Life Skills Book for Teens by Maureen Stiles is a smart addition to my classroom library, as it’s a comprehensive guide to help my students navigate the complexities of adulthood. The book offers a broad overview of essential topics like budgeting, meal planning, and basic home maintenance. While the information is presented in a straightforward manner, I found myself wishing for more depth and practical examples to truly equip teens with the skills they need. 

The sections on social etiquette and making a good impression are valuable, emphasizing the importance of thoughtful communication and appropriate behavior in various settings. However, some areas, such as financial literacy and health management, could benefit from more detailed explanations and real-life scenarios. 

Overall, Life Skills Book for Teens serves as a solid starting point for young adults seeking to become more independent. It’s a useful resource for initiating discussions in the classroom, but I would supplement it with additional materials to provide a more comprehensive understanding.

Thank you NetGalley and the Publisher for the ARC.

Life Skills Book for Teens: Everything You Need to Know to Be More Independent by Maureen Stiles is a practical guide that aims to equip teens with essential skills to navigate the transition into adulthood.

The book covers a wide range of topics, including health, money management, relationships, and more. Much of the content is tailored to teens living in the US and is less relevant to readers outside of the country.

Kind thanks to NetGalley and Callisto Publishing for an advanced reading copy of Life Skills Book for Teens.

I appreciated the straightforward, essential advice this book gave. Whilst it didn’t present me, as a 15-year-old, with any “life skills” I had yet to gain, it could definitely be helpful for many teenagers today. I recommend this for teens looking to become more responsible and mature, or for parents looking to encourage and motivate their teenage children. This book is fun and informative!

"Life Skills Book for Teens" by Maureen Stiles provides a basic series of facts regarding home, finance, personal care, and more. It includes some basics such as how to eat a balanced meal, the basics of health insurance, and more. One criticism is that the title should have left out "Everything" just because it is impossible for one book to cover absolutely everything that every teen will need in their situations at home. Thank you to the authors, publisher, and NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Life Skills Book for Teens is a self-help guide for teens. It contains tips that are not normally taught in school but are very useful and should be known by every teen.

A helpful book for those teens who really want to be independent but really don't want to listen to mom/dad's advice.

Helpful info for teens.

Chapters:
Health Skills – self care basics, grooming, eating habits, doctor visits
Money Skills – saving, spending, earning
Home Skills – laundry, cooking, cleaning
Social Skills – job interviews, social media, etiquette
Other Skills – pets, travel, roommates, etc.
There is also an index at the back, and each chapter ends with a checklist summary.

I thought the hand images were kind of annoying, but I liked the variety of topics covered in an easy-to-understand way. I think this book would be very helpful for many teens, especially those with ASD or needing more instruction in life skills. I assume the age recommendation of 16+ is due to the sections on jobs or driving, but most of this would be good for younger teens. It’s not intimidating, long enough to cover the basic info but not wordy and uses lists and very short paragraphs. I think this book is better in paperback and would be a good gift. Thanks to the publisher for a digital ARC via NetGalley to use for my review.

Perhaps a bit simplistic, but I'm of the ilk that there's a lot of teens who know what's up...and there's so many more who don't. There's so many teens that I've worked with who don't know how to sweep. Who don't understand how to perform a Google search to find updated and relevant information. So this book is absolutely a good starting point for them, especially with regard to simple first aid, recipes, and concepts surrounding health insurance.

Great book to introduce life skills. It’s written in easily understood language. Teenagers can learn what it means to grow into a young adult. It brings up various topics they’ll encounter. Definitely a helpful book.

A great overview of all things teens need to know! I recommend every parent purchases this for the teen in their life!

This resource helps prepare teens for more productive lives. I have a grandchild who could definitely benefit, and I'll be buying a copy for their graduation. Recommended!

Are you a teen growing up? Or a young adult who is planning to move out on your own, but don’t know how to take care of multitude of chores that you will have to deal with, now that you are going to be on your own ?

Life skill book for teens is a great guide that can help you give a brief overview on how to take of certain key tasks that will encompass your life, irrespective of your gender, age, that is if you are left to your own devices and have to fend for yourself.

I found this book pretty helpful and will recommend every parent to gift their child once they are in their teens. The sooner you’re acquainted with the skills, the better.

Rating - 4.5/5

To preface this, I am probably not this book's primary audience. With that being said, I feel like this book's target audience was very unclear. Teen can technically mean anything from 13-19, and while this book seemed to be aimed more at teens 16-18, it was written in a way that seemed like it was meant for younger teens and even pre-teens. Some of the information in the book might be very useful to some, and it might seem very basic to others. For me, personally, I knew most of the information presented in the book already, and the bits that I wanted to know more about seemed quite vague. But this would be a great gift for someone who needs a little information boost that's not overwhelming as they head into their adult years.

Love the concept! But definitely not a set it and forget it book. Much more of a guide to what they need to know as opposed to instruction. Best to read or guide alongside your teens. A great reference book or resource, if you will.

Life Skills Book For Teens by Maureen Stiles is just what I had been searching for! I’ve got two teens and I have been stressing about teaching them everything they need to know to be successful, productive adults once their out on their own. This book has made it so much easier. I highly recommend this to anyone who has a teen or pre teen!

I truly think this one was very well written, covers everything of importance, and is age appropriate. My only concern is getting a teen to read it all the way through! If they do, it is a parent’s dream come true! Five stars!

A great overview on life skills for teens — the only book I've seen in recent years that spans all these different categories! While I do think some overview sections were definitely not at the target audience for this book (a sixteen year old knows to use soap when they shower, for example) the sections that went into more detail were fantastic. I was especially impressed with the health care information! I've never seen such a clear guide on all the differences in a book for teenagers, and if you don't go to college (at least in my state) than at 18 you're on your own for health insurance. I also loved the Home Skills chapter, with the list of staple pantry ingredient suggestions. Would recommend to any public library who has a life skills gap in their nonfiction collection.

2.5 stars. As a child psychologist who recommends these types of resources to my patients and their families, this will not be one of my go-to books.

I found it a bit too basic given that it is geared toward teens. For reference, my 10 y/o is already able to independently complete many of the topics, such as the cooking, chores, and personal care sections. That being said, for teens who have minimal/no exposure to living skills, especially those who may be neurodivergent, this could be a good starter guide.

Some constructive criticism:
*Medical section does not touch upon health issues stemming from tobacco, vaping, alcohol, and illicit substances.
*No mention of sexual health or safe sex.
*Some sections seem overly detailed, but others lack enough clarification.

Thank you to NetGalley and Callisto Publishing for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my feedback.

As an educator of a life skills class, I had hoped this book would be something I could buy for my classroom as a resource I could use for teaching. It does hold valuable information, but it's largely just lists. It's more useful as a reference book than as a classroom resource to teach from. Might be a good thing for students to have as they are closer to graduating or something for them to use over the summer as they build up their skills.

A good book for anyone entering puberty.

This is quite literally life skills 101 for teens tackling a variety of topics from handling personal hygiene, taking care of your body, understanding it's workings and how they change during the stage of teenagehood to social skills as well as life skills such as handling your own money ect.

A really educational read I'd strongly recommend any parent gives a read to/hands to their teen. Only complaint is the lack of humor/conversational style I think this book could of used while handing out advice as it would capture the readers interest more.