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I peek in on her every night and she is reading this book and she's even used some of the stories to help sort out stuff that's happening in her life. When I looked over this book I was very impressed. Thank you. I am extremely pleased. I loved the style, the humor, and of course what it had to say. But the real test was wether my 14 year old daughter would read it or not and she has devoured it.
I would only recommend giving this to a teen if you are prepared to tell them to investigate for themselves whether or not they believe the claims are valid. The section on safer sex only promotes abstinence and even goes as far as saying that safer sex is an oxy-moron (p. et al., 2006).This is not the only section that Covey plays fast and loose with the facts. This not only is misleading, it plants a seed for a dangerous sexual activity well into adulthood.
As an individual who has worked with at-risk youth for a considerable amount of time I can respect what Covey was trying to accomplish with this book. If you use this book as a source for absolutely credible knowledge on the only path towards success, be prepared to be deal with some healthy resistance towards its unqualified claims. For some young people this may give the impression that this is just another manifestation of adults talking down to them and not-respecting their intelligence, leading only to further disenfranchisement. It is to the point and attempts to communicate to young teens the nuances of difficult decisions that have to navigate as they make the journey into adulthood.
Stating that abstinence until marriage is the only means of protection is a dated notion that has not been shown to have any great success in preventing new infection or reducing incidence of teen sexual activity (Santelli, J. In a few points it does well at making the argument, particularly around study skills, education, and its relevance to finding success.However in other points it is radically off the mark. 206).
Don't wait till you are an adult to figure out you made some bad decisions when you were young. I am a youth leader and listened to this book because a teen had told me it was a great book, and it is. It makes it interesting and keeps it flowing like a long conversation. There are a lot of short stories from other teens and with the audio version different students read these parts. This book really helps teens put their lives in perspective with reality and really helps them to focus on what is really important. The decisions made as teenagers can shape the rest of your adult life.
This is a very good book to give some light in a teenager. It also help you have a good starting point, by telling you the most common sense cases, and you should do in some situations. The teenager life is divided in a few important topic such as family, school, friends, etc. What the authors do is to question yourself about the decision you are going to take and how are you going to live in the different areas.
This book could help a person get on the right track if they would read it.The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens To an extent, this is a re-hash of the 'Seven Habits' but it also looks at areas that affect young people's lives and common attitudes.
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