Margaret Sagarese

Margaret Sagarese has written ten books. She is the mother of a teenage girl and lives in Long Island, New York. Together, they host a weekly on-line chat on iVillage's Parent Soup. They also cowrote Parenting 911 and The Roller-Coaster Years, which was named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 1997.

Books
	Boy Crazy! Does your daughter seem boy crazy to you? Do you catch yourself thinking: Whatever happened to my little girl, my carefree, innocent eleven-year-old (or twelve-year-old, or thirteen-year-old)?
	The Patience of a Saint: How Faith Can Sustain You During the Tough Times in Parenting Our lifelong quest for wisdom can strengthen our belief in God and our bonds with our children. On the path to wisdom we need to acquire knowledge. Yet too many of us live in darkness, failing to learn more about our relationship with God
	The Rollercoaster Years Parenting a child from ages ten through fifteen is truly challenging. Like the view from a Ferris Wheel, the highs are exhilarating; but looking down can be flip-flop stomach scary. It is the best of times and the worst of times.
	What Are You Doing in There: Balancing Your Need to Know with Your Adolescent¿s Need to Grow Have you noticed this yet? One day your daughter is content sitting at the kitchen table doing schoolwork under your wing. Or your son parks himself nightly next to you, watching TV till bedtime. Then seemingly overnight, you notice your child is gone.
	Parenting 911: How to Safeguard and Rescue Your 10 to 15 Year-Old from Substance Abuse, Sexual Encounters... and Other Risky Situations We, our middlers, and other children are dependent on one another for love, appreciation, and a sense of well-being. Family life only runs satisfactorily and rewardingly when everyone pulls his or her weight.