aggressiveness

Offers educators advice on how to deal with volatile or confrontational parents, with information on parental aggression and confrontation and an overview of various approaches in academic settings.

Explores the issues surrounding aggression in girls, discussing why the signs of aggression are harder to recognize in girls than boys, how parents can help their daughter's deal with aggression, the negative impact aggression can have on teenage girls' lives, and the growing problems related to cyberbullying.

Examines the crusading movement of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and discusses the political, social, economic, and military reasons why efforts to take back the Holy Land for Christendom ultimately failed.

The horror of mass shootings leads, inevitably, to renewed debate over the causes of such violence particularly in the context of youth. Studies on the effects of violent media on young people have had mixed results.

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.

A critique on the American obsession with competition and it destructive influence on individuals and society.

Explores social and scientific theories about the causes of aggression and suggests several strategies for coping with it.

Text and illustrations present bullying from the perspective of the bully, and address how to change that behavior. Includes related activities and notes for parents.

Presents tools and strategies to help boys break free of violence, learn how to deal in a positive way with their emotions, and determine for themselves what it means to be a man.