Apparently, where teenagers are concerned , there is no end of material. Names have been withheld upon request.
Do Not make the mistake of thinking that you know how to dress yourself. When you get that withering look and the question "You're not really going out like that are you?",
it's time to go back and change out of your legwarmers. The only time
this scenario will be remotely acceptable to your teen, is if you are paying
for the said outing, namely preferably a trip to the mall.
No matter what your teen's friends may think, as far as she is
concerned, you are not, never have been and never will be one of the
cool mums, so don't even bother to try.
No matter how frustrated, do not snap at your teenager. It will hurt
their feelings. They are sensitive. However it is perfectly acceptable
for your teenager to snap at you, because after all, as the parent you
will have obviously committed a heinous crime, such as breathing.
Most teens - if anything like mine - probably have a very poor or even non-existent short term memory. For example, take my eldest daughter. After a morning of eye rolling, exasperated sighs, and the usual rant of "You never do anything for me" I get a phone call an hour later, "Hi mum, I need money for an event, can you drive up to the school and give me $10 ?"
Plan on learning a new language. You will come to
recognise that head tossing, eye rolling and loud exaggerated sighs will
mean many things, and chances are good that none of them are complimentary.
No matter how young you feel, how many magazines exclaim that 50 is
the new 40, and that age is just a number, as far as your teen is
concerned you are old. Not just any old, but
you-grew-up-in-the-dinosaur-age old. You could try to argue, that with
all that age comes wisdom, but don't bother. In the teen world it
doesn't work that way.
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