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Unforgettable Lessons that will Change the Lives of Teenagers

This is not a HOW TO book, it’s a how NOT TO book

My dad up in heaven had a favorite saying: “A little bit of knowledge is dangerous.” Truth be told, sometimes a little knowledge is all we really need. As a lawyer for thirty-plus years, I’ve seen young people from different neighborhoods and different upbringings repeatedly make the same wrong choices and take the same wrong turns, literally devastating their futures. If someone had just given them a little bit of knowledge, they could’ve avoided ever seeing the inside of a lawyer’s office. I wrote this manual to provide a map to navigate teenagers and twenty-somethings through unexpectedly dangerous waters and guide them around the occasional iceberg. I am arming them with just a little knowledge to help make important and crucial choices, which can hopefully change the course of their lives. It takes a village, but in the famous words of Bob Marley,

"Every little thing is going to be all right."

Kindle : $7.99

Paperback : $18.95

Unlocking Life's Potential by Inspiring Literacy at Any Age

A dad-to-be eagerly anticipates the arrival of his child with visions of having the perfect baby. But when his son is born and diagnosed with a learning difference, the father's fear sends him running to hide in a closet for years. From the sidelines, he watches as his son struggles to read, barely making progress through fourth grade. Finally, the father decides to take action and enrolls in a course to become a reading tutor. His students are all adult learners who have realistic goals for their futures and simply want to be able to read everyday materials like menus, job applications, and medicine bottles. Using unconventional methods such as the Bible, fortune cookies, and Motown lyrics, the adults make miraculous progress and inspire the father to confront his own fears. In the end, an unexpected event brings together a twelve-year-old boy and a classroom full of grown-up strangers, leading to an incredible accomplishment.

Kindle : $7.99

Paperback : $11.26

Unforgettable Lessons that will Change the Lives of Teenagers

This is not a HOW TO book, it’s a how NOT TO book

My dad up in heaven had a favorite saying: “A little bit of knowledge is dangerous.” Truth be told, sometimes a little knowledge is all we really need. As a lawyer for thirty-plus years, I’ve seen young people from different neighborhoods and different upbringings repeatedly make the same wrong choices and take the same wrong turns, literally devastating their futures. If someone had just given them a little bit of knowledge, they could’ve avoided ever seeing the inside of a lawyer’s office. I wrote this manual to provide a map to navigate teenagers and twenty-somethings through unexpectedly dangerous waters and guide them around the occasional iceberg. I am arming them with just a little knowledge to help make important and crucial choices, which can hopefully change the course of their lives. It takes a village, but in the famous words of Bob Marley,

"Every little thing is going to be all right."

Kindle : $0.00

Paperback : $18.95

Unlocking Life's Potential by Inspiring Literacy at Any Age

A dad-to-be eagerly anticipates the arrival of his child with visions of having a perfect baby. But when his son is born and diagnosed with a learning difference, the father's fear sends him running to hide in a closet for years. From the sidelines, he watches as his son struggles to read, barely making progress through fourth grade. Finally, the father decides to take action and enrolls in a course to become a reading tutor. His students are all adult learners who have realistic goals for their futures and simply want to be able to read everyday materials like menus, job applications, and prescription bottles. Using unconventional methods such as the Bible, fortune cookies, and Motown lyrics, the adults make miraculous progress and inspire the father to confront his own fears. In the end, an unexpected event brings together a twelve-year-old boy and a classroom full of grown-up strangers, leading to an incredible accomplishment.

Kindle : $7.99

Paperback : $11.26

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