Rating  - Good advice for the young and old!
This book gives good advice for REAL situations that are often encountered. The advice is good in that it encourages girls to "let it go" rather than holding a grudge, explains how to keep the peace with their parents, and is chock full of good examples. The advice is geared more towards teen situations (or tweens) but is good advice to anyone!
Rating  - Ok wow...
How come none of the reviewers noted that most of the advice in this book is completely obvious and basic? Most people should already know this stuff: be a good listener, don't complain, don't act fake, etc. This guide is only for the teen that is clueless on how to act. I'm a fifteen year old, and this guide has not helped me any. Save your money.
Rating - School Library Journal Seems to want the book to be something it is not.
Of course, I did not read this particular book but I did read the original "How to Win Friends and Influence People" title, and neither purport to solve the *social* issues that the School Library Journal reviewer would have liked.
It's a shame we cannot give our teens a guide and send them off to the library - we've got 'better' things to do like watch CSI or American Idol, right? God forbit we get off our butts and parent our children on social drinking, date rape, etc. Let's leave that to the shrink authors, Right?
This book is NOT about those issues, and it does no good to slam it because it is not. It may be like complaining that my mathematics book has no biology in it. I do not see the point. Of course, that is just my opinion and I could be missing the boat here.
It is about how to behave socially and interact with people and make them feel good about meeting you, how to avoid unecessary confrontation; how to handle confrontation when it is unavoidable; how to avoid resentment from the people you meet. Etcetera, etcetera. All good active, social-building skills that us old-timers from the 50's-60's seem to have not forgotten about, yet the so-called "Neo's" frown upon because it seems like a sort of concession to their peers.
Don't believe it.
You'll get way further if you follow the advice in this book.
Rating - A must for Teen Gals!
Childhood ends at the age of 13 and it's when problems start coming in. Friendship quarrels, parent-daughter fights, even boy problem.
This books deals with any problems a girl gets in her teenhood. Being a teen is not easy, especially when you're a girl.
I'm 15 and am studying in a girls school. You won't believe the amount of backfighting girls get in a year. You don't even know who's your friend anymore. Discrimination takes place on nerds and geeks. Mother-daughter trouble (it's funny why only the mother gets all the problems while she was the one who gave birth),laziness (it's always when you're a teen that you lose all your interest in studying, this applies to most teens).
This book teaches you how to prevent from discriminating, how to make people like you by avoiding arguments, giving an ear to a conversation, smiling and being humble.
It's a question why most girls now have to cope with so much stress at such young ages. This book also teaches you how to lessen stress.
All in all, Girls must read this book! It can save your life and your reputation.
Kirstie Mabitad
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