There's certainly plenty for families to talk about, if they're so inclined - especially moms who remember their own time at a Sweet Valley High.I was reading Sweet Valley Kids when I was little.
Random House rereleased some of the series' books in 2008, with "updates to the text includ the addition of cellular phones, e-mails and blogs," but teen readers might have fun taking a glimpse at what life was like 30 years ago when kids had to use a telephone with a cord, adults smoked in public (even in a hospital!), and there were inflexible attitutes about girls and sexuality.
While the SWEET VALLEY HIGH plots read like soap opera fare (Elizabeth recovers from an amnemesia-like state by bumping her head again Jessica wakes a girl up out of a coma by promising her she can be on the cheerleading squad, thus giving her a reason to live), these melodramatic episodes make for fast, fun reads with gentle messages about being kind - and ending with a cliffhanger leading to the next of the in the 140+ book series. This is pretty much junk food, which we all know can be satisifying at times. Parents who read these books back in the day might enjoy talking to their teens about what's changed since then - both in terms of technology and attitudes about sex, dating, body image, etc. There's some drinking by teen characters, including the protagonists. Over the course of the 140+ book series, installments deal with divorce, drunk driving, date rape, and more. Also, there's a motorcycle crash, a suicide attempt, and fistfights between boys. The series features some mature material, including a boy who restrains Liz, implying she owes him sex a girl who's called "Easy" because she goes out with boys to bolster her self-esteem descriptions of how the seats recline in a boy's car, etc. Parents need to know that the Sweet Valley High series began in 1984 with Double Love and was mostly written by Francine Pascal (with a couple of titles by Kate William). One mother smokes cigarettes, including lighting up in the hospital where her daughter's a patient.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Jessica gets taken to a bar and served liquor a boy plies Elizabeth with wine as he tries to coerce her into sex. Teen characters, including the twins, and adults drink alcohol until they are slurring their speech.
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