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Great Books for Middle School Parents and Kids

Bibliography on Teens and Stress

Bibliography on Bullying

Great Books For Middle School Parents and Kids

(list compiled by Paula Singer, MSS, LSW)

GENERAL ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Raising a Thinking Preteen by Myrna B. Shure

Nurturing Good Children Now by Ron Taffel

The Second Family: Dealing with Peer Power, Pop Culture – And Other Challenges of Raising Today’s Teens by Ron Taffel and Melinda Blau

“But I’m Almost 13!” An Action Plan for Raising A Responsible Adolescent
by Kenneth R. Ginsburg

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall:
A Parent’s Guide to the New Teenager, by Anthony Wolf

Kids Online: Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace by Donna Rice Hughes

GIRLS’ DEVELOPMENT

Daughters (bi-monthly newsletter) 888-849-8476

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher

I’m Not Mad, I Just Hate You! A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict
By Roni Cohen, PhD Sandler, Michelle Sliver

101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body by Brenda Lane Richardson and ElaneRehr

The Wonder of Girls: Understanding the Hidden Nature of Our Daughters by Michael Gurian

Growing Strong Daughters: Encouraging Girls to Become All They’re Meant to Be
by Lisa Graham McMinn

Queen Bees and Wannabees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman

Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons

Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying by Cheryl Dellasega and Charisse Nixon

BOYS’ DEVELOPMENT

The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men by Michael Gurian

Boy Talk: How You Can Help Your Son Express His Emotions by Mary Polce-Lynch, Michael Gurian

Real Boys by William Pollack

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Michael Thompson and Dan Kindlon

Talking to Kids About Sexuality

Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens From Middle School to High School by Debra Haffner

Familiesaretalking.org

teenwire.com (Planned Parenthood)

siecus.org

BOOKS FOR KIDS ABOUT ADOLESCENCE, & PUBERTY

Girls

What’s Happening to My Body?Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters by Lynda Madaras

The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls by American Girl Publishing

The Period Book” Everything You Don’t Want to Ask (But Need to Know) by Karen Gravelle

Girltalk Fourth Edition: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You by Carol Weston

American Girl Library Books

A Smart Girl’s Guide to Starting Middle School
A Smart Girl’s Guide to Friendship Troubles
The Feelings Book: The Care & Keeping of Your Emotions
Help! A Girl’s Guide to Divorce and Stepfamilies
Staying Home Alone: A Girl’s Guide to Feeling Safe
A Smart Girl’s Guide to Boys

Boys

What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons by Lynda Madaras

Teens and Stress: Suggested Readings

Hodgman CH and Jack MS. Interviewing. In McAnarney ER, Kreipe RE, Orr DP, and Comerci GD (eds.): Textbook of Adolescent Medicine. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders. 1992.

Jenkins RR and Saxena SB. Keeping adolescents healthy. Contemporary Pediatrics. 1995; 12: 76-89.

Dryfoos JG. Adolescents at Risk: Prevalence and Prevention. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Irwin, CE. Why Adolescent Medicine?. Journal of Adolescent Health Care 1986;7: 2S-12S.

Millstein SG, Peterson AC, and Nightingale EO (eds.). Adolescent Health Promotion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Ginsburg KR, Menapace AS and Slap GB. Factors Affecting The Decision to Seek Primary Care: The Voice of Adolescents. Pediatrics 1997; 100, 6: 922-930.

Ginsburg, K., “Preparing for Adolescence: A Parent’s Ten Point Plan for Success,” Parent and Child Educational Media, Invisions Productions, 1998. (Video)

Ginsburg KR, with Jablow M. "But, I'm Almost Thirteen!!" : An Action Plan for Raising a Responsible Adolescent. New York: Contemporary Books, McGraw-Hill Publications. 2001.

Pittman K, Irby M. Preventing Problems or Promoting Development:Competing
Priorities or Inseparable Goals? Baltimore, MD: International Youth Foundation, 1996.

Pittman K, Irby M, Ferber T. Unfinished Business: Further Reflections on a Decade
of Promoting Youth Development. Baltimore, MD: International Youth Foundation, 1999.

Resnick MD, Bearman PS, Blum RW, et al. Protecting adolescents from harm: findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health. JAMA. 1997; 278:823-832.

Resnick MD. Protective factors, resiliency and healthy youth development. Adoles
Med: STARs. 2000; 11: 157-164.

