthermore, it is the quality of adaptability to changing aesthetic conventions that allow such symbolic corner-stones to be left unturned. The case of the youth culture is chose here as a yardstick for examining the double voice of such process - the global versus the tribal.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction Myths and Simulations Youth and Post-Zionist Simulations Forget Zionism? Capturing Time-Space Myths of the Body and the Territory Israeli Collectivism in Retrospective Beyond Collectivism Chapter 1. Resolving Social Inequalities: The Ethnic Discourse Five Root Metaphors Community as Instant Acculturation Afterword: Community as Simulation Chapter 2. Revisiting the Holocaust: The Historical Discourse The Holocaust in Israeli Eyes: A Brief History of Collective Images The School Delegations The Ministry’s Course School Preparations Reading the Holocaust Afterword: The Holocaust as Simulation Chapter 3. Serializing War: The Interrupted Discourse Israel in the Gulf War Framing the Text A Poetics of Reversal Global Responses to the Gulf War Local Responses: The Interrupted System Afterword: The Gulf War as Simulation Chapter 4. Taming Youth Culture: The Generational Discourse The Plot Late Summer Blues as a Mythical Structure The Group “Individualism” versus “Collectivism” A Rite of Passage The Tel-Aviv Syndrome Afterword: Blues as Simulation Chapter 5. Living after the Assassination: The Political Discourse Rabin’s Two Bodies “Our Father Has Gone” Afterword: Rabin’s Bereavement as Simulation Epilogue References Index

