Are You Sure That's My Child?

About the Book

Richard is a small short young boy who is very mischievous and he is constantly in trouble at school and at home. He and his family have moved to many states because of his father’s job, but Richard has not helped with the problem of being accepted in every state and local school. Being put on punishment by his parents has not helped and he finally enters a school as a probationary student and he is very successful. His parents cannot understand why a sudden change has occurred.

About the Author

Betty Jean Lathan taught in the public school system for thirty-five years and retired as a department chair of the English and foreign language department at one of the local freshmen schools in Midland. She started teaching at one of the local Midland Charter Schools for the last four years. Currently, she is teaching part time at Midland Academy Charter School as a speech communication teacher. She was born in Marlin, Texas and started her early education there until her family moved to the West Texas area where her father served as a United Methodist pastor. She is a graduate of West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in secondary English and Speech in 1972. She received her Master of Education from Sul Ross State University in Al Pine, Texas in 1997. She is the daughter of the late Rev. Wilbart Bledsoe and Mrs. Daphinie Bledsoe. She was married to the late Rev. Robert Earl Lathan for thirty-three years. She has one son, Robert Antoine Lathan and twin grandsons, Raylan Azeem and Braylon Uriah Lathan. Mrs. Lathan believes that students must follow their dreams and never stop believing in themselves. Mrs. Lathan is the author of two other children books: Sierra, The Unwanted Cat and The Failed Plans of Matilda and the Nurse That Caused Unhappiness.