If along with a normal teenage switching points of views, I wanna write a parental POV can it be done and if it is, then can it be done only in a part of the series?

Question

In a YA novel, all the POVs are in teens POVs, I need to include an adult or a patents POV. Can it be done? If yes, is it OK to only include it in a part of the series?

Answer 1

It can definitely be done. I have seen novels switch POV before, but be consistent with when you switch POV. I would recommend switch chapter to chapter. If you don't want the adult POV to have as much impact as the teen POV, then you could do little fragmented chapters. It's your series. Do it how it makes the most sense. But however you do it, be consistent.

Also make sure that the two perspectives merge at some point, that they're not mutually exclusive unrelated perspectives. The two characters - adult and teen - should be related or have something substantial in common, something to connect them. Otherwise you'll have readers asking what's with the random adult? If their relationship is immediately clear, cool beans. If it isn't, that's an opportunity for you to add in clues sporadically and then gradually have their merge make more sense.