And baby-boomer parents are bound to find this phase especially daunting.
But for baby-boomer parents nowadays, style is thought of long before they get to the store.
What baby-boomer parents know, according to Barnett, is what they grew up with: a very specific typing of the sexes.
Many throwaways gags are aimed at baby-boomer parents watching with their children.
While children in the audience enjoy the melodies, baby-boomer parents can steep themselves in nostalgia.
And there are baby-boomer parents nostalgic for the kind of stories that have stayed with them for 20 years.
For baby-boomer parents, the fun, aside from watching your child's face light up, is playing "Name That Tune."
These baby-boomer parents are the very buyers publishers are striving to attract with books by musical stars.
They have learned how to spend at the sides of their baby-boomer parents.
Many baby-boomer parents of teen drug users probably used drugs themselves, and therefore have not offered stern enough warnings about the dangers.