Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own [Paperback]

Tina Pestalozzi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2004

Revised Second Edition of Life Skills 101 is a comprehensive reference guide to the basic knowledge and practical information young adults need to know to live successfully on their own. Subjects include financial know-how, job search sucess, interview, social and dining skills, workplace etiquette, consumer savvy, home hunting and lease negotiaions. The book also provides the reader with essential advice on maintaining their home, car, laundry, time and well-being.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Adult/High School-For young adults getting their first jobs, moving into their own living quarters, or about to go off to college, this guidebook provides a basic look at what it takes to make it in today's world. Each chapter covers a major area in life skills without becoming a lecture or sounding like the proverbial parental talk. Beginning with social skills, the author also includes business, financial, consumer, and some legal information, such as the importance of reading and understanding contracts. Lists concerning the baseline needs of living independently include kitchen supplies and other basic household items. "How-tos," as in how to do laundry, keep a car running, plan meals, and buy supplies, round out the information. Each chapter can easily be read independently. Important points are repeated within boxes or set off with bullets. The type is large enough to encourage reading without seeming overwhelming and the use of white space provides just the right amount of delineation.
Pam Johnson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"... a one-stop shop for practical and effective ways to make the most of this young adult rite of passage." -- KLIATT'S, July 2001

"Each chapter covers a major area in life skills without becoming a lecture or sounding like the proverbial parental talk." -- School Library Journal, 2001

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Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: Stonewood Publications (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970133456
• ISBN-13: 978-0970133458
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,733,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whether you are leaving home to live on your own, August 26, 2001

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Katherine Kirk "Marriage & Family Therapist" (Santa Rosa, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own (Paperback)

for the first time, or simply feel you have missed a few points along the way, this is the book for you. Tina Pestalozzi writes in a positive, matter of fact style about important matters such as financial planning, social skills, setting up a first apartment or home, and landing a job. I bought this book as a gift for a psychotherapy client who is planning on moving out of his family home for the first time. However in previewing it, I was reminded of some tasks I need to attend to in my own household: tightening up my long term financial plan and improving my organization skills, for example. This book is perfect for both young men and women who are starting off on their own. I can envision parents sitting down with their teenagers and going through the topics together. The book is set up perfectly for this kind of discussion. For those of you about to be on your own for the first time, enjoy! This is a time in your life you will always remember.

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Master the challenge of living on your own, March 19, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own (Paperback)

In Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide To Leaving Home And Living On Your Own, Tina Pestalozzi offers the reader a comprehensive, articulate, practical, sequential, and effective guide to the complete spectrum of skills required to successfully face and master the challenges of living on your own for the very first time. A complete spectrum of issues are addresses from consumer savvy, dining skills, and financial know-how, to job search success, money management, and workplace etiquette. Invaluable advice is offered on the necessities involved with maintaining a car, home, laundry, time, general well-being, and staying connected. Before leaving the parental home to strike out on your own, the most effectively beneficial preparation you can make is to give Tina Pestalozzi's Life Skills 101 a careful reading from first page to last.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the best, September 7, 2008

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YoMama (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own (Paperback)

Life Skills 101 is the very first book you should read if you are planning on moving out on your own. It has absolutely everything you will need to know, not only from the planning stages on through the move, but for life's little "surprises" that will soon be your own personal challenges. Advice on jobs, renting, and even your car, it's all here. A good accompaniment to this book is Money Sucks! Money Strategies for Real Life, with it's easy-to-read advice on handling money, from checkbook to income taxes. And, if you want a less complicated - and humorous - approach to moving out, 50 Ways to Leave Your Mother is a good choice. But for those who are seriously committed to the moving out process, and willing to do a bit of reading, Life Skills 101 is a solid choice.