McGraw-Hill Education Europe

Introduction

Expert advice from a bestselling authority on the subject
Features fast-reference responses to the most common teen issues
Bradley appears frequently on TV and radio (?Today? and on CNN, Pure Oxygen, NPR) and speaks at PTAs and groups nationwide

Table of Contents

1.Acts out [see RAGES]
2.Adopted, Says not loved because she?s Abused, has been (Emotionally/Physically/Sexually)
3.Aggressive, is
4.Alcohol, routinely uses
5.Alcohol, experiments with
6.Angry, is always
7.Anxious, is
8.Argues endlessly
9.Argue, won?t
10.Apologize, won?t
11.Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, may have
12.Bed, won?t go to
13.Bipolar Mood Disorder, may have
14.Body image, has poor
15.Bored, is (?GAAWWDDD! I?M SO BOOORRED!?)
16.Bossy, is
17.Bullying Others
18.Bullied, being
19.Cheats (?You know, dad, they cheat at West Point too.?)
20.Clique, is in a
21.Clique, is excluded by a
22.Clothes, wears provocative (?Everybody dresses like this-including my teacher!?)
23.Computer, won?t get off the
24.Conduct disorder, may have
25.Control, is out of (?I?m going to the beer party and you can?t stop me.?)
26.Counseling, refuses
27.Corporal punishment, is disciplined by parents with
28.Cries
29.Curfews, ignores
30.Cuts [see SELF-MUTILATION}
31.Date, won?t
32.Dates a creep (girl)
33.Dates a creep (boy)
34.Death, is faced with someone?s
35.Decision-making skills, has poor
36.Defiant, is
37.Dependent, is 38.Depression, may have
39.Discipline, has no
40.Divorce, goes through a
41.Driving, starts (?Get the women and children off the streets??)
42.Drugs, experiments with
43.Drugs, uses routinely
44.Drunk, comes home
45.Eat, won?t
46.Eats too much
47.Fears, has excessive
48.Fear, has no
49.Friends, has no
50.Gifted, is
51.Grades, has poor
52.Grief, struggles with
53.Guilt, feels
54.Hates his parents
55.Home alone, is left
56.Homework, won?t do
57.Homework, obsessively does
58.Homosexual, might be
59.Homosexual, is
60.Hygiene, has lousy
61.Hyperactive, seems
62.Identity, searches for
63.Impulsive, is
64.Independence, demands
65.Insomnia, has
66.Jealous, is
67.Latch-Key kid, is a [see HOME ALONE]
68.Learning disability, may have a
69.Limits, won?t accept
70.Listen, won?t
71.Lies
72.Manners, has no
73.Medication, won?t take his
74.Menstruates, first
75.Mental illness, has a
76.Milestones, achieves a
77.Mood swings, has
78.Morals, has poor
79.Nervous habits, has many
80.Nightmares, has
81.Non-verbal learning disability (NLD), may have
82.Ob.sessive-compulsive disorder, may have
83.Oppositional defiant disorder, may have
84.Parent, loves the other (divorced) better
85.Parented, refuses to be
86.Peer pressure, succumbs to
87.Perfect, must be
88.Phobias, has
89.Piercing, wants a (or many)
90.Popularity, worries excessively about
91.Power struggles, engages in
92.Pregnant, becomes (girl)
93.Pregnant, becomes (boy)
94.Privacy, demands
95.Punishment, needs
96.Rages
97.Rebels
98.Relationship, is trapped in a controlling/abusive
99.Religion, rejects your
100.Remarriage, goes through your
101.Respect, refuses to give you
102.Responsibility, won?t take any
103.Risks, takes crazy
104.Room, has a pig-sty for a
105.Rules, won?t accept
106.Scapegoats you (?It?s all your fault!?)
107.School, refuses to go to
108.School, underachieves at
109.School, overachieves at
110.Self-control, has lousy
111.Self-worth, has poor
112.Selfish, is
113.Self mutilates
114.Sex, is having
115.Shy, is
116.Sibling Rivalry Issues, has
117.Sleep Problems, has
118.Smoking, is
119.Spoiled, is
120.Steals 121.Step parent, hates the
122.Stressed, is
123.Stubborn, is
124.Suicide, may be thinking about
125.Suicidal, is
126.Talk, won?t
127.Tantrums
128.Tattoo, wants a
129.Television, watches too much (?I can?t do homework without 3 electronic screens running!?)
130.Values, has no
131.Violence, loves
132.Weapons, loves