Teens gone wired : are you ready?

Green, Lyndsay. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0887628095
ISBN: 9780887628092 (sc.)
ISBN: 9780887628092 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
280 p. ; 20 cm.
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Thomas Allen Publishers, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Background -- Introduction -- Practising for life vs. wasting time -- Educating vs. monitoring -- Fun vs. obsession -- Multi-tasking vs. inability to focus -- Staying the course vs. dropping out -- Sharing vs. indiscretion -- Sexting vs. criminal behavior -- Forging an identity vs. performing for an audience -- Real friends vs. virtual friends -- Privacy vs. anonymity -- Sexual well-being vs. sexual health -- Real life vs. virtual life -- Self-esteem vs. narcissism -- Empathy vs. indifference -- Depressed vs. chemically imbalanced -- Sexual identity vs. sexual confusion -- Education vs. Entertainment -- Practise vs. preaching -- Distraction vs. disrespect -- Responsiblity vs. entitlement -- Financial acumen vs. spending skills -- What's right vs. what's wrong -- Intervening vs. standing by -- Global vs. insular -- Self acceptance vs. self aversion -- Body decoration vs. body mutilation -- Smoke-free vs. nicotine addicted -- Drinking vs. alcoholism -- Getting high vs. getting hooked -- Eating vs. controlling -- Physical fitness vs. body abuse -- Communicating vs. testing -- Curfew vs. power struggle -- Cars vs. vehicles for irresponsibility -- House party vs. free-for-all -- The grad trip vs. following the pack -- Your teen's issues vs. your own issues -- Learning vs. teaching -- Moving on vs. getting stuck -- Understanding the teen vs. being the adult.