7 Habits for Teens

You've probably heard of Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits, but did you know that there's a version for teens? Covey's son, Sean, has written The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.

The Teen book is very accessible to young adults, using anecdotes and cartoons to illustrate the new habits, and activities to practice them.

This book could be used in a middle school in the following ways:

• getting an entire team on the same page with a common language and common goals
  
• advisor/advisee group discussions and activities
  
• a foundation for student court/facilitation (think win-win; seek first to understand, then be understood)
• school-wide common language and philosophy (sharpen the saw, think win-win, be proactive, paradigms and principles)
• class reading and activities for a language arts, social studies, or health class