MercyL
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There were times when I almost bit my tongue clean off to avoid treating my sons as if they were empty vessels. I told them when I wanted them back home the very first time they got in their car to go meet friends and never had to tell them again.
I never asked them details about their friends or what they were doing because I had given them one other message," do not call me if you end up in jail because I'm not talking to any cops to get you out!", and that worked like a charm. I only said it once.
I didn't freak when one of them, during their Sophomore, had a girl call who sounded rather "mature" call. I asked, just like asking about the weather, where he met her. He met her in computer class. I asked what grade she was in, he said that she was a Senior and he simply asked her for her phone number. I asked nothing else.
One day, the younger of the twins was talking to a friend on the phone while I was in the kitchen. I heard him say," How can you stand that? Can't you get away from her constantly nagging at you? My mother never does that to us - she's not crazy like that, she's good to me and my brother."
That statement made all of that tongue biting worthwhile.
We forget some of our proud moments with our teens, and often never know if they appreciate us.
When looking back at surviving your off springs' teenage years, what was your proudest moment? If you have more than one, include it, too!
I never asked them details about their friends or what they were doing because I had given them one other message," do not call me if you end up in jail because I'm not talking to any cops to get you out!", and that worked like a charm. I only said it once.
I didn't freak when one of them, during their Sophomore, had a girl call who sounded rather "mature" call. I asked, just like asking about the weather, where he met her. He met her in computer class. I asked what grade she was in, he said that she was a Senior and he simply asked her for her phone number. I asked nothing else.
One day, the younger of the twins was talking to a friend on the phone while I was in the kitchen. I heard him say," How can you stand that? Can't you get away from her constantly nagging at you? My mother never does that to us - she's not crazy like that, she's good to me and my brother."
That statement made all of that tongue biting worthwhile.
We forget some of our proud moments with our teens, and often never know if they appreciate us.
When looking back at surviving your off springs' teenage years, what was your proudest moment? If you have more than one, include it, too!
