Being a Teen

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER - AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE THAT PARENTS WILL WANT FOR THEIR TEENS</b> <p/>This thorough concise guide offers straight talk about: <p/> - The male and female body as it changes and matures.<br> - Teen relationships: what it takes to create happy supportive positive and meaningful connections with family friends and others.<br> - Identity empowerment: how to be authentic and thrive in today's world.<br> - Sex and sexuality for boys and girls: how teens should take care of their bodies embrace their experiences and strengthen self-esteem.<br> - Strategies for working through the toughest challenges including bullying sexual abuse eating disorders pregnancy and more. <p/><b>Praise for <i>Being a Teen</i></b> <p/>A frank and candid resource for adolescents.<b>--<i>People</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> Fonda's warmth and love for the teen community is evident.<b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> Clear practical and riveting <i>Being a Teen</i> cuts away at myth enhances teens' self-esteem and arms them with a trove of useful information. Beautifully organized . . . Any parent teacher coach or doctor needs to read this authoritative guide. What a lifesaver for our boys and girls!<b>--William S. Pollack PhD author of the international bestseller <i>Real Boys</i> and Associate Clinical Professor Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School</b> <p/><i>Being a Teen</i> should be in the hands of every teen in the world. It is a myth-busting fact-filled treasure full of life information all teens want and need to know.<b>--Christiane Northrup M.D. <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom</i></b> <p/>Clear unflinching and nonjudgmental . . . a reliable guide to the turbulent physical and social transitions of adolescence.<b>--Michael Kimmel Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Stony Brook University and author of <i>Guyland</i></b><br> <i> </i><br>A comprehensive honest fun-to-read book for today's teenagers. This delightful book will be used again and again.<b>--The Reverend Debra W. Haffner president Religious Institute and author of<i> From Diapers to Dating</i></b> <p/>Detailed accurate and practical . . . an excellent resource.<b>--Paul Kivel author of <i>Boys Will Be Men</i></b>