The Essential Social Skills Handbook for Teens {Review}

Is your teen feeling anxious? Overwhelmed?  Lonely?  Do you see their confidence sliding and don't know how to help? Richard Meadows speaks to teens about these issues and more in his Essential Social Skills Handbook for Teens.  Written to teens, this book covers topics such as self-esteem and confidence, communication, social media, managing stress and more!  Meadows shares from personal experience, opening up about his own struggles and the principles that he learned along the way.  He uses simple applications to boost teenage confidence and management skills to be successful in later life.

I found the author's writing style to be simple, but effective.  Meadows writes as if he's speaking directly to teens.  This makes his writing personal, although at times it did feel a little incomplete.  On of my favorite parts is when he addresses personality types and how they aren't meant to be a handicap.  Rather how important it is to know your personality's strengths and weaknesses, and how to work with them.  It's a short and quick read, most applicable for younger teens ages 12-14 years.  I do think that older teens would find the tone condescending; however, the concepts are important and I'd rather address these issues with my teens in the younger years.  This would be a good books for a teen strugging with confidence and social anxieties as these are the major issues addressed.  If your teenager doesn't struggle with self-esteem, this may be a title to skip.

*Disclaimer: I recieved a free copy of this book from the publisher.  All opinions are my own.