Tag: teens

  • The Etiquette of the Parental Reprimand

    The Etiquette of the Parental Reprimand

    Okay, so I need a second opinion here. I think that if you completely ignore your parents’ yelling at you, you can’t hold a grudge about being yelled at. Either they made a polite suggestion that you are free to ignore and thus no hard feelings, they expressed their feelings as fellow housemates and you…

  • How To Get Along With Your Teenage Child.

    How To Get Along With Your Teenage Child.

    I was just reading a parenting article.  I saw the title Surviving the Teenaged Years. and thought I need to read this.  It was the normal blah blah, mild punishments of short duration. Actually I thought the short duration of punishments was for training dogs, you know if you don’t punish the dog immediately it…

  • Teenagers and Trust

    Teenagers and Trust

    I have 4 daughters, if you only include humans.  Given my topic today is how far to trust children out of your sight I think it’s safe to only include the humans because I don’t let the pets leave the place without supervision. I love pets!  I believe all animals have rights but I do…

  • I Wrote A Poem; I Hate You All!  – My family not my readers

    I Wrote A Poem; I Hate You All! – My family not my readers

    I told my fish to stop their fighting & they bit each others tails. I told my kids to stop their fighting & my husband laughed in gales.   I asked the grey cat to please stop drinking my lovely cup of tea. Smokie looked solemnly at his water bowl then stared straight back at…