WE HAVE TEENS HELP
I absolutely love my children. Even though I have both a threenager and teenagers in the same house hold. Some days I don't know which is harder having a threenager or the teenagers. At least my threenager still wants to cuddle and wants dad and mom when he is feeling sad or hurt. The teenagers on the other hand. They only want to cuddle when they want something from you or if you are doing something for them. Also how different are boy and girl teenagers... wow just wow are they different.
Our teenager girl is the oldest and she is very similar to how I was as teenager. I liked to be left alone when I was at home. I wanted to hide in my room, talk on the phone and play with my hair and makeup and that's how our Kenzie who is 13 is. My grandmother who raised me in my teenage years thought something was wrong with me at that age and took me to a therapist. My therapist saw me three times total only to tell my grandmother that I was a normal teenage girl and doing exactly what normal teenage girls do.
On the other hand we have a teenage boy who is also 13 and yes he likes to hide out in his room but also he is just now becoming social. He has always been on the shier side but lately has been more social and wanting to go out and do things with friends etc.. on the other hand he thinks he is way more funny then he is and has a come back for everything. Son it might be funny the first time but the third through tenth time you do it, it is no longer funny.
My question to myself almost everyday is: "I'm I raising them on the right track to the point that they will not be little asses to others and grow up to be an asshole in life. I mean as a parent I am sure most of us ask ourselves this on the daily.
I try my hardest to lead by example and guide my husband to lead by an example as well. Mind you my husband is an amazing father but not all the manly ways of teaching are the best of ways.
The hardest part of having a teenager is their emotions. They are always an emotional roller coaster! ALL OF THE TIME! Don’t look at them wrong, don’t say they look nice and for sure don’t ask them to do anything that includes work. I am the mom that does all of those things. I get the eye rolls, the door slamming and the look all the time. I am totally OK with that as well. In the end I am just trying to not raise little ass whole and over privileged little brats.
So how am I dealing honestly. The only way any parent can. One minute, one hour, one day and one week at a time! I might have extra grey hair because of this in the end though. Since we will have a teenager in the house for the next 18 years due to the age range of our kids. So pray for us!
Please share with me how you are handling the teenage years with your children.
Sincerely,
Tyger-Lynn Stone
To read my letter to my Step Daughters Mother Click here
My husband Paul and I we are in this together to raise these humans.
On the other hand we have a teenage boy who is also 13 and yes he likes to hide out in his room but also he is just now becoming social. He has always been on the shier side but lately has been more social and wanting to go out and do things with friends etc.. on the other hand he thinks he is way more funny then he is and has a come back for everything. Son it might be funny the first time but the third through tenth time you do it, it is no longer funny.
My question to myself almost everyday is: "I'm I raising them on the right track to the point that they will not be little asses to others and grow up to be an asshole in life. I mean as a parent I am sure most of us ask ourselves this on the daily.
I try my hardest to lead by example and guide my husband to lead by an example as well. Mind you my husband is an amazing father but not all the manly ways of teaching are the best of ways.
The hardest part of having a teenager is their emotions. They are always an emotional roller coaster! ALL OF THE TIME! Don’t look at them wrong, don’t say they look nice and for sure don’t ask them to do anything that includes work. I am the mom that does all of those things. I get the eye rolls, the door slamming and the look all the time. I am totally OK with that as well. In the end I am just trying to not raise little ass whole and over privileged little brats.
So how am I dealing honestly. The only way any parent can. One minute, one hour, one day and one week at a time! I might have extra grey hair because of this in the end though. Since we will have a teenager in the house for the next 18 years due to the age range of our kids. So pray for us!
Please share with me how you are handling the teenage years with your children.
Sincerely,
Tyger-Lynn Stone
To read my letter to my Step Daughters Mother Click here
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