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Book Synopsis Through the innovative methodology of asking them to record their experiences on videotape, this book offers an evocative and fascinating cross-cultural exploration into the everyday lives of a number of teenage girls from their own broad social, cultural and ethnic perspectives. The use of the video camera by the girls themselves reveals their exploration and experimentation with possible identities, highlighting their awareness that the self is not ready made but rather constituted in the process of continuous performance. The result is an active self-conscious exploration of the continuous "art" of self-making. Through their play, the teenagers are shown to strategically test out various possibilities, while keeping such explorations within the bounds of what is acceptable and permissible in their own micro-cultural worlds. The resulting material challenges previous findings in those feminist and youth anthropological studies based on too narrow a concept of class, ethnicity or populist approaches to culture.Trade Review “…this is a powerful book with much to offer readers interested in girls’ studies. It records and analyzes girls in the act of recording and analyzing themselves, a reflective practice that needs to continue in other media as well if we are ever to understand more about both identity construction and the technical tools that enable or accelerate it.” · Feminist Collections “Through her careful and sensitive navigation of issues such as growing up and finding a voice for oneself in the murkiness of living as a teenager, Bloustien presents a cogent analysis of the challenges and victories experienced by these adolescent girls… The sensitivity with which she approaches her subjects and the issues they face give her credibility and makes her work both believable and moving.” · Journal of Sociology "…a big, rich book…a well-crafted book. Just like teenage girls, it is dramatic, entertaining, and endearing." · JRAI “… an exhaustive study, theoretically sophisticated, beautifully written, and an enlightening read.” · Australian Women’s Book ReviewTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: Ceci n’est pas une jeune fille Chapter 1. Camera Power Chapter 2. My Body, Myself Chapter 3. Whose Private Space? Chapter 4. (Public) Space Invaders Chapter 5. Learning to Play It “Cool” Chapter 6. “Music is in My Soul” Chapter 7. Global Girl Making: 10 + 6 Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis A fascinating and highly readable account of what it was like to be young and hip, growing up in East Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Living on the frontline of the Cold War, young people were subject to a number of competing influences. For young men from the working class, in particular, a conflict developed between the culture they inherited from their parents and the new official culture taught in schools. Merging with street gangs, new youth cultures took shape, which challenged authority and provided an alternative vision of modernity. Taking their fashion cues, music and icons from the West, they rapidly came into conflict with a didactic and highly controlling party-state. Charting the clashes which occurred between teenage rebels and the authorities, the book explores what happened when gender, sexuality, Nazism, communism and rock 'n' roll collided during a period, which also saw the building of the Berlin Wall.Trade Review "Mark Fenemore's ambitious yet admirably compact...provides a wide-ranging, richly detailed, nuanced, and insightful cultural and social history of (predominantly male) youth nonconformity in the GDR...this book belongs in the latest generation of pioneering cultural and social histories of the GDR that suggest new approaches and future paths for comparative study." · American Historical Review "...an insightful, constantly thought-provoking and engaging analysis of the tension between the young people of the GDR and the SED's state system. While historians of the GDR will undoubtedly find a great deal to interest them in Fenemore's work, his insights into neo-Nazism, youth culture in general and the relationship between gender and the state mean his book deserves an audience beyond those interested just in the GDR." · Cultural and Social History "...a wonderful book on the relationship of masculinity discourses of working-class culture, working-class conservatism and pop culture. Fenemore shows that youth culture is not "left" just because it deviates from the norm. · H-Soz-u-Kult "[The volume] offers a stimulating overview that widens our understanding of the socio-cultural dimension underlying National Socialism." · Historische Zeitschrift "[The author] employs a refreshing and convincing example for a different kind of scholarship about the Cold War: gender. Just as the study of men and women is more complex than lumping together all men under the rubric of masculinity or all women into a vague femininity, argues Fenemore, the GDR must be understood within the context of its relationship with Cold-War West Germany." · Journal of Contemporary History "Focusing on the behavior of young people in daily life, the author effectively illustrates how the Communist Party failed to create the anti-fascist consensus necessary to legitimize the regime." · Choice "The strength of Fenemore's study is his ability to tie the history of thaws and freezes in the GDR to the way the state handled youth, particularly male nonconformists... The book will appeal to scholars and graduate students studying the history of the GDR and youth and serve as a complement to the growing number of studies in GDR Alltagsgeschichte." · H-Net ReviewsTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Gendering the GDR Chapter 3. Remasculinisation Chapter 4. Re-education Chapter 5. A Teenage "Revolution"? Chapter 6. Street Culture Chapter 7. Sexing Up Socialism Chapter 8. Remilitarisation Chapter 9. Rock 'n' Roll Chapter 10. Manufacturing Consent Chapter 11. Making Men Out of Them Chapter 12. Predatory Males Chapter 13. Conclusion Postscript: Where Are They Now? Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis At the core of the author's concern stands the question of cultural transmutation in an era riddled with media channels and all-embracing messages. Fragments of the Israeli experience are pieced together in this provocative essay to provide a socio-anthropological agenda for some of the issues involved in the manufacturing of items of symbolic solidarity and common national imagery in an epoch of social disunification and cultural pastiche. The author argues that even though the aesthetic forms of major cultural idioms have unrecognizably altered and are accommodated to befit the shape and style of post-modern living, the basic programs underlying them have remained immutable. Furthermore, it is the quality of adaptability to changing aesthetic conventions that allow such symbolic corner-stones to be left unturned. The case of the youth culture is chose here as a yardstick for examining the double voice of such process - the global versus the tribal.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction Myths and Simulations Youth and Post-Zionist Simulations Forget Zionism? Capturing Time-Space Myths of the Body and the Territory Israeli Collectivism in Retrospective Beyond Collectivism Chapter 1. Resolving Social Inequalities: The Ethnic Discourse Five Root Metaphors Community as Instant Acculturation Afterword: Community as Simulation Chapter 2. Revisiting the Holocaust: The Historical Discourse The Holocaust in Israeli Eyes: A Brief History of Collective Images The School Delegations The Ministry’s Course School Preparations Reading the Holocaust Afterword: The Holocaust as Simulation Chapter 3. Serializing War: The Interrupted Discourse Israel in the Gulf War Framing the Text A Poetics of Reversal Global Responses to the Gulf War Local Responses: The Interrupted System Afterword: The Gulf War as Simulation Chapter 4. Taming Youth Culture: The Generational Discourse The Plot Late Summer Blues as a Mythical Structure The Group “Individualism” versus “Collectivism” A Rite of Passage The Tel-Aviv Syndrome Afterword: Blues as Simulation Chapter 5. Living after the Assassination: The Political Discourse Rabin’s Two Bodies “Our Father Has Gone” Afterword: Rabin’s Bereavement as Simulation Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisRecent surveys suggest that while modern-day teenagers face many of the same problems as their predecessors of a generation ago, these problems may have more serious repercussions. Today''s teenagers have many decisions to make regarding drugs, sex, violence, and the like, all of which impact on their lives. A major purpose of this book is to help both adults and teenagers understand why they behave as they do, while giving solid information about the consequence of their behaviours. The book has been prepared essentially for those persons, particularly parents, teachers, and other adult ''overseers'' who must share in the joys, sorrows, and other emotional experiences in dealing with teenagers in this critical seven-year period of their lives.

