Wise Guides
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This authoritative guide tackles the issue of drugs and drug taking head-on. Alcohol, tobacco, amphetamines and steroids; drugs come in all guises and it pays to be aware of the effects and the realities of taking them. Wise Guides: Drugs provides practical advice on what to do if young people are under pressure to take drugs and how to deal with friends who are already taking them. Wise Guides: helping you deal with whatever life throws at you.
A reassuring look at the issue of self-esteem. This guide gets to the root of low self-esteem and gives practical advice on how to conquer young people's insecurities. Love, looks, friendship and bullying are all covered, with helpful tips and advice on how to go through life with confidence and a belief in your own self worth. Wise Guides: helping you deal with whatever life throws at you.
Sex: it's essential to know the facts but impossible to talk about. For every teenager who cringes with embarrassment whenever a parent brings up the subject, or finds the 'facts' their friends tell them a bit hard to believe Wise Guides: Sex has the answers. Love, relationships, contraception, body changes and sexual health are but a few of the topics covered in this no-nonsense guide. Full of helpful information and advice to make sex education easier for teenagers, teachers and parents. Wise Guides: helping you deal with whatever life throws at you.
This book helps readers identify exactly what stress is and what causes it, and offers coping strategies and positive advice on how to lead a relatively stress-free life. Anita Naik looks at the main sources of teenage stress - peer pressure, school, puberty and family life - and explains the physical and emotional effects. Throughout she provides helpful and easy techniques to take the pressure off. It is sympathetically and humorously illustrated by Jennifer Graham.
This practical guide to healthy eating and exercise is a must-read for any young person who needs a healthier life-style. There are no faddy diets, only helpful advice and tips from nutritionists and fitness trainers about becoming more active, eating a balanced diet and cultivating a healthy body image. The Get Active Plan at the end of the book puts it all into action. Wise Guide: Fit is the perfect solution for any young person feeling worried, fed up, depressed or miserable about their body.
In the readable and authoritative style of the "Wise Guide" series, this book tells children what rights they have - and don't have - in all sorts of common situations. Covering laws relating to health, education, family, sex, work, the police and leisure, it answers questions that teachers and parents often can't! It also features a quick guide to what you can and can't do at certain ages and contains detailed contact addresses for getting further information and help (UK and Republic of Ireland). This book is suitable for readers throughout the UK.
Personal safety is an issue we can't ignore. With 1 in 4 teenagers now a victim of crime it is time to make sure teenagers know how to be street smart and avoid trouble. This Wise Guide contains practical advice on how to be safe; whether on public transport, when walking home, on the net or using a mobile phone. It provides tips on how to become more aware of your surroundings when you are out and about, and what to do if a risky situation arises. Wise Guides: helping you deal with whatever life throws at you.