Out On My Own...Now what?: Tips and Insights So You're Not Left Hanging in the Real World

By Joe Kahler

Out on My Own. . .Now What? is written for all those parents who desperately want to pass on the tips and insights needed for surviving and embracing the "real world" to their loved ones. The book is designed to assist young adults in using the tools necessary to build their dreams, create peace in their lives, and oh yeah, clean-up after themselves. With humor and poignancy, this book instructs and encourages young adults in all facets of life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141960516X
• ISBN13: 9781419605161
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Createspace
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A good book for grown kids, a better book for parents.

This book has a lot of helpful information for teens and twenty-somethings with a style that is light and fun to read. If my kids were still at home, I think I would read this book myself, then bring up the book's topics in conversation with them. By creating a dialogue on the book's many helpful subjects, I would ensure that my kids would benefit from it's wisdom without expecting them to sit down and read the book in its entirety...at least not for a few years. The book will perfectly fit parents' ideas of what kids should know, but the kids may not be ready for all of this information at once, unless of course, you read the book TOGETHER. Might I suggest 50 Ways to Leave Your Mother if you are looking for a basic book of advice for kids newly out on their own or thinking about a move? It is easy to read and funny and the helpful advice is laid out plainly and painlessly. Then follow that with Out on My Own...Now What? You as parents could read the book at any time and start subtley indoctrinating your kids with its oh-so-helpful information. You may also get some ideas about life lessons you personally should be giving your kids, like adding oil to the car, cooking basic foods, and finance 101. This is one of the better books on this subject out there today.

What a great idea !

I gave this book to a couple of my nieces and cousins for Christmas. They have all been out of high school for a couple of years trying to make it on their own. They were very impressed with the content and details... so were the parents. Someone should have compiled all of this information when I was growing up. Great job Joe Kahler.

An absolute treasure-trove for every teenager!

In "Out on My Own ... Now What?" Joe Kahler has written the ultimate self-help book for teens - even those who are a few years away from being out on their own. As a former high school teacher and principal, I met many teens who thought they were more than ready to leave the nest. With this book, that could have been true. Without it, that was not true. I wish it had been available to them. "Out on My Own ... Now What?" is a lavish buffet of the most nutritious advice, its heavier dishes interspersed with palate-cleansing sherbets of entertaining personal anecdotes - which Kahler dubs OOMO Moments. For several minutes, readers are chewing on serious pointers regarding proper maintenance of a first car. Suddenly, a delightful coolness washes over them as they read an OOMO Moment about a friend putting oil in her car for the first time, and being proud that it had taken just over fifteen minutes to do it. "She then told me," writes Kahler, "it wasn't easy getting the oil in that little hole. I realized then, she was filling the oil in her car through the ¼" dipstick hole instead of the 3-4" oil hole located right next to it!" Teenager or forty-teenager, anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of the "secrets" that manage the world outside the nest will benefit from this fine mixture of valuable tips and laughs. They will benefit, too, from building on the character tips included, and making character-in-action a part of their lives. I recommend this book to teens approaching adulthood, to teachers and parents of such teens, and to all those who just want to find out what they are missing. Teens will also enjoy the Character-in-Action Series of books. Like Kahler's work, the "proactive teaching fiction" of this series helps teens prepare for the real world - with riveting fiction.