Growing Pains: Learning How to Make Good Choices

Clyde Heath, the author of the series “Kids Have Ups and Downs Too!” conveys to kids that they are capable of making good choices despite the circumstances.

Clyde Heath is the author of book series "Kids Have Ups and Downs Too!" He strives to convey to children that they have the ability to make good choices despite the circumstances. Courtesy of Clyde Heath

Life can be like a yo-yo sometimes—full of ups and downs. Nobody knows that better than Clyde Heath, who’s used his story of a tumultuous childhood to help kids make good choices.

Heath’s home life growing up was turbulent, to say the least. His parents divorced when he was two years old, and his mother was consistently finding and leaving different men. He lived with his grandma when he was in elementary school, but she passed away when he was 10. And yet, despite an unstable home life, Heath learned to make good choices.