parent and teenager

Explains how parents can help their daughters deal with the different issues surrounding friendships, boys, gossip, and cliques as they start high school.

Offers advice to young people on how to sucessfully navigate the sometimes turbulent teenage years, sharing lessons the author has learned about parents, adversity, school, happiness, spirtuality, and other topics.

Contains narratives in which Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle try to cope with family life while figuring out rules, routines, and responsibilities; and includes guidance and advice for tweens and teens on strengthening relationships at home.

"San Francisco Chronicle" columnist Adair Lara recounts her attempts to juggle love and discipline during her daughter Morgan's teen years while coping with the return of her own absent father, discussing Morgan's drug use and other rebellious behavior as well as the relationship difficulties in their stepfamily.

Provides parents with tips and advice designed to help them successfully guide their children through their senior year of high school through the beginning years of college, discussing some of the most common challenges teens face during that period.

Readers who have a parent or parents that are alcohol/drug abusers learn how to survive in a chemically dependent household, and find out where to get help for their parent(s) and themselves.