Having good self-esteem isn't always the default setting for teens in today's world. With easy access to social media and bullies being just a click away it has never been more important for a teen to have the best possible help to develop or keep high self-esteem. This book is great for that purpose.

Great book that isn't just for teens. The work can be related to any age which is wonderful! I actually really enjoyed reading it and taking some of the tips.

Great book with good tips that are defiantly not just for teenagers but rather for any age group in my option!

I have been using what I learned in this book daily with my students and we are all very much enjoying it. I teach middle school and using this as a collaborative tool to discuss with them has been beneficial to their overall attitudes and well being. They find the language easy to digest and understand. They also enjoy that this is specifically geared towards teens and is not "babyish" nor written for adults.

THE SELF-ESTEEM HABIT FOR TEENS by Lisa. M. Schab is relatively short (200 pages) and, honestly, a bit condescending. It does contain “50 simple ways to build your confidence every day,” but I would be more inclined to focus on The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey. I have actually used that with Special Education classes and teachers to begin building some “habits of mind” for our students. Admittedly, Covey’s work could probably use another update, but we found recent video clips and materials to supplement summaries of the seven habits. Schab, too, offers helpful advice, but the tone is more formal and less friendly, not one that teens are apt to embrace. The advanced copy at least had few visuals, again limiting appeal.

Have read the book and although it's written for teens, I found many of the items shared applicable for me too - an adult. I've shared some of these with my daughter and look forward to doing more of them with her.

Solid but basic self-help advice for teens. While this is ok information for folks who deal with or work with teens, I cannot imagine a teen reading this book. The basics are there, but the language is simplistic and the explanations for some of the concepts are circular. But, some fair examples and information as a reference for parents and educators.

I read this because I will one day have 6 teenagers in the same house at the same time. 😳 I read this and then summarized it with my 14 year old, and I feel like it definitely helped. I’ll be buying a copy to keep for whenever the need arises, even though I feel it’s necessary to know these things anyway. I loved the quotes at the end of each topic. My favorite one was,”The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with someone else’s highlight reel.” -Steven Furtick

*I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review via Netgalley.*

Good ideas to talk and reflect about with your kids. Opens discussion and thought. Communication between parents and kids is so important. This book can be used as a guideline for discussion and questions kids may have. Would recommend.

<b>4 stars for Lisa Schab's self-esteem habits for teens</b>

My favorite aspects of this book included the author's great-grandfather's philosophies of life (a great personal touch!) and all the positively worded strategies she included for building self-esteem. Examples included celebrate your strengths, view yourself with compassion, and celebrate your differences. Each focus is sectioned into the parts of "perceive it, believe it, achieve it," with action steps under each area. These sections are filled with positively worded language, and I especially enjoyed the quotes included. I did not give the full five stars because I wished for a little more approachability for teens in the language and activities chosen.

Overall, this is a great resource for self-esteem for teens with many positive activities and action steps.

Thanks to Lisa M. S has, New Harbinger, and Netgalley for the complimentary copy.

Stress relief for the erudite teen!

As a high school teacher, I work with stressed-out teenagers every day and was excited to delve into The Self-Esteem Habit for Teens and more importantly to discover the 50 Simple Ways to build confidence every day. I very much hoped to be able to recommend this book to the students with whom I work.

What I like about the book is that each individual chapter provides a different method of improving self-esteem, by examining a specific trait via a given scenario. The scenario is subsequently followed by Perceive It, Believe It, Achieve It advice which I think a teen would find straight-forward and easy to digest. In fact, the 'Achieve It' sections of each chapter, in my opinion, provide the most guidance and support to young people struggling with mental health issues.

However, what I believe would discourage teens from reading and benefitting from this book is the 'Get Started: First Six Steps to Healthy Self-Esteem' introduction, which consists of 16 pages of lengthy paragraphs. From experience, I know digesting this section would instantly disengage the large majority of teens. In addition, I feel that most youngsters would stop paying attention if the scenario didn't entirely match their own issues and in some ways, these detract from the point of the stress-management techniques.

I would recommend this book to teens who love to read and would persevere through the lengthy advice. For those looking for a 'quick-fix', I'd advise checking out the 'Achieve It' advice initially, which offers some constructive support to manage stress, improve self-esteem and develop better habits.

As with so many teens, my 14 year at times grapples with self esteem issues. I asked her to read and write a review of the book, with her thoughts of what was and wasn't effective for her. Here is her review:

The book is a summary on some easy to do tips that you could use in various situations. It is easy to read and comprehend. All the points that are mentioned could easily be applied to real life situations. The book also repeated itself many times, which got boring quick. In some parts, the book was oversimplified, thus making it annoying to read.

The book first gives an example of a self-esteem problem and then it explains how to fix it. This is a nice and organized system of teaching helpful tips. The vocabulary was easily comprehensible. The ideas were expressed nicely and simply which made it fun to read. They were as easy to read as they were to use in real life situations. The solutions were quick and easy to repeat so the tips were even more helpful. As useful as these tips were, some of the ideas or processes were too similar. This repetition happened more than a few times, which proved to be quite annoying at times. In other instances, the steps of a process were so basic as to be silly, which broke the mentality of the reading. It is boring to read something that is too oversimplified.

In all, the book is good if you need a quick read and like to know some easily applied tips. The information given was nice and easy to use and try out in real life situations. Still, the book could be improved by taking out the unneeded repeats and oversimplifying paragraphs. It is a good book to show to teens and even adults.