TABLE OF CONTENTS

• PART ONE: How Parents Mess Up Teenagers
  • Misconceptions
  • Smoke Signals
  • Supermom
  • I'd Rather Do It Myself
  • Survival Skills
  • Sports
  • Smart Kids
  • Reading
  • Driving
  • Self-Esteem
  • The Right Questions
• PART TWO: How Teenagers Mess Up Parents
  • Healthy Mess
  • Homo sapiens juvenilus americanus
  • Kid Costs
  • Chaperone
  • School Notes
  • Spring Break
  • Never Make A Deal
  • April Fool
  • Croquet
  • Digital Watches
  • Giving Thanks
  • Mother Worry
  • Childless
  • Faraway Kids
  • College Crime
  • Ah, Memories!
  • Steve's Bike
• PART THREE: How Messed Up Are We?
  • Pepper Toast
  • Wrong Again
  • Lyricosis
  • Veggies
  • Yuppie
  • Who's the Good Guy?
  • Home Alone
  • Christmas Tree Fight
  • Take a Hike
  • Cleaning The Attic
  • Kev
  • Growing Up
  • Parents Weekend
  • Why?
  • Empty Nest
  • Care Packages
  • Adult Children
  • Cheese Burritos
  • The Opposite Sex
  • Broken Heart