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PARENTING WITH A STORY

Real-Life Lessons in Character for Parents and Children to Share

BY PAUL SMITH

If you liked Teenagers 101, don’t miss Paul Smith’s Parenting with a Story [ISBN 978–0-8144–3357–7, $16.00; also available as an ebook].

Tell a young person what to do—play fair, be yourself, stick to the task at hand—and most will tune you out. But show them how choices and consequences play out in the real world, with real people, and the impact will be far more profound. Parenting with a Story gathers 101 narratives from people around the world and from all walks of life. Sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes funny, always compelling, these stories impart wisdom and help steer choices about:

Resisting peer pressure • Remaining open-minded • ...