Motherhood is a trip . . . are we there yet?
10/21/2011 I agonized a bit over how to broach the subject of the tattoo with “troubled teen.” At first I was angry and wanted to lecture and yell like the old me. Then, after a day went by (we sometimes go two or three days without crossing paths, so this was normal), I was calmer….
Original Publish Date: October 17, 2011 I truly don’t know what to do about this current situation. If you refer back to my post about the lies my daughter has told me thus far, I wrote that post while in a tongue-in-cheek mood, as if I was only “looking back” on bad times and that they were…
Original Publish Date: August 24, 2011 I admit it, I’ve been duped a thousand times by my daughter, and despite knowing it, I continue to fall for her lies. I think it’s wishful thinking that “this time,” she is finally being straightforward and I have nothing to worry about. I catch her in lies all…
Original Publish Date: August 8, 2011 I am a mother in despair, in a crisis emotionally and it’s taken me two days to process why I had another lost weekend, time I will never get back. As usual, there’s a long, involved reason. Last week, my “troubled teen” had her final (??) day in court, for…
Original Publish Date: July 14, 2011 1. Whatever.2. You’re old what would you know?3. Just because I’m a kid doesn’t mean I’m stupid.4. I’m a kid, it’s not my fault.5. Shut up.6. No.7. Talk to the hand cos the face isn’t listening.8. You don’t understand me.9. I hate you.10. I wish I’d never been born.11….
Original Publish Date: July 14, 2011 Written by Ronit Baras (2008) Last week, I wrote about the things that parents say that turn off communication between them and their teens. Today, I would like to talk about the buttons teens push to set their parents off and “make” them lose their minds. From their early years,…
Original Publish Date: July 22, 2011 Do parents who pry know more about their teen’s lives? Published on April 11, 2011 by Nancy Darling, Ph.D. in Thinking About Kids I knew my youngest was entering adolescence, when my daily mucking out of his backpack was met with a yell. “Get out! That’s MINE!” One of the hallmarks of adolescence…
Original Publish Date: July 2, 2011 Do cellphones help teenagers feel more independent, or are they an electronic leash? Poor communication is a common complaint when it comes to parents and teenagers. What happens when you throw a cellphone into the mix? At least 75 percent of American teenagers today have a cellphone, often purchased…