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Sorting It Out Supporting Teenage Decision Making


Free Download Sorting It Out: Supporting Teenage Decision Making
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1009382209 | 243 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
Written for parents, teachers, and others who live or work with teenagers, this science-based guide describes how you can become a confident ‘decision mentor.’ Learn to support young people in making good decisions for themselves. Treating decision making as an essential and learnable skill, the six-step ‘Decision-Maker Moves’ highlight the power and promise of young people as they shape their lives through the options they choose. Stories, examples, and practical tips show how decisions can transform problems into opportunities. Each chapter provides common-sense advice on when and how to talk with teenagers as they weigh up the often-conflicting values, emotions, and trade-offs affecting their choices. We cannot provide young minds with all the answers, but we can help them as they navigate both life-changing and everyday decisions.

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Sorting Out Your Finances For Dummies


Free Download Melanie Bien, "Sorting Out Your Finances For Dummies"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 0470695153 | EPUB | pages: 316 | 4.9 mb
Being good with money is about getting into good habits and understanding the choices you make. Fully updated to cover the latest financial trends and developments, this book gives you the confidence to Description where your money goes, to know your limits, and to choose the right financial products for a wealthier future.

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Sorting the Beef from the Bull The Science of Food Fraud Forensics


Free Download Richard Evershed, "Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics "
English | ISBN: 1472911334 | 2016 | 320 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Horse meat in our burgers, melamine in our infant formula, artificial colors in our fish and fruit-as our urban lifestyle takes us farther away from our food sources, there are increasing opportunities for dishonesty, duplicity, and profit-making shortcuts. Food adulteration, motivated by money, is an issue that has spanned the globe throughout human history. Whether it’s a matter of making a good quality oil stretch a bit further by adding a little extra "something" or labeling a food falsely to appeal to current consumer trends-it’s all food fraud. Consumers may pay the ultimate costs for these crimes, with their health and, in some cases, their lives. So how do we sort the beef from the bull (or horse, as the case may be)?

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