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Book SynopsisEmerging Adults in America: Coming of Age in the 21st Century portrays the lives of young Americans between adolescence and young adulthood, a distinct developmental stage that editor Jeffrey Jensen Arnett describes as emerging adulthood. Over the past 40 years, the average age of marriage and parenthood has risen dramatically, and the years from the late teens through the mid-20s are no longer dedicated to settling into traditional adult roles. Instead, the focus has shifted to pursuing higher education, self-exploration, and shaping a future that best suits personal goals and desires. Along with coeditor Jennifer Lynn Tanner, Arnett has compiled a collection of chapters in this groundbreaking work that cover a range of topics from relationships with parents to views about love, sex, and marriage; from experiences in college to those in the work place; and from religious beliefs to beliefs about the concept of adulthood. This insightful book will be a valuable resource for developmental psychologists, therapists, and mental health practitioners who work with emerging adults and will appeal to young people and their families. Trade ReviewThis book is a must for those interested in, or working with, families in understanding the realities of today’s emerging adults, and also for those who are themselves emerging into adulthood. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsContributorsForewordPrefaceI. Theoretical Foundations Emerging Adulthood: Understanding the New Way of Coming of Age —Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Recentering During Emerging Adulthood: A Critical Turning Point in Life Span Human Development —Jennifer Lynn Tanner II. Individual Characteristics Emerging Structures of Adult Thought —Gisela Labouvie-Vief Emerging Adulthood as an Institutionalized Moratorium: Risks and Benefits to Identity Formation —James E. Côté Ethnic Identity Exploration in Emerging Adulthood —Jean S. Phinney Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: Continuity and Discontinuity in Courses, Causes, and Functions —John E. Schulenberg and Nicole R. Zarrett Resilience in Emerging Adulthood: Developmental Perspectives on Continuity and Transformation —Ann S. Masten, Jelena Obradovic, and Keith B. Burt III. Contexts Family Relationships and Support Systems in Emerging Adulthood —William S. Aquilino Friendships and Romance in Emerging Adulthood: Assessing Distinctiveness in Close Relationships —W. Andrew Collins and Manfred van Dulmen "Sex Is Just a Normal Part of Life": Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood —Eva S. Lefkowitz and Meghan M. Gillen School, Work, and Emerging Adulthood —Stephen F. Hamilton and Mary Agnes Hamilton Emerging Adults in a Media-Saturated World —Jane D. Brown IV. ConclusionThe Psychology of Emerging Adulthood: What Is Known, and What Remains to Be Known —Jeffrey Jensen Arnett IndexAbout the Editors

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Book SynopsisYoung People, Leisure and Place reports on cross-cultural research into the personal geographies of young people. It explores young people''s leisure and recreational pursuits, including favourite places, and.offers a tentative theory of adolescent thinking and development. The major themes explored are the impact of globalisation on young people, their reference systems and their use of private and public spaces. Evidence is presented of global, national and local dimensions of growing up in different countries in a post-modern world. The book contributes to a better understanding of issues of contemporary citizenship in a globalised world where the commodification of knowledge blurs boundaries and values. Effective citizenship in a world of time-space compression and instant access to diverse sources of information is problematic. This book provides a fascinating insight into the discerning values of young people. As they reveal their hopes and dreams within the knowledge society, the young people involved in this cross-cultural enquiry also highlight their conservatism and the traditional core values associated with their homes and families.

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Book SynopsisYouth Transition in a Globalized Marketplace (YTGM) is based on the experiences of youth in a number of countries. The authors of this study are internationally recognised as leaders in the field of youth research. It deals with the increasingly complex question of youth transition. As Miles observes: "...a key term in developing any adequate understanding of young people''s lifestyles is that of ''transition'', the process by which young people somehow manage to reach ''adulthood''." Galland proposes a model called the ''crossing of thresholds'' that define the pattern and progress of transition to adulthood. He suggests four centrally important thresholds that define the pattern and progress of transition to adulthood. These he defines as completing education/training, entry to employment, leaving home and forming a couple.

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Book SynopsisThis important book deals with the problem of youth violence by attacking it at the grass-roots level -- the community.

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Book SynopsisBringing together a never-before-assembled network of biologists, psychologists, and sociologists, Positive Youth Development and Spirituality scientifically examines how spirituality and its cultivation may affect the positive development of adolescents. Chapters provide groundbreaking new discussions of conceptual, theoretical, definitional, and methodological issues that need to be addressed when exploring the relationships between spirituality and development. Throughout the book, contributors recommend ways in which the research on the spirituality/positive youth development connection may be integral in building the larger field of spiritual development as a legitimate and active domain of developmental science. This volume, which is sure to be seen as a seminal contribution to a field in need of theoretical underpinnings, will be of interest to scholars and scientists in the fields of biology and the social and behavioral sciences. Contributors include: Mona Abo-Zena, Jeffrey Jensen Arnnett, Peter L. Benson, Marina Umaschi Bers, Aerika Brittian, William Damon, Angela M. DeSilva, Jacquelynne S. Eccles, David Henry Feldman, Simon Gächter, Elena L. Grigorenko, Sonia S. Isaac, Lene Arnett Jensen, Carl N. Johnson, Linda Juang, Pamela Ebstyne King, Richard M. Lerner, Jennifer Menon, Na'ilah Sued Nasir, Guerda Nicolas, Toma´š Paus, Stephen C. Peck, Erin Phelps, Alan P. Poey, Robert W. Roeser, W. George Scarlett, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Gabriel S. Spiewak, Chris Starmer, Moin Syed, Janice L. Templeton, Heather L. Urry, and Richard Wilkinson.

