Unglued & Tattooed: How to Save Your Teen from Raves, Ritalin, Goth, Body Carving, GHB, Sex...

Unglued & Tattooed: How to Save Your Teen from Raves, Ritalin, Goth, Body Carving, GHB, Sex, and 12 Other Emerging Threats, by Sara Trollinger. 2001 hardcover. 192 pages, very nice condition.

This is a beautiful addition to the Hyaena “favorites” shelf. It combines so many things I love: Counterculture, Subcultures, Religion, and Poor Advice! A how-to guide to help parents recognize and heed the warning signs of today's hip culture, including threats that weren't around 20 or 30 years ago…using the typical clichés and imaginary stories meant to strike fear into the hearts of parents and young‘uns alike. Almost every page is wonderfully amusing.

If you want to get in touch with your teen, ask yourself the following questions:
Have you heard of rave clubs? Do you know what happens there? Do you know what a “goth” is? Is your teen having “four o’clock sex?” Do you know what GHB is? Has your teen tried ecstasy? Do you know the last ten Web sites your teen viewed? Do you know what body carving is?