Teenagers To Adults

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I think there comes a point when the parenting role moves subtley to the background ............. you start to treat them as lodgers somehow. And sometimes they are right. The world has changed since you were going through your teens.

Apart from the fashion obviously.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Just get a bit impatient with all these adults telling me what to do. What school does you son go to btw?

That was my main issue when I was that age. He's bordering on adulthood and wants to be treated like an adult and be able to make his own decisions, it's a fine balance between letting him choose his own path in life and you steering him in the right direction. If he feels too smothered then he will probably lash out verbally. The best thing you can do is give him the illusion of being in control , whilst offering the advice he needs. You'll probably find that when faced with a choice rather than a direct order, he'll make the one that you wanted anyway. If my parents had thought like that then we might get on a bit better now.

 

[Icy Gull]

Just be grateful you can understand him, most of them just seem to grunt at that age

 

[Beach Hut]

Just be grateful you can understand him, most of them just seem to grunt at that age

Oh he is now a person of few words, more grunt type noises

 

[Icy Gull]

Oh he is now a person of few words, more grunt type noises

Make sure the door frames are solid too, lots of slamming doors to be expected from here on in

 

[Beach Hut]

Make sure the door frames are solid too, lots of slamming doors to be expected from here on in

Oh yes we get plenty of that as well

 

[dougdeep]

Think I was too much of a geek for that.

I can believe this.

 

[Icy Gull]

Oh yes we get plenty of that as well

and if you're not already you'll definitely become the uncoolest most embarassing person he knows

 

[Beach Hut]

and if you're not already you'll definitely become the uncoolest most embarassing person he knows

Yep that as well, he even said "no" recently when I was going to make up the numbers for his U15s training match - that's how uncool I am now

 

[Beach Hut]

Oh and another point he seems to live in perpetual darkness when at home as his curtains are always drawn - why ?

 

[Lady Bracknell]

Because it winds you up, I suspect!

 

[Beach Hut]

Because it winds you up, I suspect!

Doesn't bother me just seems rather gloomy

 

[Lady Bracknell]

Gloom is an absolutely essential part of being a teenager though. Especially if your parents are unrewarding enough to be tolerant and understanding.

I was lucky. Very little grief came my way when my sons were teenagers. But then there's only 18 months age difference between them and they spent their time deliberately getting on each other's nerves!

 

[El Presidente]

When he gets a West Ham ticket in the first ballot

 

[El Presidente]

Yep that as well, he even said "no" recently when I was going to make up the numbers for his U15s training match - that's how uncool I am now

How can anyone accuse you of being uncool when you kiss the only gay in Brighton

 

[Beach Hut]

That must be my money shot

 

[ali jenkins]

Oh and another point he seems to live in perpetual darkness when at home as his curtains are always drawn - why ?

So people outside cant see him wanking!

 

[H block]

So people outside cant see him wanking!

Oscar Wilde said,


''My father knew nothing when I was 16 but when I was 21 I was amazed at how much he had learnt.



They do come back to you.

 

[1066gull]

My mother really gets on my tits every f***ing time.

I will try Theatre of Trees method, all I need is a girl. Gina?

 

[Clothes Peg]

My mother really gets on my tits every f***ing time.

I will try Theatre of Trees method, all I need is a girl. Gina?

Everytime you do what? Masturbate?

What do you want me for?