When We're in Public, Pretend You Don't Know Me: Surviving Your Daughter's Adolescence So You Don't Look Like an Idiot and She Still Talks to You

By: Susan Borowitz

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Synopsis: For every woman struggling to raise a teenage daughter comes a hilarious yet practical guide to help mothers survive these trying years. "The two worst times in a woman's life is when she is 13 and when her daughter is 13," or so goes a popular maxim in psychology circles. During these adolescent years, mothers are constantly struggling with how to handle their daughters--and themselves around their daughters. When We're in Public...is a survival handbook that discusses such important issues as beauty and body image, public behavior (both hers and moms), privileges and punishment, and sex. Written by the mother of a teenage daughter and featuring expert advice from a noted child psychologist, the book also offers simple steps to avoid disaster (i.e. before you think of dressing like your daughter, remember one word: Cher) and practical wisdom culled from numerous interviews with mothers of teenage daughters.