teenagers and adults

At a prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side, headmistress Kathryn Hoffman struggles to balance her career, an illicit affair, and her troublesome relationship with her parents as her students find love, danger, and betrayal within the school's walls.

Offers parents practical advice on how they can deal with difficult parents, whether they are their child's teachers, friends' parents, or neighbors, with specific examples for handling different situations.

Describes fifty inspirational ideas parents, educators, and other adults can use to connect with young people, each with a reference to a related research study or expert opinion.

At a prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side, headmistress Kathryn Hoffman struggles to balance her career, an illicit affair, and her troublesome relationship with her parents as her students find love, danger, and betrayal within the school's walls.

Ed Wintle, an early-forties gay man living in Manhattan, chronicles his attempts to deal with his thirteen-going-on-thirty niece during the year she spent living with him.

Offers parents advice on how to effectively deal with parents, coaches, teachers, and counselors whose involvement, peer pressure, and opinions can make or break a child's future.

Teenagers share their feelings about parents and other important adults and offer insights and strategies for connecting with teens.