Youth Today
Book Reviews
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4.2KIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
“This is the domain of addiction, where we constantly seek something outside ourselves to curb an insatiable yearning for relief or fulfillment.”
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1.7KYou Are Not Special: … And Other Encouragements
What’s the matter with kids these days? What’s the matter with parents? Don’t get David McCullough Jr. started.
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4.9KWorlds Apart: Poverty and Politics in Rural America
“Why do some families stay mired in poverty generation after generation, and why are some regions of the country chronically poor and...
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1.8KBullied Kids Speak Out: We Survived — How You Can Too
“When I was in school, I never thought it would get better. I can still hear my classmates laughing at me."
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2.2KFunding Sources for Children and Youth Programs
“Funding Sources for Children and Youth Programs” is a well-organized print directory that provides a bountiful amount of information about public, private...
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1.9KFocus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
In “Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence,” Goleman presents the complex workings of the brain for the nonscientist and describes how focus...
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2.6KSalt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
In writing “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us,” Michael Moss, a New York Times reporter, and recipient of the...
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4.1KSpark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
“We all know that exercise makes us feel better, but most of us have no idea why.” As John J. Ratey thoroughly...
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2.2KExcellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Even though Deresiewicz focuses on elite academic institutions such as Harvard, Yale or Williams, other broad-based concerns apply to students’ experience today.
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4.8KYouth Gangs in American Society
The authors of the fourth edition of “Youth Gangs in American Society” have updated previous editions’ content with the latest data on...
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3.3KFinding Out: An Introduction to LGBT Studies
This book reads more like an interesting nonfiction rendering about the queer experience from ancient time to the present than many of...
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3.6KPray the Gay Away: The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays
Bernadette Barton provides an enlightening glimpse into the lives of 59 lesbians and gay men living in fundamentalist Christian communities.
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1.9KLearning to Breathe
Patricia Broderick’s practical and research-based mindfulness curriculum “Learning to breathe” (L2B) benefits mental-health counselors and youth workers seeking to help adolescents gain...
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1.4KEverybody Present: Mindfulness in Education
Progressive educator John Dewey held that education is not preparation for later life but that it should be conceived of as the...
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1.9KOh, shift! for Teens
For many teens (and adults, too) the present can be a difficult place to reside. Jennifer Powers and Mark Tucker’s book, “Oh,...
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1.1KSuccess Academy: How Native American Students Prepare for College
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
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1.9KThe Social Justice Advocate’s Handbook: A Guide to Gender
Sam Killermann’s “The Social Justice Advocate’s Handbook: A Guide to Gender” is a refreshing book written in a contemporary style by a...
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1.8KMulticultural Gender Roles: Applications for Mental Health and Education
Some cultural norms simply seem insurmountable, unchanging and unyielding. Young adults of color report feeling double the whammy from both race and...
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1.1KMental Health for the Whole Child: Moving Young Clients from Disease & Disorder to Balance & Wellness
People who work with children and teens may have suspected a growing reliance on prescription drugs to treat a variety of mental-health....
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1.3KElements of Culture and Mental Health: Critical Questions for Clinicians
Considerations of culture in mental-health treatment takes center stage in “Elements of Culture and Mental Health: Critical Questions for Clinicians” a handbook...
