From Santa to Sexting: Helping Your Child Safely Navigate Middle School and Shape The Choices That Last a Lifetime

by Hunter, Brenda, Ph.D.; Blair, Kristen L.

• ISBN13: 9780891121305
• ISBN10: 0891121307
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-15
• Publisher: Abilene Christian Univ Pr

Summary

It's a rough, tough world for middle schoolers today. Not long ago most kids believed in Santa Claus. Now, barely on the cusp of adolescence, they are thrust into an adult world, stripped bare of the parental protections afforded previous generations. Their loss of innocence has been profound.

Author Biography

Brenda Hunter, PhD, is a psychologist and internationally published author. She has served on two presidential commissions and written numerous books including Home by Choice, In the company of Women, and The Power of Mother Love Dr. Hunter lives and works as a psychotherapist in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Kristen Blair is an education columnist and writer she has worked on family and educational policy at the national level for the government, a presidential commission, and Empower America. She is the mother of a tween and a middle school graduate, and lives with her family in chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
From Santa to Sexting	p. 15
The Wild Ride	p. 31
Fitting In: Finding Friends	p. 47
Attachment: The Key to Raising Empathic Kids	p. 69
Tween Genius	p. 85
Where's The Fire?	p. 103
Home Invasion, Part One-Mobile phones and Gaming	p. 119
Home Invasion, Part Two-social Networking and the Internet	p. 143
Growing Up at Warp speed	p. 161
Buillies, Bystanders, Victims	p. 183
A Whole Lotta Hurt	p. 203
Imparting Faith and Virtue	p. 217
Imparting Faith and Virtue	p. 235
Notes	p. 249
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