Attention Parents of Youngsters – Is Choosing Books for Your Teeny Bopper a Frightful Experience?
I say teeny bopper because the powers-that-be can’t decide the age group of young adults. Some say a young adult is 18-25 years old. Others identify a young adult as 12-18 years old. I choose the term teeny bopper to cut down on confusion.
For this post a teeny bopper is from 12-18 years old. Give or take a year or two because not all youngsters fit an age mold.
In case you haven’t noticed, by the time your child reaches the ripe old age of 12-years-old, they’re flexing their wings to test their flight path.
What can you do to encourage successful test flights?
Please understand that I am not a child psychologist. I am simply the proud and relieved mother of three honorable full-grown daughters. And I was once a teeny bopper. I confess that what I am about to share with you has not been tested on young sons. You have to be the judge of that.
But back to the matter at hand; choosing reading material for teeny boppers.
What I came to tell you about is a series of books that follow a teen girl in her journey of dealing with events youngsters are faced with daily. Events like her mother with cancer. Bullies. A vanishing father. And a friend of another color to name just a few.
The protagonist’s name is Mary Linn Hassenpfeffer (the p is silent). She’s about 15-years-old. And she’s doing the best she can to grow up in her own chaotic world of changing schools often, caring for her mom while her dad is on the road, and learning about life. She’s conquering the thorns in her side without turning to props like drugs or alcohol.
But she’s not perfect. She has a goto hobby that helps her cope and raises many eyebrows.
Her hobby throws her into mysteries to solve and snap judgements she has to make to survive.
Her life is an adventure to spark your – and your child’s — imagination.
The takeaways include:
- Confirmation that daily challenges happen to everyone
- Confidence in your ability to make good decisions in your own shoes
- Flash tests happen. Do your best to write the test and move on.
- Having a helping others hobby is good
- Embrace friendships that appear by accident
- It’s good to think and act independently of the crowd
Could Mary Linn’s teen stories be a help in guiding the path of your own youngsters – excuse me – teeny boppers?
Learn more about the Mary Linn series of books. Incidentally, this cozy prequel novelette to the series is free. And only available through this link. It’s not in any bookstore.
Check it out. It might be exactly what you’ve been looking for…
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