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Latest Additions to Hot Button Series
Prepare Parents to
Discuss Difficult Topics
Nicole O’Dell helps address the Hot Buttons
in teens’ lives before the issues
become problems




O’Dell
was inspired to start the series when looking for ways to talk to her own
children. “I was searching for ways to lead my children to make good decisions.
I decided it would be far better to talk to them proactively about issues they
would one day face than it would be to wait until they were buried under poor
choices,” she writes. “I believed it would be easier to control the way they
perceived the information and far easier to help them see and understand the
consequences of poor decisions if they could look at it objectively, without
the added stress of peer pressure and other outside influences.”
These first four editions are just a start to the Hot
Buttons series. Upcoming releases in 2013 will include books on Bullying and
Image. Plans for an interactive app are also in development. The series has recently received the Focus on
the Family seal of approval.
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Hot Buttons Dating Edition offers practical
real-life situations that parents can read and discuss with their preteens.
Topics include: physical activity, missionary dating, and violence/abuse in
dating relationships.
978-0-8254-4240-7 (June 2012)
Hot Buttons Internet Edition
helps parents prepare their teens for online challenges they may face. Topics
discussed include: internet activity, file sharing, social networking, and
internet predators.
978-0-8254-4239-1 (June 2012)
Hot Buttons Drug Edition braves
the scary world of substance abuse, equipping parents with facts, warning
signs, and real-world scenarios on: alcohol; Marijuana and other drugs;
inhalants; and prescription drugs.
978-0-8254-4241-4 (October 2012)
Hot
Buttons Sexuality Edition offers: the facts about
teen sexuality, backed by statistics; specifics for how to talk frankly about
sex with your kids, discussion about the growth of homosexuality and
bisexuality among teens; and compassionate advice for guiding your teen to
reclaim purity.
978-0-8254-4242-1 (October 2012)
$9.99/ 168 pages each / 2-color interior
/ paperback
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Readers can get updates on the series, interact with Nicole O’Dell and more by visiting the Hot Buttons Facebook Page, following Hot Buttons on Twitter, or visiting www.hotbuttonsite.com.
Parents and teens can join O’Dell for a special online live chat on November 1 (more details will be available soon).
On air, O’Dell covers
peer pressure, dating, purity, drugs, alcohol, modesty, popularity, and
anything else that comes up along the way.
Nicole writes and speaks to preteens, teenagers, and parents about how
to prepare for life’s tough choices.
As an author, O’Dell
writes both fiction and nonfiction. Her popular YA fiction includes the Diamond
Estate Series and the Scenarios for Girls interactive books that feature
alternate endings, allowing young girls to decide the outcome for the main character. Her nonfiction for teens
includes Girl Talk, which she wrote
with her two daughters based on their popular advice column.
While her YA resources
encourage and equip teens, Nicole also works to bridge the communication gap
between teens and their parents. The Hot Buttons series helps parents discuss
tough issues with their tweens and teens before the issues pop up in real life.
Watch for future Hot Buttons books on subjects like bullying, image, prejudice,
friendships, politics, and more.
O’Dell, resides in
Paxton, IL, with her husband and six children—the youngest of whom are toddler
triplets.
Learn more about Nicole O’Dell and her
books and Choose NOW podcasts at www.nicoleodell.com.
She has special sections set up for both teens and parents. Readers can also
keep up with her via Facebook and Twitter.
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