To Give Teens a Relationship Survival Guide

(Nashville, Tenn.) – It’s a classic scene: Boy meets Girl. Boy wonders what in the world Girl is talking about and how he will ever keep up. Girl wonders what is wrong with Boy and whether they are even of the same species. Both Boy and Girl struggle through their teenage years helplessly lost as to how the other operates. All seems lost. In a pivotal time of their development and social lives, teens are left to try and understand one another without much guidance.

Enter, Guys Are Waffles, Girls Are Spaghetti (ISBN: 9781400315161, $12.99, Sept. 2009)—every teen’s guide to figuring out the opposite sex while understanding and delighting in our unique differences. The purpose of this book is to help better understand themselves as well those from the “alien gender”. Author Chad Eastham is a popular speaker on the annual Revolve Tour which reaches 125,000 girls a year. Chad brings his on-stage humor and personality to life on the page with the help of popular authors Bill and Pam Farrel. Together they use principles from the Farrels’ best-selling book on marriage, Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti, and translate them to teen relationships from friendships to dating.

The message is simple. It is possible to have healthy relationships with the opposite sex if you let gender differences work for, and not against, you. The biggest difference is in the way guys and girls think. A guy’s brain is segmented into compartments, like the trademark grid of a waffle: they keep their lives compartmentalized in boxes. Girls’ brains, on the other hand, are more like the jumbled, tangled noodles of a handful of spaghetti: everything in their life is connected to everything else.

Waffles and Spaghetti makes sense of everything about how guys and girls relate. Subjects include brain development, conflict, body language, social habits, differences in emotions, and relationship building skills.  Loaded with humor and fun examples, this is a great way for teens to learn about healthy relationships with the opposite sex. Chad is also releasing a DVD in September, Chad Eastham: Live (978-1-4003-1554-3, $14.99), that will include footage of his “Waffles and Spaghetti” message while on the Revolve Tour.

Popular teen speaker Chad Eastham reaches about 125,000 teenage girls each year on the Revolve Tour. Former drug and alcohol dependency counselor, Chad is now Assistant Director at Healthy Visions, a research and education agency for teens. Chad has also already written an award-winning health curriculum and two books for teens.

Best-selling authors of over 25 books including Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti, Bill and Pam Farrel are co-founders and directors of Farrel Communications, an organization that brings practical insights to personal relationships.

Contact: Jacklyn Johnston
Publicist
Tel: (615) 902-1722
Email: jjohnston@thomasnelson.com

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