Topic: Games, activities, and other fun ways to help children
and teens learn etiquette. Issues: When and where it’s
appropriate to text? How and why to write thank-you notes; the
proper way to handle on-line bullies; When is it okay to take a
phone call during a meal? What’s the protocol for receiving a
Facebook friend request from a stranger? Topic: Confessions of a
TV-addicted mom trying to raise a TV-free kid. Issues: Good
reasons to try to get TV viewing under control; the effect of
banning TV on relationships with family and friends; keeping up
with popular culture without TV; the differences between TV and
watching movies or playing video games; national TV-Turnoff
Week. Topic: Using movies to start meaningful conversations
Issues: Middle schoolers were asked this question: “If you cold
ask your mom or dad one question and know you would get an
honest answer, what question would you ask?” This book presents
those questions and presents a unique way parents can answer
them and keep those lines of commun