Youth Communication – författare

In Healthy Living for Teens, young writers show that it's possible to overcome badhabits and lead healthy lives in a time when substance abuse,junk food, and low self-esteem and self-worth are major social problems. Inspire teen and preteen readers to take responsibility for and make wiser decisions about their lives with the essays in this bookeach written by a teenager. Within these pages, Edwin Mercado, Evelyn Gofman, Antwaun Garcia, and many others describe how they got on the right path toward healthy habits, breaking unhealthy ones like smoking, taking drugs, abusing alcohol, or seeking comfort in foods they know are unhealthy. Essays include: Tales of a 17-Year-Old SmokerHow I Quit Fast FoodClean and Kind of SoberWhat Drugs Do to YouStarving for AcceptanceShapin Up!Dear Food DiaryGuttony GetawayI Desperately Needed Cooking 101What is Bad Food so Good?Why Should Teens Care About Nutrition?My Hood is Bad for My HealthMale on the ScaleScaling BackThe Would-Be VegetarianBreathing EasierHow Exercise Relieves StressPoetry Keeps Me CalmDo for YouNature is My SalvationMy Life with OCDArthritis at ThirteenAddled on Adderaland more Through these essays, teen readersas well as their parents, teachers, and caregiverswill pick up new tricks to beating bad habits but will also be provided a much-needed glimpse into how the world looks to our younger generations.

In Money Matters for Teens, young writers discuss their financial fears and the strategies they've learned to help them spend their money wisely, save for the future, and pay for college. The gap between the richest and the poorest Americans has been growing for decades, and experts predict it will continue to widen. Young people bear the brunt of this inequality because it makes it harder to get a job and to pay for the college education you need to move up the ladder. Political changes could help close the gap, but in the meantime, teens can help prepare themselves for financial independence. In this book, teens write about learning to handle money wisely, to manage their own income, to pay for college, and how our larger economic system determines their financial standing. Essays include: Equal Work, Unequal PayThe Rags to Riches MythJob-Hopping to a CareerI Took a Scam JobJob-Hunting TipsA Guide to Drama-Free BankingMy Credit Card Gave Me False SecurityWe Don't Save It for a Rainy DayHow Am I Supposed to Pay for College?Countdown to Independenceand more! Through these essays, teen readers—as well as their parents, teachers, and caregivers—will pick up new tricks to managing their money but will also be provided a much-needed glimpse into how the world looks to our younger generations.

In ResistingPeer Pressure for Teens, young writers show that it's possible to stand up to the pressure they may feel from friends and some family members to be cool. Inspire teen and preteen readers to take responsibility for and make wiser decisions about their lives with the essays in this bookeach written by a teenager. Within these pages, Jamel A. Salter, Fan Yi Mok, and Charlene George, and many others, describe how and why they chose to keep it real and fight back against the pressure they felt from friends to use drugs and alcohol; have sex too early; lie, cheat, and steal; and skip or act out in school. Essays include: My Secret LoveLosing My Friends to WeedWhy Do So Many Teens Cheat?Cant Afford to FollowHiding My Talent No MoreWhy I Speak My MindSex Doesnt Make You a ManMy So-Called FriendsMaking Me DancePeer Pressure Ended Our RelationshipI Want to Be Pretty and PopularThe Trouble with Being a VirginThinking for Myselfand more! Through these essays, teen readers will pick up new ways to say no and advice that will help them stay true to themselves, whileparents, teachers, and caregivers will be provided a much-needed glimpse into how the world looks to our younger generations.