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Book SynopsisDevelopmentally, puberty is accompanied by major physical and emotional changes that alter a young person''s relationships and patterns of interaction with others. The transition into adolescence begins the move toward independence from parents and the need to establish one''s own values, personal and sexual identity, and the skills and competencies needed to compete in adult society. Independence requires young people to renegotiate family rules and degree of supervision by parents, a process that can generate conflict and withdrawal from parents. At the same time, social networks expand, and relationships with peers and adults in new social contexts equal or exceed in importance the relationships with parents. The criteria for success and acceptance among peers and adults change. Adapting to all of these changes in relationships, social contexts, status, and performance criteria can generate great stress, feelings of rejection, and anger at perceived or real failure. Young people may be attracted to violent behavior as a way of asserting their independence of the adult world and its rules, as a way of gaining the attention and respect of peers, as a way of compensating for limited personal competencies, or as a response to restricted opportunities for success at school or in the community. Good relationships with parents during childhood will help in a successful transition to adolescence, but they do not guarantee it. This book examines crucial issues in the field.

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Book SynopsisDevelopmentally, puberty is accompanied by major physical and emotional changes that alter a young person''s relationships and patterns of interaction with others. The transition into adolescence begins the move toward independence from parents and the need to establish one''s own values, personal and sexual identity, and the skills and competencies needed to compete in adult society. Independence requires young people to renegotiate family rules and degree of supervision by parents, a process that can generate conflict and withdrawal from parents. At the same time, social networks expand, and relationships with peers and adults in new social contexts equal or exceed in importance the relationships with parents. The criteria for success and acceptance among peers and adults change. Adapting to all of these changes in relationships, social contexts, status, and performance criteria can generate great stress, feelings of rejection, and anger at perceived or real failure. Young people may be attracted to violent behaviour as a way of asserting their independence of the adult world and its rules, as a way of gaining the attention and respect of peers, as a way of compensating for limited personal competencies, or as a response to restricted opportunities for success at school or in the community. Good relationships with parents during childhood will help in a successful transition to adolescence, but they do not guarantee it.

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Book SynopsisDevelopmentally, puberty is accompanied by major physical and emotional changes that alter a young person''s relationships and patterns of interaction with others. The transition into adolescence begins the move toward independence from parents and the need to establish one''s own values, personal and sexual identity, and the skills and competencies needed to compete in adult society. Independence requires young people to renegotiate family rules and degree of supervision by parents, a process that can generate conflict and withdrawal from parents. At the same time, social networks expand, and relationships with peers and adults in new social contexts equal or exceed in importance the relationships with parents. The criteria for success and acceptance among peers and adults change. Adapting to all of these changes in relationships, social contexts, status, and performance criteria can generate great stress, feelings of rejection, and anger at perceived or real failure. Young people may be attracted to violent behaviour as a way of asserting their independence of the adult world and its rules, as a way of gaining the attention and respect of peers, as a way of compensating for limited personal competencies, or as a response to restricted opportunities for success at school or in the community. Good relationships with parents during childhood will help in a successful transition to adolescence, but they do not guarantee it. This new book presents new research in the field.

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Book SynopsisCigarette smoking during childhood and adolescence produces significant health problems among young people, including cough and phlegm production, an increase in the number and severity of respiratory illnesses, decreased physical fitness, an unfavourable lipid profile and potential retardation in the rate of lung growth and the level of maximum lung function in addition to leading to long-term smoking and the numerous diseases connected with that including cancer and others. In this new book adolescent smoking is researched pertaining to the health complications that young adults will endure, as well as the different social aspects of what causes an adolescent to begin smoking in the first place including peer pressure. Several methods of smoking cessation are discussed.

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Book SynopsisPolicymakers and youth advocates have begun to focus greater attention on young people who are not working or in school. Generally characterised as "disconnected", these youth may also lack strong social networks that provide assistance in the form of employment connections and other supports such as housing and financial assistance. Without attachment to work or school, disconnected youth may be vulnerable to experiencing negative outcomes as they transition to adulthood. Like the existing research, the CRS analysis finds that a greater share of female and minority youth are disconnected. However, the analysis evaluates some other characteristics that have not been widely studied in the existing research. For instance, compared to their peers in the general population, disconnected youth tend to have fewer years of education, and are more likely to live apart from their parents and to have children. Disconnected youth are also twice as likely to be poor than their connected peers. This book provides information about the characteristics of disconnected youth, and the circumstances in which they live. This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

