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Covering all aspects of puberty from physical changes and emotions to body image and eating disorders, this book offers support and advice on the complex changes you experience during puberty.

Are you not quite as ready for the adult world as you want to be? Are you a grown-up who doesn't feel like one? Do you know someone else who needs to act like a grown-up? With humor, occasional bite, and a deep desire to be helpful, How to Act Like a Grown-Up is today's manual for moving into adulthood. Filled with a mountain of practical advice, it's a treasure trove of grown-up perspectives that many of us never got to hear on our way to twenty-one. Author Mark DuPre takes what he's lear...

Few life events are more traumatic or confusing to a teen than divorce within the family. The feelings of betrayal, neglect, hurt, fear, anger, resentment, loss of control and security, and divided loyalties can tear children apart and negatively affect their school work, social life, and family relationships. Acting out, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and antisocial behavior can result if the divorce is not handled well by parents and other responsible adults. This book offers the calming,...

2016 Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction  2016 ALA Stonewall Book Award, Honor Book 2016 ALA Notable Children's Book A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identities, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Much more than the "facts of life" or “the birds and the bees," Sex Is a Funny Word opens...