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Raise Street-Smart Boys: 150+ Essential Life Lessons Not Taught at School to Think for Himself, Trust Their Gut, Handle Any Situation, and Grow Into a Self-Aware Teen - Illustrated Edition

Joseph Hedlund

ILLUSTRATED EDITIONDoes your son freeze up at small problems, asking "Mom, what should I do?" for everything?Does it worry you that no school or teacher will ever teach him how to think for himself, or how to get himself out of a dangerous situation?You're not imagining it. The world he's growing into is faster, more connected, and harder to navigate than the one you grew up in. And between ages 9 and 12, the window to shape his judgment closes faster than most parents realize.“Raise Street-Smart Boys” is the guide he’ll actually use to grow into the young man you want him to become. It starts from the inside out: helping him understand his emotions first, so he can handle what happens outside.And it doesn't stop at theory. It trains him through Real-Life lessons, daily Mini-Missions, and illustrated Weekly Challenges.Here’s what your son will find inside:• Street-Safety Strategies: How to find his way home if he gets lost, ride public transport safely, and spot when an adult's "help me" is actually a warning sign.• 150 Smart Moves & Mini-Missions: One rule to remember and one action to try the same day — so the advice doesn't stay on the page.• 10 Emergency Drills: What counts as a real emergency, how to call for help, and the dead-phone plan he memorizes before he needs it.• Digital Street-Smarts: How to spot strange messages, online scams, and risky requests before he clicks, replies, or shares personal information.• Money & First-Dollar Skills: How to handle money, earn his first dollars, and avoid being fooled by wrong change, bad deals, or “free” offers.• Built for Boys Ages 9–12: Written for the stage when he wants more freedom but still needs guidance — with practical, big-brother advice that never feels like a lecture.• 15 Illustrated Weekly Challenges: Fill-ins, checkboxes, and quick choices that let him practice on paper before real life tests him.But that’s not all...You’ll also get a special BONUS to make the most of the book’s lessons:• A Hands-On Workbook: 15 printable activities — including word searches, sentence builders, color-code pages, safety checks, and smart-choice games — to make practice more hands-on.Worried this book will sit unread?This one was built to break that pattern. Every lesson is short, written in his voice, based on situations he recognizes, and ends with something he can do the same day.In six months, you watch him handle a moment that would freeze him today. He pauses. He thinks. He decides. He's no longer the boy asking "Mom, what should I do?" — he's the one telling you what he did, over dinner.Or you wait and the years you could have used to build his judgment become years you can't get back.Click "Buy Now" and help him build the kind of independence school will never teach.

GenresTeen & Young AdultPersonal HealthMaturingSocial IssuesPeer Pressure

144 pages

English edition · First published 2026 by Independently published · ISBN 9798187837786

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