About The
Book
Title:
How Teenagers Think
Author: jellyellie, aged 15
ISBN: 978190541013-2
Publisher: White
Ladder Press
Publishing
date: 31st May 2007
Synopsis: A real life teenager, 15 year old jellyellie,
dishes the dirt on what she and the many fellow teenagers she interviews
really think. Essential reading for all parents, she explains what
teenagers think about everything from school to designer labels, sex
to money. She also discusses what encourages teenagers to co-operate
with their parents and what pushes all their rebellious buttons. How
Teenagers Think is the book for parents whose relationships with
their teenage kids is fraught, and who find their children hard to
fathom. It will help them get inside the teenage mindset and encourage
them to understand their kids better.
Is
How Teenagers Think for parents or teenagers? How
Teenagers Think is written for parents of teenagers, but due
to its humerous, insightful nature, it is a great read for just about
anyone - especially teenagers.
Why did jellyellie write it? jellyellie saw a gap
in the market for a book on bringing up teenagers from a teenager's
point of view, as opposed to yet another parenting book by a middle-aged
psychologist. Using her experience as a teenager and interviewing
her friends to find out their views too, jellyellie gives parents
an insight into what teenagers really think.
When did jellyellie write it? jellyellie started writing
How Teenagers Think at the age of 14 and signed a publishing
contract for it when she was 15. jellyellie was 16 when it hit the
shops on the 31st of May 2007.
What
are the chapters in How Teenagers Think?
i
iiiDedication
iv
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Stop Treating Me Like a Child!
3. You’re Spoilt
4. Getting Our Own Way
5. Money and Jobs
6. Fashion
7. Crazy Shoes
8. Names/Nicknames
9. School (Sucks)
10. I’m Bored – Hobbies and Interests
11. The Internet
12. Computers and Technology Speak in General
13. Music – Playing & Creating
14. Tell Me Where You’re Going
15. Siblings
16. Peer Pressure
17. Holiday With A Friend
18. Friends
19. Parties
20. Sex n Drugs n Rock n Roll
21. The End…
