Synopses & Reviews
Why do many good children treat one another so badly?
This is a question parents eventually face and most start thinking about as their children prepare for high school. But the hard truth is, high school is too late. The pre-teen years are actually when it begins, when the cruelty is even worse, causing more anxiety and stress for children already facing an enormous amount of change in their lives. Early adolescence is a phase of anxiety, of uncertainty, of insecurity. To make matters worse, although all kids are going through the same transformation, none of them share what it is like, each feeling alone, isolated, and unique. The result is that even fantastic kids will do and say harmful things. Why Good Kids Act Cruel is the first book to give you an understanding of why cruelty happens during these years and how to help your child through these difficult times.
She didn't make it; she was born with it: her nose. And in elementary school that was okay. But now in seventh grade, sometimes other girls would tease, What's the matter Blaise, you having a bad nose day? Looking in the mirror before school, she could see what they were making fun of. One day, a girl she had beaten out for a starting spot on the basketball team threw a nickname at her: Snout. Some of the girl's friends picked it up, and it stuck. Blaise acted like she didn't care. But as she started to hate her nose, she started to hate herself.
Synopsis
The first book to explore meanness and aggression in the pre-teen years, the next step in the tradition of Queen Bees & Wannabes and Odd Girl Out
Recent bestsellers like Queen Bees and Wannabes and Odd Girl Out opened many parents' eyes to the problem of cruelty and aggression among teens. But the pre-teen years are when the cruelty really begins and is even worse, causing increased anxiety and stress for children who are already facing an enormous amount of change in their lives.
Why Good Kids Act Cruel is the first book to give parents the tools they need to understand why cruelty happens at this age and how to help their child through this difficult stage.
This highly informative and useful book explains the psychology of early adolescent change, the short and long term effects of social cruelty, what parents can do, what the school can do, and much more.
The Must-have Guide to Dealing with Teen Cruelty at the Age When It Really Begins: 90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying. 39% of middle schoolers say they don't feel safe at schooleven higher than the 36% of high schoolers who say the same. The effects of bullying can be long-lasting. By age 23, those bullied in middle school were more depressed and had lower self-esteem than peers who had not been bullied.
Synopsis
In the tradition of "Queen Bees and Wannabes" and "Odd Girl Out," this highly informative and useful book explains the psychology of early adolescent change, the short and long term effects of social cruelty, what parents can do, and much more.