8th
Grade Parent & Student Resources
The Roller-Coaster
Years
Raising Your Child
Through the Maddening Yet Magical Middle School
Years
By Charlene C.
Giannetti & Margaret Sagarese. (Broadway Books,
1997).
Field Guide to THE
AMERICAN TEENAGER
By Joseph DiPrisco, Ph.D. &
Michael Riera, Ph.D. (Perseus Publishing, 2000).
Queen Bees &
Wannabes
Helping Your
Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends &
Other Realities of Adolescence
By Rosalind Wiseman.
(Three Rivers Press 2002).
A FINE YOUNG MAN
WHAT PARENTS,
MENTORS AND EDUCATORS CAN DO TO SHAPE ADOLESCENT
BOYS INTO EXCEPTIONAL MEN
By Michael Gurian.
(Tarcher/Putnam, 1998).
How Rude!
The Teenagers’
Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior and
Not Grossing
People Out
By Alex J. Packer,
Ph.D. (Free Spirit Publishing, 1997).
Supporting Our
Sons
website dedicated
to the development of the whole boy.
Visit
www.supportingoursons.org.
Girl Power
website sponsored by the Department of Health
and Human Resources to help girls make the most
of their lives. Visit www.girlpower.gov.
Talking With
Kids About Tough Issues
Children Now
and The Kaiser Family Foundation.
Visit www.talkingwithkids.org.
SIECUS
Sexuality Information and Education Council of
the United States
A national, nonprofit
organization that helps parents and
professionals provide sexuality education to
children. Visit
www.siecus.org and
www.familiesaretalking.org.
What’s
Happening to My Body?
Book for Girls: A
Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters
By Lynda Madaras and Area
Madaras. (Newmarket Press, 2000).
What’s
Happening to My Body?
Book for Boys: A
Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons
By Lynda Madaras and Area
Madaras. (Newmarket Press, 2000).
IT’S SO
AMAZING!
A Book About Eggs,
Sperm, Babies, and Families.
By Robie H. Harris.
(Candlewick Press, 1999).
It’s Perfectly
Normal
By Robie H. Harris.
(Candlewick Press, 1994).
