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Texannie

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 03:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby..did I ever tell you the story about my little brother, the angel, who ran away from home at 26??? LOL
Your daughter sounds like a lovely girl. You should be very proud and thankful!!

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 05:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Neko, I am not sure you count because you are really 29, AND you have like a hundred fifty tvch parents.

Emeraldfire

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 06:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Llkoolaid, LOL! So True...So True!!!

Tabbyking

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
texannie, maybe your parents pushed him out at age 26 so they could have sex? lol thanks for the giggle!

Texannie

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby..he RAN away!! my parents used to leave love notes around making dates for sex........ugh gross yuck!!!!!!

Jmm

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jkm - As the mother of a teenage girl currently, and having already raised one let me give you a couple of hints:

1. Be prepared for:
crygrl and eyes


2. Get one of these ASAP:
refer


3. Do a little of this:
angry


4. And a lot of these:
lala and nail


5. But most of all:
hang and pray for peace


Jackie

Texannie

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Love that!!!!!!!!!!!

Alakaren

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Love that too!!! My daughter just turned 13 June 25 so I know I'm in for it. I also have a 2 1/2 year old son so I'm going through potty training and the terrible twos and the hormone swings of a teenager.

Twiggyish

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 08:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the toddler and early teen years are similar, as both ages test their boundaries of independence. They are both ages for exploration and growth.
It's part our development as individuals. (Just my thoughts on it)

Christina

Friday, July 04, 2003 - 05:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ughhhh, my son is 14. I have always recieved compliments about his pleasant bhvr.
My son never talks about his doings. He hates to talk serious. Well, yesterday he decided to open up a bit.(when I ask what he has been up to, I ALWAYS get...."nothing!)
Tells me the story that he was sitting at the parc by the school when he heard the alarm go off. He says he didnt leave right away because if the police came he would look guilty. They came and asked him some questions. He says there wasnt any one else around. He then tells me that when the police checked the bushes he started too smile, which then made the cop ask him why. He says he told the cop he didnt know why he was smiling. All was fine.
My dilema is, that I was upset that he sounded so smug. I then kind of went off on him about respect and such.
I just find it so difficult to know when to stop lecturing. It was so good of him to let me in on this incidence. I want him to be respected as well. I have been wondering how long I have to keep being the meany. Gosh, it seems we are lecturing a lot more than being friends.

Tabbyking

Friday, July 04, 2003 - 10:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
christina, my husband has always gotten upset at my son not talking about his doings. i finally handed him a reader's digest with an article about the difference between boys and girls and how they talk with their parents about shool, etc.
parent: how was school?
a girl: will tell you everything from the minute she got off the bus to what she had for lunch, who played what at recess and bore you to tears.
a boy: 'i dunno.' or 'nothing'.

as for the smug, we got that with our son at age 14. see above post! for us, 14 was a nightmare. every comment he made to us aside from 'i dunno' or 'nothing' was rude, sarcastic and smug.
the good thing is 99% of them come out of it.

life with my son:
when he was 6, i cried because his time living at home with us was 1/3 over and it had flown by.
when he was 12, i realized 2/3 of his time with us at home was gone and it had flown by even more quickly than his first 6 years...
when he was 14, i didn't think this 1/3 chunk of his home-life was ever going to pass! 14 lasted for approximately a century.
i think God made them difficult in their teen years, so that we can let them go at 18!
remember, 'raising a teenager is like trying to nail jello to a tree'.

Neko

Friday, July 04, 2003 - 05:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
29??

Man, did I fall asleep and miss ALOT of birthdays??

Tabbyking

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 12:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
well, here's the thing that finally helped with my son out in public. you know, he doesn't want to be seen with his family and he sulks and lags behind and tells you how awful you are and wouldn't smile if you paid him? or he would embarrass me by saying, "i could care less. i'm not eating this garbage anyway" if we were in restaurant he hadn't chosen and the waiter was trying to take our order...
one day i leaned over and i took him by the ears and said as loud as i could, "i love you so much, kyle!" and gave him a big smooch in front of everyone. and when we left the restaurant, i told him he could embarrass me all he wanted, because i would embarrass him back by showing affection in public. after that, no problems in public! i usually had to remind him of the consequences as we left the house to go out, but he never acted up in public again!

Christina

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 03:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby..that was a good one. I think I will have to try that one.
When ever my son says"why?" I always reply with, "why do you think I want you to........" He knows I will say cuzzzzz I LLLOOvvveeee YYYoouuu SSSSSooo much!! haha It makes him squirm. Or now he will roll his eyes and say, never mind, I know!

Texannie

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFL!!!! I have found sending them away to Boy scout camp, does wonders for their attitude..sleeping on the ground in a tent for a week, kind of makes them appreciate their life a little better......well, at least for a week or so! LOL