A Feb. 26 article in the Roslyn (NY) News provided the following information about the tone and content of the book:
"I've written a book that is lighthearted and empathetic most of the time but which contains tips and pointers explaining the thoroughgoing orientation a parent of a teen needs," she wrote in the introduction. ...
"Think of your family as a fiefdom in the Middle Ages," Ms. Rittberg advises. "Your children are serfs without the work ethic. Parents are enlighten despots. ... Regard [your children's] bad behaviors as scourges and epidemics to be wiped out, extirpated. And emphasize to your teens that there is only one Declaration of Independence and that it is in Independence Hall in Philadelphia."
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