Chapter 4: Full House Summary and Analysis

Lou would usually fall asleep in his chair. Sharon fell asleep anywhere—even on the floor. There weren't many parental controls in the house. If his mother found him awake at two am on a school night, she'd just ask him if he wasn't tired. She wouldn't holler at him and make him go to bed like other mothers. Since the siblings were used to staying up as late as they wanted, all-night pj parties were no treat.

When David was eleven, he went to his first slumber party at a neighbor's house. Walt Winters had invited him but David wasn't very excited because he hardly knew the boy. His parents both encouraged him to go. David didn't want to tell his father that boys frightened him. There were three other boys plus Walt at the...