self-consciousness

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self-consciousness

Feeling embarrassed

"Embarrassment is a difficult but common emotion for children to deal with, so it is important for readers to learn about being embarrassed and how to handle it in a healthy way. They are given the tools to do so through the illustrated character Shrinking Violet, who displays elements of embarrassment and how this affects her"--Provided by publisher.
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Alice in Blunderland

Fourth-grader Alice tries unsuccessfully to avoid embarrassing mistakes and to establish better relations with her older brother Lester.
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First grade dropout

2015
After an embarrassing incident, a young boy decides to quit school.
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How to survive online embarrassment

A guide to surviving online embarrassment for teenage girls that includes real-life questions and answers.

How to survive zits and bad hair days

A guide to puberty for teenage girls that includes real-life questions and answers.

Jake Drake, teacher's pet

Jake Drake sets out to save his reputation when a run of good luck at school draws the unwanted praise of his teachers, giving the other kids the idea that he is teacher's pet.

Arthur's underwear

It takes a really embarrassing moment in the school cafeteria to cure Arthur of his fear of being caught in his underwear.
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Zen teen

40 ways to stay calm when life gets stressful
2018
"[The author] prompts teens to get calm by engaging in mindful tasks like identifying gurus, tapping into warrior energy, mastering meditation, practicing realistic optimism, becoming a self-awareness samurai, learning to surrender, finding a spirit animal, expressing challenging emotions, living with loving-kindness, protecting the planet, and making vision boards that embrace 'the Tao of Cool'"--Amazon.

The personality brokers

the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing
Draws from never-before-published documents to examine the history, popularity, and efficacy of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Discusses the lives of Katherine Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers who had no formal training in psychology, how the test became a worldwide cultural icon, and the lack of evidence validating its results. Also theorizes that the popularity of the test comes from humans' desire to define, categorize, quantify, and understand ourselves.
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Cringeworthy

a theory of awkwardness
"Examines the ways that embracing socially awkward situations, even when they lead to embarrassment and self-consciousness, also provide the opportunity to test oneself and to recognize how people are connected to each other"--OCLC.
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