When stress has the “survival brain” on overdrive, what happens to the “thinking brain”? How can teens learn to use the mind-body connection to stay cool and make smart choices when the pressure’s on?
This book is packed with practical information and stress-lessening tools teens can use every day. Dozens of realistic scenarios describe stressful situations teen readers can relate to. Each scenario is followed by a clear, understandable process for reducing or stopping the stress and making decisions that won’t leave a teen lamenting, “What was I thinking?”
Throughout, quotes from real teens remind readers that they’re not alone—that stress affects everyone, but it doesn’t have to ruin your life. Includes resources.
"Well-organized, upbeat...strikes the right chord with a distressed teen." -School Library Journal
“Definitely worth reading...it will help you reduce how often you get stressed and help you deal with things that annoy you.” —Scholastic Choices Magazine
“Too Stressed to Think? aims to help teenagers confront a common and powerful menace: Stress. The authors, both educators, have developed a curriculum to help teens understand how stress affects them physically and mentally and how to create more balance and control in their lives. In addition to gaining useful tools and techniques to combat stress, teens can read insights and suggestions by other teens and stories about real-life challenges.” —Youth Today Magazine
“The perfect gift to give a teen. As a psychologist and a mother, I give this book two thumbs ‘way up.’ Bravo to Annie Fox and Ruth Kirschner for giving teens a sound resource to help them through the ‘roller-coaster years’”—Louise Masin Sattler, NCSP, owner of Signing Families
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When Annie Fox's first book "People Are Like Lollipops" (1971, Holiday House) was published, she wasn't old enough to legally sign the contract! By the time she turned 21, though, she decided that helping kids was going to be her life's work. After graduating from Cornell University with a degree in Human Development and Family Studies then completing her Master's in Education, computers changed her life as she began to explore ways in which technology could be used to empower kids.
In 1977, Annie and her husband David opened Marin Computer Center, the world's first public access microcomputer facility. Her work there led her to write her best selling book, "Armchair BASIC: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microcomputers and Programming in BASIC" (1983, Osborn/McGraw-Hill). After a detour into the world of screen writing, Annie returned to computers as an award-winning writer/designer of children's CD ROMs. (Putt-Putt; Madeline; Get Ready for School, Charlie Brown; and Mr. Potato Head Saves Veggie Valley are just a few of the titles on which she has worked.)
In 1996 Annie dreamed up the idea for The InSite (TheInSite.org), a place "for teens and young adults to turn their world around." She served as creator, designer, writer, and executive producer of that award-winning site. One of The InSite's most popular features was Hey Terra, a Cyberspace Dear Abby. Her book "The Teen Survival Guide to Dating & Relating: Real World Advice About Guys, Girls, Growing Up And Getting Along" (2000, 2005 Free Spirit Publishing) is based on hundreds of emails to Terra and Annie's responses to them. "Teen Survival Guide" is now available as a free PDF download from TeenSurvivalGuide.com.
Her other books include: "Too Stressed to Think? A Teen Guide to Staying Sane When Life Makes You CRAZY," co-authored with Ruth Kirschner (2005, Free Spirit Publishing) and the popular Middle School Confidential™ series (2008, 2009, 2010 Free Spirit Publishing). Always looking for new ways to use technology to reach tweens and teens, in April 2010 Annie launched Cruel's Not Cool! (CruelsNotCool.com) an anti-bullying Facebook forum. In April 2011 Annie's first app "Be Confident in Who You Are" (developed by Electric Eggplant and based on on Book 1 of the Middle School Confidential series) was released for iPad (see MiddleSchoolConfidential.com).
Through her public events for kids, tweens, teens, parents, and educators, Annie continues working toward her goal of empowering young people through increased self-awareness, emotional intelligence skills and stress-reduction strategies.
When not answering teen email, Annie enjoys yoga, meditation, baking, gardening, photography, hiking, traveling, and, most of all, being with David and the rest of the family.
Visit Annie at her website, AnnieFox.com Follow Annie on Twitter: @Annie_Fox Follow Annie on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Annie.Fox.author
This review is from: Too Stressed to Think?: A Teen Guide to Staying Sane When Life Makes You Crazy (Paperback)
I first was introduced to Annie Fox's books when my own children were tweens. I loved how they were the pulse of the average teen. Written in a format that was engaging and also kept the attention of my hard to attend children. "Too Stressed to Think" veers a bit differently from Annie's Middle School Confidential series and talks frankly to kids about how to manage stress, communicate with those that love and care for them, and make wise and informed choices. I really liked how Ms. Fox and her co-author, Ruth Kirschner, delivered helpful ideas that were simple, but so important, such as how to "re-center with breathing". The "Good Friends" checklist makes this book so incredibly valuable as making and losing friends can be so traumatic for teens. As a psychologist and a mother I give this book two thumbs "way up" ! ! Bravo to Annie Fox and Ruth Kirschner for giving teens a sound resource to help them through the "roller-coaster years"!
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