Resources-Books

====[|Bringing Up Parents: The Teenager's Handbook]by Alex J. Parker====

====[|Step-Families: New Patterns in Harmony (Teen Survival Library)]by Linda Craven====

//Positive approaches to conflicts such as lack of family unity, discipline difficulties, sexual problems, loyalty issues, and getting along with new brothers and sisters - Amazon.com//
====[|Finding Your Place: A Teen Guide to Life in a Blended Family] by Julie Leibowitz==== ====//Leibowitz points out that while all blended families can't be like the Brady Bunch, they can be positive and healthy. She suggests ways to help adolescents deal with stepparents, stepsiblings, and even their own parents. -// School Library Journal====

Two titles from the well-known //Chicken Soup// series:
====[|Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Relationships: Stories about Family, Friends, and Love]by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Amy Newmark==== ====[|Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters: 101 Unforgettable Stories about Our Nutty but Lovable Families]by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and====

Two titles from the //How Rude! Handbook// series:
====[|The How Rude! Handbook of Family Manners for Teens: Avoiding Strife in Family Life] by Alex J. Packer==== ====[|The How Rude! Handbook of Friendship & Dating Manners for Teens: Surviving the Social Scene]by Alex J. Packer====

//This graphic novel revolves around a father and son struggling to regain their footing after the mother dies.//
====//Hornschemeier wields that rare gift of layered subtlety. Be it an almost imperceptible change in facial expressions or the slow death of a flower, he says significant, moving things in a few panels that would take pages to convey in a novel. - School Library Journal//====