![]() ![]() I get it parenting is hard and exhausting and after 13, 14 and 15 years it’s easy to take a breath and think finally you can take a moment to yourself. Time and time again I have watched as parents mistakenly withdraw from their teenage children under the mistaken belief that teens don’t need much active parenting. Those bonds break away much more quickly and permanently than most people would like to believe.” “So now she was trying her best to make conversation, but a parent can’t leave a child alone for so long and expect the occasional nicety to count for much. So for today’s post I’m going to share with you 5 things I loved about Brutal Youth. The amount of stuff packed into this novel is profound. Brutal Youth is published as adult, though it features as many teen voices as it does adult and really is a crossover novel. In large part probably because it’s not published as YA. When author Eric Devine recommended Brutal Youth to me for our #SVYALit Project chat on the topic of hazing (which will happen on January 28th at Noon Eastern), I hadn’t heard of it before. ![]()
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