This should be given to every youth before they reach ...
340558
This should be given to every youth before they reach 15 along with some kind of workbook.  Much too basic for adults.
710374
Every young adult should be required to read...think about and discuss.  This book is about the cost of freedom and the ease with which it can be lost.  I would make this a required reading in every school in the nation!
4384121
Everyone involved in adolescent/youth catechesis should have a copy of this YOUth CATechism. It's question and answer form enables one to provide accurate and concise information in a language young people can understand.  Makes a great gift for Confirmation!
1183861
I found this book very easy to read and understand as it's messages are not hidden nor cryptic.  If my son were still a teenager this would be a must read.  For now I can just give it as a Christmas gift and hope he reads it so we can discuss its meaning going forward.  In the "Age of Entitlement and Instant Gratification" the messages contained in this book are so important that every teenager should be exposed to the learning's in this novel.  The life lessons in this story are presented in a multitude of ways reinforcing the importance of living this life as best we can and working hard for what we want and what is right - many thanks to the author.
2794471
This is an excellent book, and really, it is one of those books that every adult with any responsibility should have read before leaving school.  It is a powerful delivery of the idea that people regularly willfully blind themselves to obvious, if discomfitting, facts, and thereby pave the way to disaster.  It is remarkably easy to read, anyone with a high school education should be able to consume it without problems.  If I were designing curricula, I would insist on this book being part of the basic knowledge that all graduates should have.
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This book is not just another book written by a person who went down the wrong road in life and is now begging for the forgiveness of others. It is not another book written by a person who claims to know every possible solution that there is to know in order to solve the problems and issues of today's youth. This book is a short, easy read that offers tips to improve some of the issues that we as free individuals have yet to solve in relation to teen and gang violence. This book should be offered to teens in schools all across this nation so that they can read something that is easy for them to understand that relates to everyday life. Teens across the world will also be able to use this book as a reference tool for some of the situations that they encounter on a day to day basis that they may not feel comfortable talking about or that they feel no one will understand where they are coming from. This book should also be read by parents across all nations. This book will allow parents to gain a better understanding of the current issues that their children encounter on a day to day basis. This book will spark many conversations among many different people which will open the floor for discussion, acknowledgement and hopefully will cause us to take responsibility for the part we play in this problem and help us to provide a positive solution to help our youth to grow and prosper as they should without violence being one of their primary options for their futures.
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Generation Green is a book that will truly make a difference with teens and anyone who reads it. I read it fairly quickly and am passing it along to my 18 year old son. This book will teach you ways you can make a difference in many ways, big and small.  If each of us changes just one thing that we do we can make big changes.  If we each change a few things and increase that over time, we can make even bigger changes and a huge difference for our future and our childrens futures. Why anyone would ignore or not do any of the things mentioned in this book, is just beyond me.
This great little book lets teens know how much water it takes when they take a shower, and really just informs them of the facts of life all over the world and how easy we have it. It then tells them small things they can change in their lifestyle to make big differences.
I think this book should be required reading for every high school. I plan on buying many and giving them to everyone I know, teens and adults. If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would.
403547
Not everyone understands these concepts. This should be a mandatory read in every 5th graders class. Start em young. Everyone who thinks the world owes you something get smart and listen up!
3497137
This book should be taught in every high school in America.  Then it should be refreshed in college courses.  Everyone should read this book to have an appreciation of what America is all about.
There is no need to have a constitutional convention in this country.  The original constitution is ageless if only it were followed.  Everyone should read this book!
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I am a dad of 12yr old, soon to be 13 going into the 7th grade. I thoroughly enjoyed this material and he seemed to like it as well. We laughed, talked and had a great bonding experience. I highly recommend this to be used by all parents of pre-teens and teens. I work for a Christian ministry as an abstinence educator within the public schools. I can't go into detail of all things, like this material does, due to time restraints nor can I delve into the spiritual side of it because I am in a public school setting. This material develops the foundation that is most definitely needed in our society. As a parent you can't just do this material and then expect everything to go correctly if you don't review the material again at a different time and if you don't have on going conversations with your child about these things. This material is meant to teach your child the importance of delayed dating, standing up to peer pressure and the importance of sexual abstinence, of all kinds of sexual/physical, activities until marriage. Whether you, as a parent, believe that it's okay for your child to kiss, hug or hold hands or not before marriage is totally up to you; the material suggest and encourages to not kiss until marriage. Either way, don't allow that to deter you from utilizing this material.
Here's my only complaint, and this may not apply to you and your child: this is a lot of material and I recommend that you don't just rush through it. I suggest stretching it out the entire weekend, into Sunday. Take breaks when needed, pause the cds and talk when needed. Take questions and discuss as much as possible.
You and your child will be blessed and challenged.
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A book by a proven leader of men in the crucible of combat. There is such wisdom in this book that I think every American should have to read it in their senior year of high school. With our shallow celebrity-centric culture, Donovan Campbell has seen men give all for those they lead, including their own lives. What better advice can we get to pull our self centered culture  and our, "revolving door culture in national politics", that is all about, "what's in it for me".

I wish our President and all the people in the Executive Branch and in the Congress and various agencies had to read this each and every year. America would no longer spend our children's future into oblivion, give away our citizen's wealth to cronies or lie to the American people on an almost daily basis.
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They should make this required reading for teenagers. The daily lessons are a must in everyone's life! This book has changed my life and my spiritual journey. I ordered extra copies for family and friends.
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This book is so needed in this generation. Levi does a great job of talking about hard subjects in a relevant way through the lens of truth. Every teenager should read it and every adult should read it. (If you have a teen, I would suggest reading it yourself first, then giving it to your teen to read, and then discussing it with them.) Some of the old cultural references will be lost on teens and college students, and some of the newer cultural references will be lost on older adults. This is a really great book that couldn't be more timely for our culture. I have read a lot of books on this topic and this is the best one that I've read.
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This should be in every home in America where there are children and grandchildren. At your fingertips is a wealth of current information that every parent and grandparent should have access to so they can deal with the issues kids are exposed to during their school years. You will be so happy you purchased this.
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This power of this book is in its simplicity and direct message. It is a vital resource for young people, young women and men, with the challenges they are facing in this modern evolving world. It goes further, though. You may find the wounds of abusive relationship on your own heart after reading this, whether or not you are currently in a relationship. We all need to understand how this has become too much a part of our culture, and how to recognize these dangerous signs. It is also a truly valuable gift for someone you care about, when you don't have the words yourself. This is the courageous and generous offering of someone who truly knows what she is talking about. Thank you, Lorene!
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I think EVERYONE should read this. Is my opinion that too many people roam the earth clueless of how important it is to use our minds and develop important analytical and communication skills. A MUST!
2873137
50 Rules is not just something kids should be required to read, but something every new parent could benefit from.  While being part of the Baby Boom Generation, I was raised with these rules but somehow my generation wanted to do things differently than their parents.  We were going to coddle our children, we were going to treasure them to make up for what we felt was neglect on our parents parts (we couldn't see that our parents were busy making a living).

Now, a generation of children are growing up to a world that not only won't coddle them, but will be determined to knock them down a few notches just for sport.  The kids will never know what hit them.  After a life time of trophies just for showing up, bad attitude or not, and now they're thrown into a world of uncaring adults who came up the hard way and have no sympathy for little Johnny or Jennifer's 'feelings'.

Bravo for Charles Sykes for spelling it out so clearly for kids new to the world of hard knocks.  If young people understand these simple rules they can know what they're up against and have a successful life if they choose to.

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