Stephen Digges is the kind of angry adolescent a lot ofparents would have given up on. He is out of control by the time heis 13 -- running with gangs, stealing cars, fooling around withdrugs and guns, and in general making his family’s life hell.Confronted with his growing recklessness and defiance, his mother,the poet Deborah Digges, decides to try to accept Stephen on hisown terms--a course that stuns her family and leads to the breakupof her second marriage. Digges “shadows” him on his late-nightforays so that she can understand his world, welcomes his gang intotheir apartment, and tries to see life through his eyes. When shediscovers that children who are devoted to animals have an easiertime forming attachments to other people, she fills their home witha menagerie of ailing or abandoned pets. She also turns to anunconventional therapist who offers unusual — but helpful —treatment. The Stardust Lounge isn’t your usual story of rebelliousadolescence. The power of Digges’s memoi
A good night's sleep is crucial both for a child's well-beingand a parent's peace of mind. This positive, practical guideteaches parents to establish good sleeping habits in their kids andcope with the problems that cause sleepless nights, from colic tobed-wetting to nightmares.
The years from Ten to Fourteen are undeniably trying andturbulent years for parents and children alike. Adolescents developby leaps and bounds during these years, and often find themselvesuncomfortable with who they are and what they’re feeling. Parents,too, don’t know what to expect from the adolescent child who is atone moment hostile and glum, at the next carefree and happy. YourTen- to Fourteen-Year-Old was written by renowned child-careexperts Louise Bates Ames, Frances Ilg, and Sidney Baker to helpprepare parents for the incredible changes their children will begoing through. Included in this book: · Boy-girl relationships and sexual curiosity · Clubs, hobbies, activities, sports · Trouble at school · Family life and relationships with siblings · Physical development—the awkward adolescent · Summer jobs and independence · Money matters · Personal hygiene · Moodiness, loneliness · Smoking, drinking, drug use
