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Why teenagers get tattoos and body piercings.

Looks at the life of teenagers living in the Middle East, covering such topics as family life, a typical day, education, entertainment, and religion. Sensitively describes the daily lives of teenagers in Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Each chapter includes a profile of the country; basic political, economic, social, and cultural issues; and...

In this work of social journalism, a spotlight is cast on a population we find it easy, or convenient, to overlook. "While the national economy has been growing, the economic prospects of most Americans have been dimming," William Finnegan writes. "A new American class structure is being born - one that is harsher, in many ways, than the one it is replacing. Some people are thriving in it, of course. This book is about some families who are not. More...

Are today's teenagers really slackers, the apathetic, baggy-pants wearing, unmotivated individuals so often portrayed by the media? In this landmark study of 7,000 adolescents two of the nation's foremost education experts provide startling news about our teenagers. Contrary to prevailing notions, today's teens are the most ambitious generation yet - more want to be college graduates and work as professionals than ever before. But because schools...

Employing an accessible style that includes quizzes and charts and illuminating family stories and examples, the authors guide parents toward making an honest assessment of teenagers and their own family.

On college campuses and in high school halls, being white means being boring. Since whiteness is the mainstream, white kids lack a cultural identity that's exotic or worth flaunting. To remedy this, countless white youths across the country are now joining more outre; subcultures like the Black - and Puerto Rican - dominated hip-hop scene, the glamorously morose goth community, or an evangelical Christian organization whose members reject campus partying....

"In The Greatest Generation Grows Up, Kriste Lindenmeyer tells the story behind the roots of a famous generation. Here is an account of how children grew up in the 1930s, showing how American childhood through the teen years became formalized as an ideal by government policy, reinforced by cultural changes." "In all, the thirties experience worked to confer greater identity on American children, and Ms. Lindenmeyer's story provides essential background...