Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass : Thirty Tales of Trials and Tribulations of Parenting Teens

by Ripley, Kimberly

• ISBN13: 9781929072736
• ISBN10: 1929072732
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

About Kimberly Ripley	12	(15)
Is Jim There? A Teenager and His Attachment to the Phone	15	(4)
Bacteria Mom's Review of a High School Performance	19	(4)
Summer Camp Ahhh, Those Precious Weeks!	23	(3)
The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round... Bona Fide Bus Tour	26	(5)
Summer Love Laundry's Note the Only Thing They Bring Home	31	(4)
Unnatural Disasters Enter If You Dare, the Teenage Bedroom	35	(5)
Sunday Fashion Faux Pas Dressing the Troops for Church	40	(3)
The Boyfriend He's Tattooed, Pierced, and Wonderful?	43	(4)
Blackmail A Parent's Security Blanket	47	(5)
Veggie Rock They Call it Music	52	(3)
Leader of the Band That Infamous College Essay	55	(4)
The Laundry Management What Lurks in Your Laundry Basket?	59	(3)
Woe is Motherhood Oh, Those Apron Strings!	62	(4)
Those Lines on My Face Accelerating the Aging Process	66	(3)
The Toothache The Perils of Long-Distance Remedies	69	(4)
Sick Day A Day at Home with Mom	73	(3)
Busted! When the Men in Blue Phone Home	76	(4)
The Great Escape Out the Window and Other Adventures	80	(4)
A Mother Writes Can a Mother Handle a Career---and Teens?	84	(3)
Butt Cheeks They Tell Us Even When We Really Don't Want to Know	87	(4)
One Leaves, One Returns...or Is That Three? He's Back!	91	(3)
Grandpa's Boy He's Bearing an Uncanny Resemblance	94	(3)
He Has a J-O-B! A Glimpse at a Summer Job	97	(3)
Come One, Come All...It's a Family Reunion! And a Good Time was Had by All	100	(5)
Mom's Boxes of Love A Peek Inside a Care Package	105	(3)
The College Freshman Just What is a Syllabus Anyway?	108	(3)
Eveyone's Welcome at Our House Come on Over!	111	(4)
Vacation Pack Your Bags, the Whole Gang's Going	115	(4)
Prime Time Insults Yes, Teens Believe These Things	119	(3)
Lessons from the Matriarch A Very Special Tribute	122