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[Akrnaf2]

 
Is it tomorrow yet?

Yup! [COLOR=FF0000]HAPPY BIRTHDAY!![/COLOR]

Not this again!

 

[BullChick]

Gee, that sounds familiar.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

did you know, cause i didnt lol

 

[room onthebroom]

Wishing you a very merry Unbirthday chaos!

 

[Chaos18]

 

[room onthebroom]

Hey Benny,
I know you Iike to give people advise, well here are some of my thoughts re teenagers (having just "done" 3 of them and two of them girls, and vividly rembering -with sadness - my own relationship with my father).

Teenagers actually listen to their parents far more than they let on, but having spent 12 years being told what to do, they like to be asked their opinion, especially when it relates to them. The older they get the truer this is.

Parents carry on as if their teens are still kids and all dissent is seen as stupidity (especially authoritarian parents, who enjoy being in charge), not on purpose though.

Parents are slow to believe that their kids have equally valid thought processes. Especially fathers do not like thinking that their little girls are growing up, and that they may be loosing total control or influence over them.

This lack of respect for the teens' opinion leads to resentment and push back, which is tragic at such an important time in their lives, and leads to the teen desperate to leave home at 18 to get away from overbearing parents.

I tried not to repeat my fathers mistakes (though DH took some persuading), and this has resulted in relatively little strife and college kids who can't wait to come home at any opportunity.

Very, VERY wise!

What I wish to know is how they get pants they haven't been able to fit for a good three years into the laundry.

I've been looking into that phenomenon for years. I have a theory that they reappear from under the bed, the back recesses of the closet & the bottom of the toy box on those rare occasions when the kids actually clean their room.

 

[BantyChooks]

 Very, VERY wise!

I've been looking into that phenomenon for years. I have a theory that they reappear from under the bed, the back recesses of the closet & the bottom of the toy box on those rare occasions when the kids actually clean their room.

Most likely idea I've heard yet. I swear I put said pants back in the bin at least once a month, but they keep reappearing....

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Did you know this was the quickest thread for me to get caught up on today? (after not reading since Monday)

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Did you know this was the quickest thread for me to get caught up on today? (after not reading since Monday)

NO, i bet that there are some others that could have been faster

 

[BullChick]

Did you know this was the quickest thread for me to get caught up on today? (after not reading since Monday)

No. Did you know that it's time for everyone to post, and make you spend three hours trying to catch up again?