TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
What’s Changing?
CHAPTER 1
Your Changing Body
All About Puberty
Growth Spurts
Changing Body Shape and Size
Genital Changes
Nocturnal Emissions
Body Hair
Vocal Changes
Changes in your Skin
Emotional Changes
CHAPTER 2
The Care and Feeding of Your Changing Body
Hit the Showers
Get Dressed
Hair
The Ear From Which You Hear
Putting Your Best Face Forward
Shaving
Keeping Your Awesome Smile Looking Awesome
Your First Shave
Boys and the Dentist
Meet Your Feet
CHAPTER 3
Your Health and Your Body
Healthy Eating for Growing Boys
Worried About Weight
Healthy Foods for Boys on the Move
Sports
Let’s Get Moving
Sports Safety
Performance Enhancements
Boys and Sleep
Wetting the Bed
Some Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
CHAPTER 4
Your Changing Body in the Outside World
A Quiz: What Do You Know About Grades?
Homework and Study Skills
Getting Along with Teachers
Extracurricular Activities
Non-Sport Activities
Getting an After School Job
Saving Money
Going to College
Considering Your Future
CHAPTER 5
Changes at Home
What Do These People Want From Me?
Responsibility and You
The Care and Feeding of Parents
Curfews and Other Rules
Chores
The Art of Being Friends With Siblings
CHAPTER 6
Your Changing Feelings and Friends
Friendship Skills
Dating and Romance
Dress for Success
CHAPTER 7
Staying Safe in the Real and Virtual Worlds
Peer Pressure
Bullying and Teasing
Be an Army of One
Personal Safety
CHAPTER 8
Stressful Situations
All Different Bodies, All Different Brains
Moving
Divorce
Drugs, Alcohol, and Other Unhealthy Stuff
Super-Stressed Families
Handing Stressful Situations
Stress and Your Friends
Dealing With Out of Control Feelings
Is it OK to Cry?
Conclusion
RESOURCES
Resources and Further Reading
About the Author and Illustrator
Index
About Applesauce Press