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Book SynopsisWith the growing adolescent developmental problems such as substance abuse, mental health problems and school violence, many primary prevention programs targeting specific adolescent developmental problems and positive youth development programs have been designed in the West. In contrast, there are very few systematic and multi-year positive youth development programs in Hong Kong. To promote holistic development among adolescents the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust approved a grant to launch a project entitled "P.A.T.H.S. to Adulthood: A Jockey Club Youth Enhancement Scheme" and invited academics of five universities to form a Research Team with the Chinese University of Hong Kong as the lead institution to develop a multi-year universal positive youth development program to promote holistic adolescent development in Hong Kong. Besides from developing the program, the Research Team also provides training for teachers and social workers who implement the program and carry out longitudinal evaluation of the project. This book highlights some of the latest research in the area of positive youth development.Table of ContentsForeword; Promoting positive development in Chinese adolescents; First year evaluation findings; Qualitative evaluation based on the perceptions of the program implementers; Evaluation using student weekly diaries; Interim evaluation of the secondary 2 program: Insights based on the full implementation phase; Interim evaluation of the secondary 3 program: Insights based on the experimental implementation phase ; Process evaluation of the secondary 2 curriculum with findings based on the full implementation phase ; Process evaluation of the implementation of the secondary 3 program in the experimental implementation phase; Process evaluation of program implementation based on the co-walker scheme; Evaluation of positive youth development programs for students with greater psychosocial needs; Positive youth development and prevention programs in adolescence in the Chinese culture: Where should we go?; Observation, response and suggestion; Professional and comprehensive training for the positive youth development program implementers; Response from a youth worker; Adolescent medicine point of view; Response from educational psychology; Response of a family counseling educator; A reflection on teaching the P.A.T.H.S. curriculum: A humanistic approach; Confu, Chinese belief and positive development; Positive development in the context of Confu, Tao and nursing; Adolescence from a development perspective; Human ecology aspects; Key stakeholders of their own development; New morbidities in adolescence; Index.

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Book SynopsisPuberty is tough on kids—and maybe even more so on parents! Parenting Through Puberty explains the physical and emotional changes you can expect to see in your child. Dr. Kowal-Connelly covers the nitty-gritty of adolescents’ changing bodies, and, critically, addresses the emotional toll puberty can take, covering issues of moodiness, body image, and self-esteem. Dr. Kowal-Connelly's reassuring advice also includes ways to encourage your tween or teen to embrace a healthy, active lifestyle in these crucial years, with tips on exercise and nutrition.Trade Review"This book is extremely well written and informative.I recommend this book to all parents and health care providers looking to equip themselves with the most up-to-date information about puberty." Robert C. Lee, DO, MS, FAAP; associate pediatric program director, member of Bright Futures Expert Panel on Middle Childhood, NYU Winthrop Hospital"Get a refreshing and valuable perspective along with hands-on advice about puberty, emotional changes, and all those unavoidable pitfalls of raising an adolescent." Jack Levine, MD, FAAP; clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell"This is a must read for all parents prior to or at any time during their child's adolescence. Turn to this book again and again as every child, at different stages of development, will present his or her own unique needs." Sarah Collins-Molese, BSN, MA, SNT; lead nurse, Freeport Public Schools" Parenting Through Puberty is a must-read for all parents of adolescents! ...Learn the nuts and bolts of what children go through, both physically and socially, as you raise healthy teens." Michelle Gallo, EdD; assistant superintendent, Baldwin School District"Dr Kowal-Connelly provides parents with a resource that is easy to read, has accessible references for more information, and above all a positive approach to what can often seem a daunting period of child development." Joy Connolly; director of education program services, Child Care Council of Nassau, Inc." Parenting Through Puberty offers parents information to successfully transition their child from childhood to young adulthood." Eduardo Ramirez; director for physical education, health education, health services, and athletics, Baldwin Union Free School District"Dr Kowal-Connelly is a dedicated advocate for families. Her expert advice is conveyed through a lens of compassion and empathy." Elizabeth Isakson, MD, FAAP; executive director, Docs for Tots"This book is like having an 'adolescence coach' to navigate you through the inevitable challenges of parenting through puberty! ...Filled with resources, checklists, and techniques to assist with important conversations, this book is very current, relevant, and empowering!" Diana M. Filiano, DSW; director, child welfare training program, Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare

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Book SynopsisAn illustrated, essential guide to engaging children and youth in the process of urban design From a history of children’s rights to case studies discussing international initiatives that aim to create child-friendly cities, Placemaking with Children and Youth offers comprehensive guidance in how to engage children and youth in the planning and design of local environments. It explains the importance of children’s active participation in their societies and presents ways to bring all generations together to plan cities with a high quality of life for people of all ages. Not only does it delineate best practices in establishing programs and partnerships, it also provides principles for working ethically with children, youth, and families, paying particular attention to the inclusion of marginalized populations. Drawing on case studies from around the world—in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Puerto Rico, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States—Placemaking with Children and Youth showcases children’s global participation in community design and illustrates how a variety of methods can be combined in initiatives to achieve meaningful change. The book features more than 200 visuals and detailed, thoughtful guidelines for facilitating a multiplicity of participatory processes that include drawing, photography, interviews, surveys, discussion groups, role playing, mapping, murals, model making, city tours, and much more. Whether seeking information on individual methods and project planning, interpreting and analyzing results, or establishing and evaluating a sustained program, readers can find practical ideas and inspiration from six continents to connect learning to the realities of students’ lives and to create better cities for all ages.Trade ReviewFrom the forward-thinking mind-set of creating sustainable future cities, this practical guide outlines how to engage youth in local research and action for environmental planning and design. Including case studies on child-friendly city initiatives, this title shares best practices for working ethically with children, and proposes cross-generational engagement, with attention to equity. * Public Art Review *This wonderful book recognizes that sustainable development calls for highly participatory local communities, including children and youth, who can cooperatively plan for and flexibly respond to environmental change. Based on this engaged view of citizenship, it offers a comprehensive range of practical methods for everyone. -- Roger Hart, Professor, Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkWhat an inspiring, fresh addition to the hallowed library of human habitat design! I am so grateful that this book has been written, with its guidance on how to engage kids, how to work in diverse urban environments, and its numerous case studies that can be replicated. Now, many more children can be assisted to grow into their full potential as community leaders and changemakers! * Mark Lakeman, Founder, The City Repair Project *Placemaking with Children and Youth makes a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature that focuses on the practice of place-based education. Even novices to this approach will find simple and straightforward tools capable of opening up the world of local inquiry and action to both themselves and their students. * Gregory A. Smith, Professor Emeritus, Lewis & Clark College *

