Margaret Sagarese

Margaret Sagarese is a parenting author, writer, editor, and former teacher of young adolescents. She coauthored numerous books with Charlene C. Giannetti, including The Roller-Coaster Years, named one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 1997, Parenting 911, Cliques: Eight Steps to Help Your Child Survive the Social Jungle, What Are You Doing in There?, and Boy Crazy. She also served as a parenting columnist and online expert for ParentTime and iVillage’s Parent Soup and has appeared on programs including The Today Show, CBS’s The Early Show, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR.

Sagarese holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and history from the University at Albany. She has lectured and led workshops for educators and parent groups on adolescent development, cliques, bullying, and parenting.