Out On My Own...Now What? : Tips and Insights So You're Not Left Hanging in The Real World [Paperback]

Joe Kahler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 27, 2005

Out on My Own. . .Now What? is written for all those parents who desperately want to pass on the tips and insights needed for surviving and embracing the "real world" to their loved ones. The book is designed to assist young adults in using the tools necessary to build their dreams, create peace in their lives, and oh yeah, clean-up after themselves. With humor and poignancy, this book instructs and encourages young adults in all facets of life.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Joe Kahler is an expert on helping young adults successfully transition from home to being “out on their own”. His latest work has recently been assembled in his book, Out On My Own…Now What? Tips and Insights So You Won’t Be Left Hanging in the “Real World”! (It has already received the 2005 Mom’s Choice Award and the Family Choice Award.) Joe received his undergraduate degree from Whittier College in Social Sciences and his Masters in Education from Arizona State University. His experience includes teaching, coaching, running numerous businesses, investing, selling insurance and real estate AND attending numerous, personal, “hard knocks” training classes! Joe Kahler’s knowledge of his subject is thorough, and his expression is opinionated, passionate and humorous

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (May 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141960516X
• ISBN-13: 978-1419605161
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,554,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book for grown kids, a better book for parents., June 11, 2008

By 

YoMama (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Out On My Own...Now What? : Tips and Insights So You're Not Left Hanging in The Real World (Paperback)

This book has a lot of helpful information for teens and twenty-somethings with a style that is light and fun to read. If my kids were still at home, I think I would read this book myself, then bring up the book's topics in conversation with them. By creating a dialogue on the book's many helpful subjects, I would ensure that my kids would benefit from it's wisdom without expecting them to sit down and read the book in its entirety...at least not for a few years. The book will perfectly fit parents' ideas of what kids should know, but the kids may not be ready for all of this information at once, unless of course, you read the book TOGETHER.
Might I suggest 50 Ways to Leave Your Mother if you are looking for a basic book of advice for kids newly out on their own or thinking about a move? It is easy to read and funny and the helpful advice is laid out plainly and painlessly. Then follow that with Out on My Own...Now What? You as parents could read the book at any time and start subtley indoctrinating your kids with its oh-so-helpful information. You may also get some ideas about life lessons you personally should be giving your kids, like adding oil to the car, cooking basic foods, and finance 101. This is one of the better books on this subject out there today.

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great idea !, January 10, 2007

By 

R. Ward - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Out On My Own...Now What? : Tips and Insights So You're Not Left Hanging in The Real World (Paperback)

I gave this book to a couple of my nieces and cousins for Christmas. They have all been out of high school for a couple of years trying to make it on their own. They were very impressed with the content and details... so were the parents. Someone should have compiled all of this information when I was growing up. Great job Joe Kahler.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute treasure-trove for every teenager!, June 9, 2005

By 

Elizabeth Hamilton "best-selling author of Ch... - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Out On My Own...Now What? : Tips and Insights So You're Not Left Hanging in The Real World (Paperback)

In "Out on My Own ... Now What?" Joe Kahler has written the ultimate self-help book for teens - even those who are a few years away from being out on their own. As a former high school teacher and principal, I met many teens who thought they were more than ready to leave the nest. With this book, that could have been true. Without it, that was not true. I wish it had been available to them.

"Out on My Own ... Now What?" is a lavish buffet of the most nutritious advice, its heavier dishes interspersed with palate-cleansing sherbets of entertaining personal anecdotes - which Kahler dubs OOMO Moments. For several minutes, readers are chewing on serious pointers regarding proper maintenance of a first car. Suddenly, a delightful coolness washes over them as they read an OOMO Moment about a friend putting oil in her car for the first time, and being proud that it had taken just over fifteen minutes to do it. "She then told me," writes Kahler, "it wasn't easy getting the oil in that little hole. I realized then, she was filling the oil in her car through the ¼" dipstick hole instead of the 3-4" oil hole located right next to it!"

Teenager or forty-teenager, anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of the "secrets" that manage the world outside the nest will benefit from this fine mixture of valuable tips and laughs. They will benefit, too, from building on the character tips included, and making character-in-action a part of their lives.

I recommend this book to teens approaching adulthood, to teachers and parents of such teens, and to all those who just want to find out what they are missing.

Teens will also enjoy the Character-in-Action Series of books. Like Kahler's work, the "proactive teaching fiction" of this series helps teens prepare for the real world - with riveting fiction.