Here's a great book for teens written by a teen. Chandler Dewitt writes about choices youth make from junior high through young adulthood. It is a great book for teens who are transitioning from grade school, junior high and even high school seniors- a graduation gift that keeps on giving! Visit this link for details. http://www.connectwithkids.com/insideout/index.shtml

GIFT FOR YOUR SPORTS FAN

October 27, 2010
Apolo Ohno book tour hits the east coast!
The Century Council is working together with Apolo Anton Ohno as he brings his book tour to the East Coast! His book, Zero Regrets, outlines his journey from growing up in Seattle, WA to becoming the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history. In the book, he discusses the choices he faced during his journey.

"The decisions I made as a young teen heavily influenced where I am today. In fact, many of the decisions I've made off-the-ice have contributed most to my success."

This may be the perfect gift for your young teenager!

AMERICA'S WEB RADIO-LISTEN TO STACY DeWITT

Looking for an honest perspective on teenage life
and the choices teens make?

Log On.Tune In.
Monday, May 24 at 1 p.m. EST
America's Web Radio
Book Talk with Ginger and Lisa
is featuring
Chandler DeWitt
Teen author of
Inside Out: Real Stories about the Inner Choices That Shape our Lives
and
Stacey DeWitt
National Speaker and founder of Connect with Kids

This is a provocative program that you and
your kids won't want to miss!

Can't listen on Monday?
Come back any time after Tuesday to stream the show to your computer, mobile phone or media player.
Listen while you work, exercise or drive!
After Tuesday, visit
America's Web Radio
Scroll down to Archives
Select 5/24/10 and click LISTEN!

Chandler DeWitt just finished her freshman year of college. She wrote Inside Out: Real Stories about the Inner Choices That Shape our Lives with hopes that its stories and information would help teens be true to themselves and resist the dangerous choices young adults often face.

Stacey DeWitt, Chandler's mother, speaks around the country to parents, teens and educators. She is the founder and CEO of Connect With Kids, which produces television documentaries and educational programs to help parents and educators discuss tough teen issues: bullying, drugs and alcohol, Internet safety, and trends such as sexting, anxiety, addiction.

BOOK REVIEWS

We have added some more books to our Helpful Reading Material Section on the right. Here is a synopsis of each new selection:

The Primal Teen, What discoveries about the teenage brain tell us about our kids. Strauch is the medical science and health editor at the "New York Times".

Why Do They Act That Way, A survival guide to the adolescent brain for you and your teen. Factual, funny, readable and helpful.

The Second Family, deals with peer power, pop culture, the wall of silence and other challenges of raising today's teens.

Smashed, is a story of a drunken girlhood.

Happy Reading!