Lisa Fong

But then she's actually come back and written one more book called Help Me Help Your Teen.

And it starts, she starts saying she's been a psychologist for 25 years or in psychology or something like that.

And it is very, very apparent.

The most overwhelming time of parenthood is through adolescent, through when they've got, when their parents are teenagers.

And it's so interesting, eh, because you do hear, as you're saying, like,

It's all the early years.

And then I think of mum and dad and like, how did they do it?

Exactly.

Is that same there?

going to party you know like having a bit of a party at a park or a beach setting or and it is there is something even there is something that feels a bit more fun dodgy about it yeah well he came back he was supposed to be home by 10 he had a friend's day it was 1002 and there had been police down we so this is 600 meters down from my road so and a friend one of his best mates mum

We were talking on the phone at like 8.30.

She said, try and get him home.

I'm getting my one home because the police are there.

I'm like, oh God.

So I was ringing him and he doesn't answer.

I'm like, oh, my God.

And so then he rings me back, Mom.

I was like, babe, I think you should come home.

He's like, no, it's fine.

I was like, well, your mate's coming home, you know, this boy, Mana.