American Teens
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The First Year Out
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Author : Tim Clydesdale
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-09-15
The First Year Out written by Tim Clydesdale and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-15 with Social Science categories.
Wild parties, late nights, and lots of sex, drugs, and alcohol. Many assume these are the things that define an American teenager’s first year after high school. But the reality is really quite different. As Tim Clydesdale reports in The First Year Out, teenagers generally manage the increased responsibilities of everyday life immediately after graduation effectively. But, like many good things, this comes at a cost. Tracking the daily lives of fifty young people making the transition to life after high school, Clydesdale reveals how teens settle into manageable patterns of substance use and sexual activity; how they meet the requirements of postsecondary education; and how they cope with new financial expectations. Most of them, we learn, handle the changes well because they make a priority of everyday life. But Clydesdale finds that teens also stow away their identities—religious, racial, political, or otherwise—during this period in exchange for acceptance into mainstream culture. This results in the absence of a long-range purpose for their lives and imposes limits on their desire to understand national politics and global issues, sometimes even affecting the ability to reconstruct their lives when tragedies occur. The First Year Out is an invaluable resource for anyone caught up in the storm and stress of working with these young adults.
America S Teenagers Myths And Realities
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Author : Sharon L. Nichols
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-07-19
America S Teenagers Myths And Realities written by Sharon L. Nichols and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-19 with Education categories.
The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and Good deconstruct the negative images held by large numbers of adults. Recognizing that many teenagers are left by adults to socialize themselves and the consequences of this "careless indifference," the authors' goal is to influence a more positive view leading to stronger social policies and better services, resources, and programs to meet the needs of America's youth. Unique features of America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities: Media Images, Schooling, and the Social Costs of Careless Indifference include: *powerful analytic lenses used to revisit typical depictions of youth; *a wealth of information brought to bear on understanding teenagers' behavior; and *consideration of a broad range of adolescent behaviors across critical socializing settings. The book begins with a discussion of the continuing myth of adolescence--how and why youth are devalued, and an overview of current beliefs about youth drawn from two 1990s Public Agenda Polls. This is followed by chapters on youth and the media, and the pressures that youth face in various dimensions of their lives. Topics include youth violence; the sex lives of teenagers; tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and teens; healthy living and decision making; working teens; and youth and education. The concluding chapter pulls together themes generated throughout the book and provides examples of policies that would underscore the value of viewing youth as a social investment. General guidelines are provided for teachers, parents, policymakers, and citizens to facilitate responding to youth in meaningful, proactive ways that improve the quality of life for teenagers and the broader society.
American Girls
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Author : Nancy Jo Sales
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2016-02-23
American Girls written by Nancy Jo Sales and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-23 with Family & Relationships categories.
A New York Times Bestseller Instagram. Whisper. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of award-winning Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales’s riveting and explosive American Girls. With extraordinary intimacy and precision, Sales captures what it feels like to be a girl in America today. From Montclair to Manhattan and Los Angeles, from Florida and Arizona to Texas and Kentucky, Sales crisscrossed the country, speaking to more than two hundred girls, ages thirteen to nineteen, and documenting a massive change in the way girls are growing up, a phenomenon that transcends race, geography, and household income. American Girls provides a disturbing portrait of the end of childhood as we know it and of the inexorable and ubiquitous experience of a new kind of adolescence—one dominated by new social and sexual norms, where a girl’s first crushes and experiences of longing and romance occur in an accelerated electronic environment; where issues of identity and self-esteem are magnified and transformed by social platforms that provide instantaneous judgment. What does it mean to be a girl in America in 2016? It means coming of age online in a hypersexualized culture that has normalized extreme behavior, from pornography to the casual exchange of nude photographs; a culture rife with a virulent new strain of sexism and a sometimes self-undermining notion of feminist empowerment; a culture in which teenagers are spending so much time on technology and social media that they are not developing basic communication skills. From beauty gurus to slut-shaming to a disconcerting trend of exhibitionism, Nancy Jo Sales provides a shocking window into the troubling world of today’s teenage girls. Provocative and urgent, American Girls is destined to ignite a much-needed conversation about how we can help our daughters and sons negotiate unprecedented new challenges.
Coming Of Age
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Author : G. Wayne Miller
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-05-09
Coming Of Age written by G. Wayne Miller and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-09 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
G. Wayne Miller explores the drama and passion teenagers hide from everyone but their peers in this warm, funny, and eye-opening account of two kids from a small New England town as they come of age. As Dave Bettencourt, seventeen, begins his senior year of high school, there are many things he wants to do: be elected class clown; start on the varsity basketball team; turn his high school upside down with his radical underground newspaper, Total Godhead; finally convince his mother, a biology teacher, that he’ll never be a scientist; and take his strikingly beautiful girlfriend, Beth Sunn—whose passion is in-your-face rap—to the prom. Beth’s plans for her sophomore year include: loving Dave forever; being a cheerleader; surviving school; and staying absolutely cool. All over America, teens like Beth and Dave are coming of age in a world that is dramatically different from the one in which most of us grew up. But their experience is universal: They’re falling in love, defying their parents, learning to be independent, and discovering who they are. This is the true story of two kids growing up on Main Street, U.S.A., away from urban violence and the glare of the national media—a place where, despite all the pressures of a new age, it is still possible to believe the good things about being young. “Offers a sympathetic and insightful portrait of high school life in the heartland.”—Julie Salamon, author of Devil’s Candy
Teens In The U S A
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Author : Kitty Shea
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2008
Teens In The U S A written by Kitty Shea and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Teenagers categories.
Explores the lives, pastimes, and customs of teenagers in the United States of America. Includes full-color photographs, a historical timeline, a glossary, and further reading sources.
Keeping It Real
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Author :
language : da
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Keeping It Real written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
Growing Up In America
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Author : Brad Christerson
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2010-04-28
Growing Up In America written by Brad Christerson and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-28 with Social Science categories.
---Michael O. Emerson, Rice University --
The American Teenager
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Author : Kate Burns
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 2003
The American Teenager written by Kate Burns and has been published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Mass media and teenagers categories.
After the Great Depression the notion of a distinct teenage stage of life began to emerge in the United States. Popular culture has been central in shaping and reflecting teen culture in music, television, film, fashion, cyberspace, and other venues. This anthology examines teens as consumers and producers of popular culture to better understand the complex connections between popular culture and the American teenager.
U S Teens In Our World
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
U S Teens In Our World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Cross-cultural studies categories.
Teenagers
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Author : Grace Palladino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-05-16
Teenagers written by Grace Palladino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-05-16 with Family & Relationships categories.
ce the word was coined, they've reshaped American language and culture in countless ways. In this fascinating book, the author of the prize-winning Another Civil War tells how this influential group came about. Photos.C.