When adults try to be themselves, they call it extemporizing.

"I think the bottom line is we have to as adults try not to forget the pain of adolescence," she said.

So the adults try to keep children from getting into trouble by eating too much of the wrong things.

The adults tried to make sense out of the cacophony.

The adults try their hardest to get the kids' attention and finally do near the end of the movie.

The point of the book, Penn said, is to get adults to try the tricks.

"One source of stress can be the fact that both adults in the family are working and trying to raise children," she said.

It's very different from today, when rational adults can talk things over and try to change their lives.

Two adults in the pool got out and tried to run, but didn't get far.

She said that young people asked concerned questions and other adults tried hard to make her feel comfortable.