By the way, speaking of TV recommendations--check this out:
A show called "High School Confidential", airing every Monday night on the "WE" TV cable channel.
The show followed 12 girls who attended a typical high school in Kansas for all 4 years of high school, from 2002-2006. Now this is Kansas; and these were very typical young ladies. You wouldn't think much would be happening.
But it does--bulimia, depression, suicidal thoughts, health problems, sex, drugs, drinking, etc etc etc. Many of the high school girls portrayed in the show come through fine. Their courage and smarts are to be applauded. One shouldn't watch the show to leer at others' troubles.
Rather, you should watch it in order to understand the pressures, difficulties, threats, challenges, hopes, dreams, fears...which confront ALL young people today. Young people in your town, in your neighborhoods. People close to you. It's not just facing everybody else. It's facing your kids.
