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A Family of Strangers

A Family of Strangers

Episode number: 1

Overview: A widower's two teen-aged daughters resent their father's remarriage to a single mother, especially since the woman's 12-year-old daughter (who is several years younger) will now compete for the parents attention. This special focuses on the parents' attempts to unite the new stepsisters into a loving family.

Schoolboy Father

Schoolboy Father

Episode number: 2

Overview: High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.

The Gymnast

The Gymnast

Episode number: 3
Stoned

Stoned

Episode number: 4
A Matter of Time

A Matter of Time

Episode number: 5
Run, Don't Walk

Run, Don't Walk

Episode number: 6
My Mother Was Never a Kid

My Mother Was Never a Kid

Episode number: 7

Overview: My Mother Was Never a Kid is an American television teen fantasy/comedy/drama that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on March 16, 1981. It was based on the 1977 Francine Pascal novel Hangin' Out With CiCi, which in turn was the first teen novel in the "Victoria Martin" trilogy series. It was also the first of two Pascal teen novels that were adapted into Afterschool Specials for the network, the other being The Hand-Me-Down Kid.