Book Description
When family life is full of strife, what can a poor teen do? This book covers the basics of creating the civilized home—a place where people talk instead of yell, pick up after themselves, respect each other, fight fair, and don’t hog the bathroom. And it’s not all about the traditional family. Tips also cover the blended, shaken, stirred, and extended family, with special advice for teens whose parents are divorced.

From the Publisher
This book is a Read, America! Selection.

About the Author
Alex J. Packer, Ph.D., is an educator, psychologist, screenwriter, and author of several books including How Rude!™, Bringing Up Parents, and Highs! He is president and CEO of FCD Educational Services, Inc., a Boston-based provider of drug education programs for schools and colleges worldwide.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Selected to receive the 2004 Read, America! Collection Award

The Read, America! Collection is an annual listing of select books in the children￯﾿ﾽs market and calls attention to superior books. The How Rude!™ Handbooks have also been selected as "Classic" picks, which recognize books above the ordinary.

Winners are announced directly to the newsrooms and feature desks of 1,400 major daily newspapers, wire services, TV networks, and radio and Internet facilities.

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