Thoughts on raising teenagers

[PrincessFiona]

Love my teens! They do get hormonal, but we are having a great time with them!

Oh ... please don't do that to yourself! We will all light candles to ward off the Gods of Karma! LOL j.k!!!

Like Tara, I have 3 teens .... they might as well be children from different families, they are so different. My difficulty with parenting them comes from having trouble stepping back and distancing myself from the emotions. l've done my best to teach them my values and to provide them with love and nurturing. The rest is up to them. Sometimes they've made good choices and sometimes they haven't. That's hard. It's hard not to take their mistakes as signs of my personal failure or to fear the worst when they get off course.

Andrew is graduating this year and you all know it's been a tough ride with him... I would do it all over again .... but it's been hard. He is off to college in a few months, and I have the perspective of the "he's my easiest kid" elementary years to the "holy shit, someone hold me" tough times. Perspective? It's all ok.

But man ... it can be tough.

Hugs from me!

Kris

[Meenah]

Hardest thing I ever did; so glad I did it; wouldn't take a million dollars to do it again. They are the most awesome young women on the planet!!!!!

[v-girl]

Oh ... please don't do that to yourself! We will all light candles to ward off the Gods of Karma! LOL j.k!!!

Keep in mind mine are only in middle school and are so busy with dance, homeschooling, and family time that they don't have much time for anything else.

[Sheherezade]

My teens are both good -- but my frustration/fears have more to do with the 16 year old deciding to live in our basement for the rest of his life than their oppositional behavior. He's a good kid. He's a great student. He is not swayed by peer pressure. He has good friends.

He is not swayed by MOM pressure. It makes me bonkers sometimes. I'd typed out a whole rant here about the experience so far, but decided to delete it and just go with *gah*.

Because that's more accurate.

Hoping this will be easier with the second kid once I've had a little experience.

[Meenah]

I hate to tell you it won't be easier with the second because they are two different beings!!!!!!!!! Sorry.

[avaross09]

Tough but you need to always hang out there and never loose the stiffness and commanding power in you that is how teens would be controlled .

[Meenah]

Tough but you need to always hang out there and never loose the stiffness and commanding power in you that is how teens would be controlled .

Huh????

[Sheherezade]

This is how an AI spambot would raise teens, I guess....

Thinking this is not a human member.


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[GreyhoundsRUs]

This is how an AI spambot would raise teens, I guess....

Thinking this is not a human member.


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Or they read that "Training Up" book...

(I agree with you, though!)

[scrub-jay]

Thoughts on raising teenagers

This is how an AI spambot would raise teens, I guess....

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Yes, controlling teens is definitely the way to raise them. And absolutely don't want to lose that commanding power.

[BonBon]

Lol, my kids are still all under 10. If only I had some of this commanding power, I might have a chance.

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[v-girl]

Crap. Forgot to let the adolescents out of their cells. Hehe! Kidding! They are well loved and treated like humans.

[scrub-jay]

Lol, my kids are still all under 10. If only I had some of this commanding power, I might have a chance.

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You must've lost the stiffness...