Granted I am often FOS, but this piece of advice is solid. For your child's sake, if you are the parent of a new teenager, GET THIS BOOK.
"Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated" (Paperback)
~ Anthony E. Wolf Ph.D.
It will cost you 10 dollars, take one or two nights to read, provide plenty of laughs, .......and help keep you from totally ruining the relationship with your kids. Priceless.
good luck Kevin
I don't know what to tell you though
even though my daughter is 15 going on 16
but my dad did give me my uncles shotgun for my birthday last month, not that that matters
don't let their social life interfere with schoolwork, stay on top of homework, they are space cadets and forget a lot
Try sailor jerry rum
taste just as good
and is a little stronger
for medicinal insulation of course
True story, I have a buddy of mine, a weight lifting hunter. Who every time one of his 4 girls would bring a new date over to meet " Dad ". He would make sure he was all pumped up wearing a tank top, sharpening a Bowie knife and cleaning his guns while watching hunting videos at the coffee table,. . . . . Priceless.
Another good book is Between Parent and Teenager by Dr Ginot.
A lot about encouraging the positive attributes and communication.
Publised in paper back you can find it on Amazon.
be a father, not a friend...( and somehow, you end up as best of friends.. don't ask me to explain, but it does end up that way)
keep involved at all times.. and listen..ears open.. even if it is shovel fed drivel.. you learn how to sort thru it pretty quickly.
keep after the school work, and also make sure at the appropriate age, she gets a job, or at the very least a summer job....
the teaching to drive thing.... ... you will both survive it...
My daughter is turning 19...so it has been 3 years or so... and the doc says most of my nervous tics;09^8)7#6/6m oops.. have gone away...
boyfriends... hmm... thankfully mine has one I can stand...
but... I found this out just recently, my daughter shared this with me... the word was that my daughters Dad was a scary sketchy acting SOB... LOL.. so I think that helped immensely, this was in her middle school and early high school daze...
Oh...and take her and cheryl to the mall too....
I have five months left to my term as the father of a teenaged girl. It was a breeze. My daughter is starting her 4th semester at SUNY-Potsdam with a 3.5 GPA. One or two bumps along the way, but nothing major. No drugs, no accidental pregnancies, no arrests. The worst thing she ever did was get caught trying to buy beer on a fake ID
If you have a son on the way up---look out. Her 16 year old brother has 3+ years on his tenure as a teenager--if he makes it that far
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
If you have a son on the way up---look out. Her 16 year old brother has 3+ years on his tenure as a teenager--if he makes it that far
Funny, its the other way here...My son, although having an occasional bout of misplacing his brain, is a breeze. he's gonna be 16 in 3 weeks and he takes after my wife.
My Daughter takes after me...and I think thats what scares me the most.
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
Kevin - I have three daughters and the only thing I can tell you is that you are done! Your work was completed in the first 12 years, you now find out how well you did. The amazing thing is that a teenaged kid knows sooooo much about everything.
Kevin - her birthday is January 3? So is Sydney's ... that's a good day. Sydney is only 5, so I have a ways to go ...
... but due to the interactions with her older sisters ... oh boy ... who have not had the steadhy influence of a father with them continuously ... I am a bit concerned Sydney may learn some lessons that she should not be exposed to ...
... to prevent that kind of behavior from developing ... I am trying to subtly brainwash her .. telling her that she may be able to go on her first date at 25, and learn to drive when she's 30 and that kind of thing ... ... fingers crossed ...
"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
Remember to pull the boy aside (when he shows up for the first date) and tell him nice and quietly that "She's my little girl and there's NOTHING I wouldn't do for her.
If you hurt her, I will hurt you in return.
Remember that I have a gun, and I have no problem going back to prison for my little girl!"
Then see if he sticks around....
(I think I heard this on the "Blue-Collar Comedy Tour")
Unfortunately for some (i.e., me), from the the terrible teens my daughter just turned it into the turbulent 20's. Fortunately, my 14 year old daughter is proving herself to be a pretty good egg and has shown no sign of wanting to follow in her sister's footsteps...which is a godsend because I don't know how much more her mother and I can take.
I join others who have said good luck to fathers of teens and teens to be. There's a new breed of kids out there and man are they tough to keep up with.
Remember to pull the boy aside (when he shows up for the first date) and tell him nice and quietly that "She's my little girl and there's NOTHING I wouldn't do for her.
If you hurt her, I will hurt you in return.
Remember that I have a gun, and I have no problem going back to prison for my little girl!"
Then see if he sticks around....
(I think I heard this on the "Blue-Collar Comedy Tour")
Actually My Line is going to be "You make her cry, I make you cry"
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
One of the kids visiting my daughter wouldn't give me his name. Thought it was funny until I told him he had one more chance before his dead body hit the center of the street. His buddy said I told you so...
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Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
... you will both survive it...
... fingers crossed ...
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