Eighteen young people ranging in age from seven to sixteen discuss the questions, fears, and bereavement they experienced when one of their parents died.
Suggests that when mother and father go away they will return by depicting everyday experiences of parent-child separation which always result in a happy reunion.
A fourteen-year-old who feels betrayed by his father's remarriage and who is the butt of some pranksters' jokes becomes filled with a hostility that permeates all his relationships and carries him into a near-tragedy.
As Mr. and Mrs. Monster's three eggs begin to hatch, they happily welcome the first two ugly little monsters to come out, but are shocked and disappointed when they see what pops out of their last egg.
Explains the little and big meanings of things parents tell their children, such as "Eat your vegetables," " Look both ways before you cross the street," and "Don't talk with your mouth full.".
