Explains what happens when a family loses its home through easy-to-understand text and color photographs. Discusses downsizing, shelters, and talking to a counselor. Includes a glossary and further reading.
Offers advice to kids on how to deal with fighting, explaining that everyone disagrees, describing different types of fights, and discussing ways to settle disagreements.
Discusses how to deal with hurt feelings and avoid saying or doing harmful things to others by talking over problems with friends, refraining from taking out frustration on others, apologizing, and thinking positively.
Explains what a secret is, looks at different types of secrets, and discusses what to do when someone shares a secret, and when it might be important to share the information with an adult.
Explains what it means to lie, looks at why people sometimes tell lies and how it affects others, and offers advice on how to respond to being lied to, and how a person can make amends when he or she tells a lie.
Discusses people's reasons for being competitive, such as insecurity, for approval, or because of jealousy of siblings or peers at school, and covers how to stay positive while competing and be a team player.
Discusses discrimination and the various forms it can take, and covers how to avoid being prejudice by getting to know people who are different and treating others fairly.
Explains what it means to be unemployed, looks at some of the reasons why a person might lose his or her job, tells young people what to expect if a parent is out of work, and advises kids to be patient and talk about their concerns.
Explains what it means to be on welfare, describes different welfare programs, and helps children understand the impact welfare might have on their life.
