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Take a closer look at Free Spirit books and other learning materials with downloadable excerpts and reproducible forms. Get even more out of our books with FREE bonus materials. All downloads are PDF (Portable Document Format) files. To view them and print them out, you’ll need Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader^®. Click here to get it for free.

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How to Talk with Teens About Love, Relationships, & S-E-X
Book Excerpt: “Teens in Abusive Relationships.” Ways to tell if your teen is being abused—or being abusive. Two pages.
How_to_Talk_S-E-X.pdf

100 Things Guys Need to Know
Bonus Materials: “Questions, Prompts, and Resources for Parents, Caregivers, and Youth Workers.” Includes conversation starters, background information, and a list of resources. 11 page
100-Things-Questions,Prompts,and-Resources.pdf

Behavior Survival Guide for Kids
Bonus Materials: “Resources for Grown-Ups.” An annotated list of books and teaching materials, publishers, Web sites, and organizations that is not available in the book itself. Six pages.
BSGKids.pdf

Freeing Our Families from Perfectionism
Book Excerpt: “What Does Perfectionism Look and Sound Like?” and a “Perfectionism at a Glance” checklist to help you identify where perfectionism exists in your family. Three pages.
Freeing_Our_Families.pdf

How to Handle a Hard-to-Handle Kid
Book Excerpt: Table of Contents and Introduction. Four pages.
How_to_Handle.pdf

Our Family Meeting Book
Book Excerpt: “Word Games.” Ideas for a family meeting on the topic of communication. One page.
Our_Family_Meeting_Book.pdf

Raising Healthy Children Day by Day
Book Excerpt: Introduction. Nine pages.
Raising_Healthy_Children.pdf

The Power of Positive Talk
Book Excerpt: “Sticks and Stones Will Break My Bones, But Words Will Wound Me Forever.” How negative verbal messages can impact a child’s life, and a list of words that hurt. Three pages.
Power_of_Positive_Talk.pdf

What Kids Need to Succeed
Book Excerpt: “Ways to Encourage Teens to ‘Read for the Fun of It.’” Ideas for parents, teachers, community members, and congregation members. Two pages.
WKNTS_Read.pdf