A Better Way to Wake Up.  Most teens need a little extra help learning to get themselves out of bed in the morning.  But a jarring alarm puts anyone in a bad mood, and a sleepy teen is likely just to hit the snooze button. Unlike the sudden jolt of an alarm clock, the natural sunrise simulation of the Rise and Shine Wake-Up Light won't disrupt the last stages of sleep. As its soothing, white light progressively brightens, your teen awakens slowly, providing the body with the stimulus required to transition from sleeping to waking. The result is a feeling of being rested, revitalized, and ready to start the day. Gradually awakens even the heaviest sleepers.

• Light gradually brightens to wake you gently and help normalize natural sleep patterns
• Sleep mode feature slowly decreases lamp's intensity to aid in falling asleep peacefully and gradually
• Wake to your choice of four natural soundscapes or FM radio stations. Dual alarm with snooze feature
• Drug-free alternative for addressing sleeplessness, fatigue and lethargy
• Also a reading lamp -- Select from 20 levels of light intensity
• Provides the external cues required to regulate circadian rhythms

Have a budding artist in the family?  Give him or her this terrific fabric art storybook-making kit.  Combine gorgeous hand-dyed batik and solid cotton fabric with ribbon, beads, and artist quality acrylic paint to illustrate a unique canvas book. Sew or glue fabric shapes onto the 6x8 inch pages. Multiple award winner. Ages 8 and up, right through the early teen years.

Another eco-friendly, sustainable, non-restrictive creative art project kit from Artterro.  Includes hand-dyed batik, solid cotton fabric, ribbons, beads, and artist quality acrylic paint.

Inspiring project kit for ages 7 through early teen.  Kids can make jewelry, twist and bend into cool sculptures or mobiles. Shape colorful wire into a large mobile adorned with beads, design many small sculptures, fashion a beautiful crown or create a unique creature. Includes a large variety of beautiful glass, wood and shell beads, marbles, thin and thick wire. Add your own "funky junk" to extend the life of this kit even further.  Great for kids to make presents for their friends' birthdays.

 If you had stars on your ceiling as a child, you'll know how terrific these are.  If you didn't, wait until you lie with your child in her dark room looking at her glowing ceiling!  Relaxing as kids fall asleep.  Even teenagers love them.

These stars have a Lifetime glow guaranteed by the manufacturer. 50 "glow in the dark" plastic stars of varying sizes, with adhesive. Made by Great Explorations.

OMG, Centerville's High School's Prom Night is ruined! Someone's pulled the fire alarm, drenching everyone in attendance...well, ALMOST everyone. Instead of enjoying one last dance, seven students and their principal must shelve their dancing shoes and figure out who's rained on the prom's parade!

Lots of fun for early teens to play this game with their friends at parties and slumber parties.  Great substitute for the electronics that otherwise often invade teen events.  If your teen loves mysteries, this is the perfect gift -- along with your offer to help her host a murder party!

NOTE: Character booklets do not contain scripted dialogue, however they do include detailed information that directs players' improvised dialogue.

 

Preteens and Teens love to use their minds, which are exploding with new capacity for conceptual thinking.  The Rubik cube is a puzzle that teens love to experiment with, and it expands their problem solving abilities.  Terrific stocking stuffer!

 Perfect project for 12-15 year olds.  Smaller than it looks in the picture, with small pieces.  Not for younger kids to put together on their own.  High cool factor!

Almost lifelike Scorpion that you assemble from metal and bendable aluminum parts. The Samurai Scorpion is comprised of two major parts: head and body. The head consists of a pair of eyes, mouth, and claws used to capture prey. Body consists of eight legs, tail and curved aculeus (stinger). Did you know that scorpions are nocturnal? They often feed at night by lying still and surprising their prey (dinner). On the other hand, they are dinner for tarantulas, bats, and birds (especially owls).  Kit contains 30 hard and soft pre-punched aluminum parts, 7 screws, 7 nuts, 3 springs, and even assembly tools.

 

At last, a book of sage advice that will help frustrated parents reconnect with their teenager and keep that connection even in today's often-crazy world.The first step is simple: realizing that inside every teen resides two very different people-the regressed child and the emergent adult. The emergent adult is seen at school, on the playing field, in his first job, and in front of his friends' families. Unfortunately, his parents usually see only the regressed child-moody and defiant-and, if they're not on the lookout, they'll miss seeing the more agreeable, increasingly adult thinker in their midst.With ingenious strategies for coaxing the more attractive of the two teen personalities into the home, family psychologist Mike Riera gives new hope to beleaguered and harried parents. From moving from a "managing" to a "consulting" role in a teen's life, from working with a teen's uniquely exasperating sleep rhythms to having real conversations when only monosyllables have been previously possible, Staying Connected to Your Teenager demonstrates ways to bring out the best in a teen-and, consequently, in an entire family.