I’m just going to throw it out there that I am so grateful I am not raising daughters. I say this because raising teenaged sons is enough drama for me. I cross the threshold into my own home each night after work, and almost cringe as I ask the question, “So how was your day?” […]
Tag: teenagers
The revenge of the subject matter
After writing on parenting for fifteen years, my kids have become used to the lack of privacy experienced by simply being my children and the fodder for my humour. They recently shared that the most common question they are asked by friends and neighbours who read this column is if they are “proud” of my […]
Never too early to teach manners
Picture the scene: your whole family is home from work or school. You are all sitting around the kitchen table in the early evening, quietly sharing stories of the day while enjoying mac and cheese. “Over … ” “Over … ” “OVER!” Only a parent who has undergone the long process of teaching a youngster […]
Learning morality the hard way
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately about teenagers. I need to read a lot about teenagers because I seem to have a total blank about how I was as a teenager with my parents. Teenagers seem to have morality on a sliding scale. They can become outraged by injustices they hear in the […]