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Book SynopsisAn illustrated, essential guide to engaging children and youth in the process of urban design From a history of children’s rights to case studies discussing international initiatives that aim to create child-friendly cities, Placemaking with Children and Youth offers comprehensive guidance in how to engage children and youth in the planning and design of local environments. It explains the importance of children’s active participation in their societies and presents ways to bring all generations together to plan cities with a high quality of life for people of all ages. Not only does it delineate best practices in establishing programs and partnerships, it also provides principles for working ethically with children, youth, and families, paying particular attention to the inclusion of marginalized populations. Drawing on case studies from around the world—in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Puerto Rico, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States—Placemaking with Children and Youth showcases children’s global participation in community design and illustrates how a variety of methods can be combined in initiatives to achieve meaningful change. The book features more than 200 visuals and detailed, thoughtful guidelines for facilitating a multiplicity of participatory processes that include drawing, photography, interviews, surveys, discussion groups, role playing, mapping, murals, model making, city tours, and much more. Whether seeking information on individual methods and project planning, interpreting and analyzing results, or establishing and evaluating a sustained program, readers can find practical ideas and inspiration from six continents to connect learning to the realities of students’ lives and to create better cities for all ages.Trade ReviewFrom the forward-thinking mind-set of creating sustainable future cities, this practical guide outlines how to engage youth in local research and action for environmental planning and design. Including case studies on child-friendly city initiatives, this title shares best practices for working ethically with children, and proposes cross-generational engagement, with attention to equity. * Public Art Review *This wonderful book recognizes that sustainable development calls for highly participatory local communities, including children and youth, who can cooperatively plan for and flexibly respond to environmental change. Based on this engaged view of citizenship, it offers a comprehensive range of practical methods for everyone. -- Roger Hart, Professor, Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkWhat an inspiring, fresh addition to the hallowed library of human habitat design! I am so grateful that this book has been written, with its guidance on how to engage kids, how to work in diverse urban environments, and its numerous case studies that can be replicated. Now, many more children can be assisted to grow into their full potential as community leaders and changemakers! * Mark Lakeman, Founder, The City Repair Project *Placemaking with Children and Youth makes a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature that focuses on the practice of place-based education. Even novices to this approach will find simple and straightforward tools capable of opening up the world of local inquiry and action to both themselves and their students. * Gregory A. Smith, Professor Emeritus, Lewis & Clark College *

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Book SynopsisPeers play a crucial role in the establishment of adolescent friendships. While considerable variation exists in the purpose and nature of these friendships, research clearly demonstrates that the basic style of friendship established during the adolescent years is generally replicated in friendships in later life. Thus, the adolescent selection of peer friendship group is critical. For most adolescents, friendships are based on mutual involvement in socially conforming activities conducted primarily with like-minded peers. For some, however, friendships are based on indulgence in non-conforming and delinquent type activities, which in some cases place young people at risk of adverse outcomes. This book provides a substantive understanding of the socio-psychological and cultural processes at play among various adolescent friendships.

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Book SynopsisDuring the civil rights era, Memphis gained a reputation for having one of the South’s strongest NAACP branches. But that organization, led by the city’s black elite, was hardly the only driv­ing force in the local struggle against racial injustice. In the late sixties, Black Power proponents advocating economic, political, and cultural self-determination effectively mobilized Memphis’s African American youth, using an array of moderate and radical approaches to protest and change conditions on their campuses and in the community.While Black Power activism on the coasts and in the Midwest has attracted considerable scholarly attention, much less has been written about the movement’s impact outside these hot­beds. In Black Power in the Bluff City, Shirletta J. Kinchen helps redress that imbalance by ex­amining how young Memphis activists like Coby Smith and Charles Cabbage, dissatisfied by the pace of progress in a city emerging from the Jim Crow era, embraced Black Power ideology to con­front such challenges as gross disparities in housing, education, and employment as well as police brutality and harassment. Two closely related Black Power organizations, the Black Organizing Project and the Invaders, became central to the local black youth movement in the late 1960s. Kinchen traces these groups’ participation in the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike—including the controversy over whether their activities precipitated events that culminated in Martin Luther King’s assassination—and their subsequent involvement in War on Poverty programs. The book also shows how Black Power ideology drove activism at the historically black LeMoyne-Owen Col­lege, scene of a 1968 administration-building takeover, and at the predominately white Memphis State University, where African American students transformed the campus by creating parallel institutions that helped strengthen black student camaraderie and consciousness in the face of marginalization.Drawing on interviews with activists, FBI files, newspaper accounts from the period, and many other sources, the author persuasively shows not only how an emerging generation helped define the black freedom struggle in Memphis but also how they applied the tenets of Black Power to shape the broader community.

