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Synopsis of May - December Winds book and workbook
May – December Winds (And Dorothy, You’re Not In Kansas Anymore) is an inspirational self-help guide for teen girls and those who impact their lives. The author, Lynette Love, invites you into a trend among teens that has long been a tolerated form of sexual abuse that society has romanticized. Lynette Love, in her quest to help empower young women, speaks candidly of her own experiences as a teen girl who became swept up in an adult world of sex, money, and drugs through her intimate relationships with with adult males. Through professional help as well as personal and spiritual growth, Love gives us warning signs of what makes a teen girl (May) vulnerable to these adult male predators (December). Her metaphor of the collision of these warm (May) and cold (December) winds as a tornado shows the emotional turmoil the young girl finds herself in. As a result, the destructive behaviors are symptomatic to teen issues of low self-worth, poor parent relationships, and lack of communication. She extends these adolescent challenges to show the association of society’s affect as a whole. Through her heart wrenching experiences, she manages to still have a positive outlook for a better tomorrow by sharing possible solutions on ‘how to heal’ the hurts within ourselves. Through self-love, Agape love, and positive communication, we can then shed the societal guilt of being negligent (of not protecting their future) by helping our youth to succeed.
The workbook contains positive affirmations and life skills exercises that focus on self-image, goal setting and interpersonal relationships. It includes a section for educators to self-assess their professional capabilities when working with teens.