A Letter From A Mother About His Father Still

As I was writing His Father Still, my agent Joy and I tried to convince editors that the book’s audience would be much more than bereaved parents — that the book would appeal to all parents, because one of its central messages is to cherish the teen you...

His Father Still Update

Friends:  It has been quite a week.  Last Sunday the October edition of Oprah Magazine hit the newsstands, containing Gayle King’s endorsement of His Father Still on her “Live Your Best Life” page (“May Hollister’s soul-searching be a...

Delayed Teen Brain Development, Well Summarized

For as long as I have been publishing this blog, I have relayed what I have learned from experts about how the human brain’s judgment and restraint functions are not fully developed until we reach age 22 to 25, and that parents of teen drivers need to factor this...