![]() ![]() ![]() He’s funny and unpredictable, and loves playing word games with his kids, initiating the author’s lifelong interest in both writing and humor. They are even disgusted by the title of the Bon Jovi song “Social Disease.”īut her dad, Ira Alterman, is a likable man. Her parents won’t let her watch Back to the Future or listen to new rock music. Sara Faith Alterman details in her memoir, Let’s Never Talk about This Again, exactly that kind of childhood in mid-1980s Massachusetts – purity rings, fast-forwarding through kissing scenes, and Highlights magazine, instead of Madonna. Certain baby boomers especially love that kind of thing. The good-versus-bad mindset can easily foster adolescent periods wrought with secrecy and confusion, distrust and resentment. Many parents raise their children emphasizing the “goodness” and “badness” of everything from food to language to sex. ![]()
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