Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own

A Life Skills Book About Living on
Your Own for the Very First Time

Reviews

By: Katherine Kirk "Marriage & Family Therapist...(Santa Rosa, CA USA) - August 27, 2001

"Whether you are leaving home to live on your own for the first time, or simply feel you have missed a few points along the way, this is the book for you. Tina Pestalozzi writes in a positive, matter of fact style about important matters such as financial planning, social skills, setting up a first apartment or home, and landing a job. I bought this book as a gift for a psychotherapy client who is planning on moving out of his family home for the first time. However in previewing it, I was reminded of some tasks I need to attend to in my own household: tightening up my long term financial plan and improving my organization skills, for example. This book is perfect for both young men and women who are starting off on their own. I can envision parents sitting down with their teenagers and going through the topics together. The book is set up perfectly for this kind of discussion. For those of you about to be on your own for the first time, enjoy! This is a time in your life you will always remember."

KLIATT

"The author, director of Global Protocol and Etiquette Services, has created this great tool from her student workshop of the same name. It is everything it claims to be: a one-stop shop for practical and effective ways to make the most of this YA rite of passage. From helping readers determine when they are ready to fly the nest to the nuts and bolts of keeping a roof over your head, food on your plate and funds in your pocket, it goes on to cover everything else that will make young people feel confident and comfortable (think job skills, how much to tip and when, buying a car, doing laundry, nurturing yourself, and what to keep in the medicine cabinet). A great graduation gift." KLIATT Codes: SA-Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2001, Stonewood Publications (P.O. Box Nine, Cortland, OH 44410), 186p. bibliog. index. 22cm. 00-133460., $14.95. Ages 16 to adult. Reviewer: Mary Arnold; Reg. YA Svcs. Mgr., Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Maple Heig, July 2001 (Vol. 35, No. 4)

The Island Packet Newspaper - Published Tuesday, September 13, 2005

"This is an essential guide to any person who is living on their own for the first time. Pestalozzi reveals indispensable advice on how to make it successfully in the real world. The book includes information on making it in the work place and finding a place to live. Also, the guide gives valuable tips for time management, social skills, car maintenance, getting along with roommates and meal planning. This is recommended for anyone who wants to succeed living on their own."

Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

"In Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide To Leaving Home And Living On Your Own, Tina Pestalozzi offers the reader a comprehensive, articulate, practical, sequential, and effective guide to the complete spectrum of skills required to successfully face and master the challenges of living on your own for the very first time. A complete spectrum of issues are addresses from consumer savvy, dining skills, and financial know-how, to job search success, money management, and workplace etiquette. Invaluable advice is offered on the necessities involved with maintaining a car, home, laundry, time, general well-being, and staying connected. Before leaving the parental home to strike out on your own, the most effectively beneficial preparation you can make is to give Tina Pestalozzi's Life Skills 101 a careful reading from first page to last."

From School Library Journal

Adult/High School - "For young adults getting their first jobs, moving into their own living quarters, or about to go off to college, this guidebook provides a basic look at what it takes to make it in today's world. Each chapter covers a major area in life skills without becoming a lecture or sounding like the proverbial parental talk. Beginning with social skills, the author also includes business, financial, consumer, and some legal information, such as the importance of reading and understanding contracts. Lists concerning the baseline needs of living independently include kitchen supplies and other basic household items. "How-tos," as in how to do laundry, keep a car running, plan meals, and buy supplies, round out the information. Each chapter can easily be read independently. Important points are repeated within boxes or set off with bullets. The type is large enough to encourage reading without seeming overwhelming and the use of white space provides just the right amount of delineation."
Pam Johnson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

By Natalie Andrews (Dover, DE)

"This product is very cute for teenagers that are about to go to college or get there first apartment."

Go Milpatas! - Anne Zeise

You've graduated high school, received your diploma, and now you're ready to begin life on your own. You have one tiny question though-how do you do that? This book offers practical advice on everything from finding your own apartment, signing a lease, buying a car, budgeting your money, doing laundry, and a hundred other things you need to do to live successfully on your own.

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