13 is the New18

It’s not enough for a writer to write a book and sell it to a major publisher. Now we also have to make music videos. So I did. Please watch these craaaaaazy videos and pity me.

This video is everything a mother needs to tell a teenager about sex, drugs, booze, school and cigarettes, in 1 minute 46 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR7NduwSTiY
(Apologies to Carmen and Gilligan’s Island and I’ll buy you a cup of coffee if you know why)

This video isn’t quite as funny and it was way harder to sing, but it’s a similar theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvSIQZYAMA

I was on “Good Morning America.” Don’t get too excited; as my publicist said, “It’s only the third hour,” which is a cable-only audience. Also, the hair lady tried to straighten my hair before the show - always a mistake - then said, “Been awhile since you cut it, huh?” Um, actually I had cut it three days earlier. But anyway, it is always an incredible thrill and honor to be on any kind of TV show. It’s just that TV is so not my medium. But here’s the clip - wait for the 10-second ad on the video player to finish:

Is 13 the New 18?
Advice on how to interact with your teenager.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6791230