Talking about My Family : Real-Life Advice from Girls Like You Book

	Preface	xi
	About A Girl's World: What Makes This Book Special	xiii
	Introduction: Share the Dream	xv
Chapter 1	Brotherly Love	1
	I Hit My Little Brother!	1
	My Bro Is an Internet Hog! How Can I Get 'Net Time?	3
	My Big Bro Always Hangs in My Room! Is He Spying?	5
	My Bro Hogs Our Room!	7
	My Little Bro Is "The Bad Seed," but I Want to Help Him!	9
	My Little Brother Is Tied to Me Like an Anchor!	11
	My Bro Is a Pokemon Brat!	13
	My Little Bro Doesn't Seem to Know: Only One Phone Line!	14
	Surrounded by Bros! I Get No Attention	15
	My New "Brother" Is Flirting with Me!	17
	Surrounded by Stealing Siblings	20
Chapter 2	Sister, Sister	21
	Big Sis Takes Breakup Blues Out on Me!	21
	My Sis Can't Be Trusted!	23
	When the Boyfriend Comes Over, My Sis Kicks Me Out	25
	When You Loan Sis Stuff and She Loses It	27
	I Want to Do Something Nice for My Sis	31
	My Sis Copies Everything I Do	32
	My Tag-Along Sister Is Driving Me Nuts!	35
	Twins in Trouble	37
	Help! My Sister and I Need Privacy	41
	I Need More "Hang Time" with My Big Sis!	42
	My Little Sister Throws Fits	43
	My Sister, the Army "Brat"!	45
	Help! My 'Rents Turned Me into the Babysitter	47
Chapter 3	The Fallout of Divorce	51
	Mom Is Dating My BF's Big Bro, and He's No Good for Her!	51
	On the Ranch with Mom Versus City Life with Dad	54
	Since My Uncle and Aunt Divorced, My Parents Hate Him!	57
	My Friend Is Abused by Her Stepmom!	59
	My Dad's New Girlfriend Is the Worst!	62
	With No Mom, It's Sister Wars!	65
	When You Can't Stand the Stepkids	68
	Help! My Parents and My Stepparents Fight	69
	My Dad Has Custody, and He Hits Me!	72
	While Mom Parties, I'm Stuck with Six Siblings!	73
Chapter 4	Health Issues	75
	My Big Bro Is a Secret Smoker/Drinker!	75
	Dad Has Chronic Fatigue	79
	My Mom's Alcoholism Is Destroying My Family!	80
	Mom's a Secret Smoker. How Can I Help Her?	86
	Our House Is Depression Central	87
Chapter 5	My Family Is Falling Apart	91
	My Family Is Couch Potato Central	91
	I'm a Stranger to My Own Family!	93
	My Mom's New "Crush" Is Taking All Her Time!	97
	Mature or Mutant?	99
	Hot-Tempered and Tearful	104
	My Boby Niece Died!	107
	My Mom Doesn't Act Like a Mom	109
Chapter 6	Dealing with Angry Parents	113
	I Do Favors for Mom, but She Gets Mad!	113
	My Parents' Fight Is Really Upsetting Me!	115
	Our Parents' Fight Keeps Us Apart!	116
	My 'Rents Won't Support My Dream!	117
	I Just Can't Live by My Dad's Rules	119
	My Mom Won't Let Me Be Me	120
	My Parents Believe in Spanking, and Hate It!	122
	My Mom Slapped Me!	123
Chapter 7	My Parents Make My Life a Bummer	127
	My 'Rents Just Expect Too Much!	127
	Swamped with Chores and Fading Fast!	128
	My 'Rents Want Me to Dump Him!	133
	At Home, I'm "Cinderella" the Slave!	135
	Crushin' on My Soccer Teammate, but My 'Rents Hate Him!	137
	My 'Rents Hauled Me Out of a Club!	139
	Acting Is My Life ... and My Mom's Worst Nightmare!	141
	I Missed My Prom! My 'Rents Made Me Study!	143
	My Parents Won't Give Me an Allowance!	145
	When Your Schedule and Mom's Schedule Conflict	149
	My Parents Are Movie Control Freaks	151
Chapter 8	Why Me?	153
	His Parents Love Me; Mine Hate Him!	153
	Since Grandma Died, Grandpa Is a Big Grump!	155
	I Can't Stop Being a Smartmouth!	157
	I'm in the "Loud" Family! It's Sooo Embarrassing!	159
	Robber Phobia	161
	My Best Friend's in Bad Trouble with His Family!	164
	Family Moving Again. Now What?	165
	When You're the Only Child	168
Chapter 9	Join the Fun!	171
	What People Are Saying About Us	171
	What Girls Say About AGW	173
	What Adults Say About AGW	174
	Awards	175
	Use the Gold Key Chat Club to Meet New Friends!	175
	Problems? Get Help!	176
	Membership Form	177
	Meet the Editor	179