Kids These Days · Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth (9781461638513) by Sternheimer, Karen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction - Kids These Days 1 - Kidnapped!

HAS CHILDHOOD BEEN STOLEN? ANATOMY OF A KIDNAPPING SCARE KIDNAPPING EPIDEMIC? THE DANGER OF STRANGER DANGER REALITY CHECK? THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN BEHIND THE 2002 KIDNAPPING PANIC NOTES

2 - Greedy Gluttons

THE SOCIOLOGY OF FAT KIDS ONLY? ALL MOM AND DAD’S FAULT? POPULAR CULTURE CREATED PIG-OUTS? MEAN KIDS AND GREEDY GLUTTONS BABY FAT: FEARING INDULGED CHILDREN CAFETERIA CRISIS: CHANGES IN AMERICA’S SCHOOLS FAT, ECONOMICS, AND RACE THE BIG BUSINESS OF FAT: WHY INDUSTRY LOVES GLUTTONY NOTES

3 - School House Shock

PORTENDING DANGER IN THE PRESS NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED? READING, WRITING, AND FEAR IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN HERE: SCHOOLS BEYOND NEW YORK BEYOND THE SCARY-SCHOOL MYTH: REALITIES OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE TEACHER DANGER: THREATENED OR THREATENING? ZERO TOLERANCE FOR YOUTH THE REAL SCARY SCHOOLS THE PURPOSE OF THE SCARY-SCHOOL MYTH NOTES

4 - Hazed and Confused

DO KIDS LIVE IN HIDDEN WORLDS? MEAN GIRLS? BOYS WILL BE BOYS? ADULT BULLYING AND HAZING THE UNIQUE SETTING OF SCHOOLS THE BOTTOM LINE ON BULLYING AND HAZING NOTES

5 - Jackasses and Copycats

RISK-TAKERS BY NATURE? ARE TEENS NATURALLY CRAZY? EXTREME REACTIONS DRINKING GAMES ALCOHOL’S EVIL TWIN GIRLS GONE WILD? EXTREME SPORTS TATTOO U MISREADING TEENS THE COPYCAT IN THE MIRROR NOTES

6 - Hell on Wheels

THE DANGER OF PLEASURE THE ADULT MALE MENACE CONSTRUCTING THE TEEN THREAT IN THE PRESS DRINKING, DRIVING,AND DENIAL HOT RODS CONTROLLING THE TEEN DRIVER NOTES

Conclusion - The Business of Youth Phobia Selected Bibliography Index About the Author