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Book SynopsisSocial media and digital tools permeate the everyday lives of young people. In the early stages of commentary about the impact of the digital age on civic life, debates revolved around whether the Internet enhanced or discouraged civic and political action. Since then we have seen new media move to center stage in politics and activism--from the 2008 US election to the 2011 Arab Spring to the Occupy movement. We have also seen new patterns in how different sub-groups make use of digital media. These developments have pushed people to move beyond questions about whether new media are good or bad for civic life, to ask instead: how, under what conditions, and for whom, do new digital tools become resources for political critique and action by the young?This book will provide a platform for a new wave of scholarship about young people’s political participation in the digital age. We define “youth” or “young people” as roughly between the ages of 12 and 25. We include perspectives from political science, education, cultural studies, learning sciences, and youth development. We draw on the framework developed by the MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (Cohen, Kahne, Bowyer, Middaugh, & Rogowski, 2012), which defines participatory politics as, “interactive, peer-based acts through which individuals and groups seek to exert both voice and influence on issues of public concern.”

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Book SynopsisSocial media and digital tools permeate the everyday lives of young people. In the early stages of commentary about the impact of the digital age on civic life, debates revolved around whether the Internet enhanced or discouraged civic and political action. Since then we have seen new media move to center stage in politics and activism--from the 2008 US election to the 2011 Arab Spring to the Occupy movement. We have also seen new patterns in how different sub-groups make use of digital media. These developments have pushed people to move beyond questions about whether new media are good or bad for civic life, to ask instead: how, under what conditions, and for whom, do new digital tools become resources for political critique and action by the young?This book will provide a platform for a new wave of scholarship about young people’s political participation in the digital age. We define “youth” or “young people” as roughly between the ages of 12 and 25. We include perspectives from political science, education, cultural studies, learning sciences, and youth development. We draw on the framework developed by the MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (Cohen, Kahne, Bowyer, Middaugh, & Rogowski, 2012), which defines participatory politics as, “interactive, peer-based acts through which individuals and groups seek to exert both voice and influence on issues of public concern.”

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Book SynopsisRetrospectives of the 1960s routinely include the face of youth rebellion: long-haired students occupying campus buildings, young men burning draft cards, hippies dancing at Woodstock. In Younger Than That Now, Holly V. Scott explores how the idea of “youth” served as a tactic in the political and social activism of these years. In the early part of that decade, young white activists began to learn from the civil rights movement’s defiance of racism. They examined their own lives and concluded that campus rules and the draft were repression as well. As a group, they were ripe for revolution, and their age gave them a unique perspective for understanding and protesting against injustice. In short, young people began to use their youth as a political strategy.Some in the New Left were dubious of this strategy and asked how it might damage long-term progress. Young feminists and people of color were particularly quick to question the idea that age alone was enough to sustain a movement. And the media often presented young people as impulsive and naive, undermining their political legitimacy. In tracing how “youth” took on multiple meanings as the 1960s progressed, Scott demonstrates the power of this idea to both promote and hinder social change.Trade ReviewAddresses head on the function and meaning of youth and youth culture in the era.""—Alexander Bloom, coeditor of Takin’ It to the Streets: A Sixties Reader""This is a timely and important topic and I was impressed by the range of archival materials that Scott uncovered. Her deep immersion in the field shines through very clearly.""—John McMillian, author of Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America

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Book SynopsisIn this book, a range of interesting and diverse papers are presented, which demonstrate the importance of the psychosocial domain to adolescents, as well as the need for intervention programs to facilitate the passage through adolescence to adulthood for young people experiencing difficulties with this developmental transition. The chapters are based on recent research conducted in different countries around the world (eg: Australia, Canada, Israel, Scotland, Ireland and Poland). The book trifurcates into three separate areas, which are reflective of the adolescent domain: the first area highlights the importance of a successful transition from preadolescence to adolescents; the second area highlights the types of difficulties that some adolescents experience when trying to find their identity and sense of place within society; and the third area provides insights into the types of interventions that can be put in place to help adolescents successfully transition into adulthood.

