A special gift is based on the novel by Marcia L. Simon.

The gold test is based on the novel by Michael Bonadies.

What are friends for is based on the novel by Mildred Ames.

Schoolboy father is based on He's my baby now by Jeannette Eyerly.

Special feature of these DVD: photo galleries ; scene selection.

All four episodes originally aired on television in 1979 through 1980.

A Special gift: teleplay, Durrell Royce Crays ; producer, Martin Tahse ; director, Arthur Allan Seidelman.

The gold test: teleplay, Durrell Royce Crays ; producer, Martin Tahse ; director, Bruce Malmuth.

What are friends for?: teleplay, Durrell Royce Crays ; producer, Martin Tahse ; director, Stephen Gyllenhaal.

Schoolboy father: teleplay, Durrell Royce Crays ; producer, Martin Tahse ; director, Arthur Allan Seidelman.

A special gift: Stephen Austin, Bill Sorrells, Alice Hirson, Rudy Bond, Kene Holliday, Amy Baptiste, Sean Savoye, Al Eisenmann, Deirdre Sheehan.

The gold test: Melissa Sherman, Tammy Taylor, Anne Gee Byre, Walter Brooke, Peg Stewart, Chris Hagan, Robert Gribbin, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Mark James.

What are friends for?: Melora Hardin, Dana Hill, Tasha Zemrun, Sally Kemp, Sean Griffin, Michael Currie, Drew Snyder, Susan Adams.

Schoolboy father: Rob Lowe, Dana Plato, Sharon Spelman, Brian Utman, Nancy McKeon, Lois Hall, Beatrice Colen, Patti Jerome.

A special gift: Peter Harris has grown up on a farm and his father hopes his son will follow in his footsteps, but Peter has his sights on a ballet career - something his parents know about but his father refuses to discuss. When Peter is awarded the lead in "The Nutcracker," he has to choose between basketball practice and the performance. His father struggles with the situation, but after he sees his son dance for the first time, Peter's father witnesses his son's special gift.

The gold test: Maggie is heading for a career in ice skating with a goal of reaching the Olympics. She is completely focused and simply unbeatable, but when she is afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis, she feels her life has ended. She meets Joey, a young boy who, despite numerous operations, fearlessly refuses to give up hope that he will someday walk. Joey's incredible determination brings about a change in Maggie's attitude. She may not be able to skate again, but perhaps she can help others.

What are friends for?: After the divorce, Amy Warner and her mother move to California. Amy is devastated and finds comfort in a new friendship with Michelle Mudd, a girl with similar experiences. Amy discovers, however, that Michelle is having even greater difficulty dealing with her own parent's divorce. Amy begins to understand that divorce affects both the parents and children and learns to deal with the pains of a family's breakup.

Schoolboy father: Sixteen-year-old Charles Elderberry dallies at summer camp with sexy Daisy and discovers later, to his astonishment, that she has borne his child. Unlike other teenagers who might go into hiding. Charles races to the hospital to see his son and is horrified to learn that Daisy is putting the child up for adoption. Having grown up without a Father, he insists on his right to keep the baby, and with the help of a social worker he is granted a trial adoption, much against his mother's advice. The outcome of the story is both real and poignant, as Charles reluctantly faces reality.

Not rated.

DVD.