State of emergency: Whether it's the first long-term relationship lasting three and a half weeks, pimples that unfortunately make attending school impossible, uncomfortable talks about puberty, or boundless panic when the smartphone suddenly gives up – the number-one bestselling author and battle-tested mother Silke Neumayer is convinced: What parents experience when their once adorable children enter puberty can only be explained by the theory that the little ones are abducted by aliens around the age of 13. They may return within 24 hours, but unfortunately, they are completely changed. They are now teenagers and fully immersed in puberty, rather than just experiencing it. This is an extremely entertaining account of parental suffering, told with plenty of wit and humor about the daily madness of having a teenager at home.