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Can You Relate?: Real-World Advice for Teens on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along

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This book is full of useful information for teens, and presented in a manner that appeals to teens. The illustrations are helpful and specific to different situations common for teens. The advice is practical and

logical with consequences of choices clearly explained but not preachy.

The teen reader is treated with respect for his or her growing independence. I highly recommend this book for parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, to give to their young family members, students, and friends.

This really is a book for anyone, and given to me by a friend, I was suprised with just how much I learnt.

The book gives advice for all kinds of relationships, with real life examples from letters she has recieved and answered. Its not the cheesy "Dear Abby" (well "Dear Deidre" in Britain) that you read in the newspaper, nor does it tell you what you HAVE to do. Instead Annie helps you to listen to your inner voice and be respectful in each of your relationships, along with more common sense advice, that its perhaps easy to forget.

It has helped to highlight key areas in my current and past relationships that were problamatic, and whilst giving me the determination to improve on these, also helped confirm what I was getting right. In both ways the book has helped me with relating better to my friends and family...So thanks Annie!

Finally this is an invalueable source for you to find further help, either on the internet, by phone, or even writing to Terra herself. I hope the books a huge success, then perhaps we'll have more of Annie's insightful advice soon ?

I LOVED this book! With the ease that the author "related" to the letters that she recieved from teens all around the world, I wouldn't be surprised if she was one herself. Every teen and every parent with a teen should read this book. The information in here is invaluable.

Good book with letters from teens that can eb discussed with your own kids or students to address common teen issues. Also has useful info to supplement the letters. Nice for social stories/case studies to help you approach/discuss sensitive topics. Covers a great range of topics.

From author Annie Fox: This book was first published as Can You Relate? in 2000. In 2005 it was re-released as The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating. It went out of print in 2008. That's the way things go sometimes. Instead of letting all this truly great relationship information vanish forever, I decided to give it away for FREE. No strings attached. So here it is. Everything you need to know about getting along better with yourself and everyone else. This book is for you. It's a gift. Yours to read wherever you want. Hopefully you'll think about what you read. See how it applies to situations you've already been in. Remember the stuff that makes the most sense to you because you never know when you might need it. And if you've got friends who could use help sorting out their feelings, pass it on to them. That's what friends are for. [...]