Hein K. Framing and Reframing. Journal of Adolescent Health. 1997; 21:214-217.

Ginsburg KR, Alexander PA, Hunt J, Sullivan M, Zhao H, Cnaan A. Enhancing Their
Likelihood for a Positive Future: The Perspective of Inner-City Youth. Pediatrics. 2002;
109:1136-1143.

Ginsburg KR, Alexander PA, Hunt J, Sullivan M, Cnaan A. Enhancing Their Likelihood for a Positive Future: Focus Groups Reveal the Voice of Inner-City Youth. Pediatrics 2002;109 (6). URL: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/109/6/e95. (Abstract) Pediatrics. 2002; 109: 1165.

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Bibliography on Bullying:

Thanks to Loni Klein, Ray Lorion, Stacie Molnar-Main, Michael Reichert, Howard Stevenson and Helene Walker for help in compiling this bibliography.

Beausay, William. Teenage Boys!: Shaping the Man Inside: Surviving & Enjoying These Extraordinary Years. Waterbrook Press. (1998).

Bloom, S. and Reichert, M. Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective Responsibility, Haworth Press. (1998).

Boyd-Franklin, Nancy, Ph.D., et al. Boys into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons. Plume; Reissue edition (May 2001).

Brown, Lyn Mikel. Raising their Voices: The Politics of Girls’ Anger. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1993.

Carney, Amy G; Merrell, Kenneth W. “Bullying in schools: Perspectives on understanding and preventing an international problem.” School Psychology International. Vol 22(3) Aug 2001, 364-382. [Note: This article examines terminology, background, developmental aspects and myths about bullying. Psychosocial characteristics of and implications for bullies and victims are discussed. Four bullying interventions are summarized and reviewed, and the main findings indicate everyone must shoulder the responsibility of putting an end to bullying behavior.]

Coles, R. The Moral Life of Children: How children struggle with questions of moral choice in the United States and elsewhere. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. (1986).

Coles, R. The Moral Intelligence of Children: How to raise a moral child. New York: Plume, Penguin Putman. (1997).

Deak, JoAnn. Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters. Hyperion, New York, 2002.

Garbarino, James. Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them. New York: Free Press (1999).

Garbarino, J. & DelHara, E. And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence. Free Press (2002).

Gilligan, C. In a Different Voice: Psychological theory and women's development. Cambridge,
MA: Harvard University Press. (1982).

Glennon, Will, et al. 200 Ways to Raise a Boy's Emotional Intelligence: An Indispensable Guide
for Parents, Teachers & Other Concerned Caregivers. Conari Press. (June 2000).

Glennon, Will. 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem: An Indispensable Guide for Parents, Teachers & Other Concerned Caregivers. Conari Pr; Reprint edition (June 1999).

Greene, M. Releasing the Imagination. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass. (1995).

Gurian, Michael and Trueman, Terry. What Stories Does My Son Need? A Guide to Books and Movies That Build Character in Boys. J. P. Tarcher. (2000).

Gurian, Michael. The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men. J. P. Tarcher. (1997).

Johnson, Norine, J; Roberts, Michael, C.; and Worell, Judith (Eds.). Beyond Appearance: A New Look at Adolescent Girls. American Psychological Association, Washington D. C., 1999.

Kindlon, Daniel J., et al. Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. Ballantine Books. (2000).

Miedzian, M. Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence. New York: Lantern Books. (2002).

Noddings, Nel. Educating Moral People. New York: Teachers College Press. (2002).

Olweus, D. Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do (Understanding Children's Worlds). Blackwell Publishers. (1994).

Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Ballantine Books (1997/2002)

Pollack, W. and Pipher, M. Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood. Owl Books. (April 1999)

Pollack, W.S. Shuster, T. and Trelease. Real Boys' Voices. J. Penguin. (2001).

Silverstein, O. Mothers and Sons. New York: Guilford. (1996).

Simmons, Rachel. Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. Harvest Books (2003).

Thompson, Michael, O’Neill Grace, Catherine. Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children. Ballantine Books, New York, 2001.

Thorne, B. Gender. Play: Girls and boys in school. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. (1993).

Wiseman, Rosalind. Queen Bees and Wannabes. Three River Press, New York, 2002.

Books for Younger Children

Cohen-Posey, Kate. How to Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other Meanies. Anchor Books (2002).

Romain, Trevor. Bullies are a Pain in the Brain. Free Spirit Publishing (1997).

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