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Book SynopsisLearn how to motivate your adolescent and set them up for success! Are you frustrated by your teen’s lack of interest in education and their future? Do you find yourself getting upset with an education system that seems like it’s not doing enough to help them? Learn about a new movement that is helping adolescents ignite their passion for life from within and achieve their full potential.Motivating Adolescents introduces the EMERGING process, which draws on the wisdom of philosophers and social reformers, such as Rudolf Steiner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joseph Campbell, Goethe, and Plato, to help parents set their adolescent up for a successful future with confidence, mindfulness, and passion. Throughout Motivating Adolescents, twenty-year veteran Waldorf teacher and international speaker, Robin Theiss helps parents and their teens: Understand the purpose of education and its role in a successful future Learn the importance of mindfulness and cultivating a rich inner life Embrace the value of risk-taking and grit Value authentic relationships, and cultivate appreciation and gratitude Experience nature as the ultimate teacher of lifelong learning and inquiry Motivating Adolescents gives you and your teen the wisdom and skills they need to be engaged citizens of the world.

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Book SynopsisA great relationship is founded on mutual respect and understanding - especially as young people grow into independence and relate to their parents in a new way. Learn how to connect with your young adult children in this practical guide using techniques that focus on not on inducing compliance but rather on respecting their thoughts and understanding their motivations. Discover why parents get on their older kids’ nerves and why young adults tend to dismiss parents’ input. Understand how to suppress your parental “righting reflex” – the almost irresistible urge to help by offering reassurance and advice. Learn what young people really think and feel, to help them figure out to navigate their decisions and dilemmas competently on their own. Handle conflict in a way that is productive and nurtures the relationship. A five-step program based on Motivational Interviewing gives parents simple take-aways to have conversations about any topic, whether it is curfews, sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, or college applications. Each chapter includes sample scripts and concludes with practical takeaways to get parents started immediately on having better conversations - and more rewarding relationships - with their young adults.Trade Review“Dr. Kline offers practical, research-based tools that build the trust and respect that teenagers crave and allow growing families to thrive. My only regret in reading this book is that I didn’t have it when my own kids were teenagers!” —Robert Waldinger, MD, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness “Think you can ‘create’ the perfect child? Dream on! Then stop dreaming and start reading this book. We can’t control our kids’ life trajectories, but we can create relationships with them that are genuine, warm, and encouraging. Here’s your road map!” —Lenore Skenazy, president of Let Grow and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement"Informal, engaging, and inspiring...It belongs in every public library."--Booklist, Starred Review "Psychologist Kline’s guide to navigating challenging conversational topics centers around asking questions and encouraging teens to find their own solutions..."--Library Journal “Dr. Kline has written a readable and wonderful book that integrates research and everyday family situations. I happily recommend this book for every parent who wants to learn what we know about communication to improve family relationships.” —Ken Duckworth, MD, NAMI Chief Medical Officer and author of You Are Not Alone “Actionable, evidence-based, and compassionate, The School of Hard Talks gives parents a road map to have more effective discussions with their teenage and young adult children.” —Jeanette Park, cohost and cocreator of the Model Minority Moms podcast “Dr. Kline’s scholarly authority and science-based perspective are made approachable by the warmth and humor of her writing. The School of Hard Talks is a must-read, particularly for parents of adolescents and children on the verge of those challenging teen years.” —Adam Stern, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training “The School of Hard Talks outlines a real-world way to talk to your kids about their real-world problems. Kline has created a pragmatic method that cuts through the buzz of adolescence and fosters true two-way conversations.” —Daniel Hinds, creator of Stories Podcast “Borrowing from therapists’ best techniques for influencing individuals in their care, Dr. Emily Kline offers an indispensable and evidence-based set of tools for exiting cycles of closed-off or antagonistic communication with our almost-adults.” —Yael Schonbrun, PhD, clinical psychologist, host of the Psychologists Off the Clock podcast, and author of Work, Parent, Thrive

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Book SynopsisThis book is dedicated to professor Greydanus as he enters the septuagenarian decade of his life! Greydanus has been a pioneer in the field of especially adolescent health, but also in general pediatrics and child health with major contributions to research and teaching material. His contributions for many decades has inspired students and other pediatricians to "do their best: Doch dyn plicht". In this book you will find a potpourri of research and knowledge of child and adolescent health information from an international perspective on topics that have been and still is the interest of the pediatrician Gredanus: Body shape and sexual health, research related to work, study and health of children and adolescents, injury, abuse and safety for children and adolescents and finally several interesting chapters about autism.

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Book SynopsisThere is mounting evidence throughout the world that democracy is in retreat. This can be stopped and repaired by infusing it with action, beliefs, and knowledge. This book offers a powerful prescription to stop the democracy deficit disorder: authentically engaging young people throughout our democracy. Through critical thinking and substantive actions, adults can become allies to young people. This will lead to authentic youth engagement, which will make democracy more meaningful, purposeful, and sustainable than ever before.Trade Review"Democracy Deficit Disorder is a brilliant book that takes on not only the current war on youth, but also illustrates how young people are writing themselves back into the future at time when democracy is under assault. Combining a language of critique and hope, the book offers a sobering analysis of the ongoing struggle over agency, identity, social values, and justice young people now face. The book makes clear how crucial critical education is to this current crisis and offers an indispensable guide to both understanding it and meeting the call for a democracy in which justice, equity, and compassion matter." Henry Giroux, PhD Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University

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