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Explains to parents, teachers, and counselors the reasons that many children--and adults--have low self-esteem and how to prevent or help change that situation through one-on-one attention and more compliments than criticism.

A guide to helping children grieve that explains several myths, gives practical advice to parents, and covers various causes of grief in addition to death, including divorce and the loss of a pet.

Case studies and interviews present ways to cope with life in a troubled family, including such problems as drug abuse, divorce, child abuse, alcoholism, disability, and adoption.

Tells the stories of four troubled teens from very different backgrounds whose lives were turned around through their participation in a fourteen-month-program of rigorous courses, wilderness survival, and group therapy offered at Swift River Academy in Massachusetts.

Tells the stories of four troubled teens from very different backgrounds whose lives were turned around through their participation in a fourteen-month program of rigorous courses, wilderness survival, and group therapy offered at Swift River Academy in Massachusetts.