Re: Ya know? (ot)

Karen C. wrote:
You win, but not because of the pregnancy with twins; it's because you survived the dreadful teen years with twins! I only have a 14 y.o.; but, ohhhhhhhh, how I wish she could have stayed a feisty toddler! LOL! 

I have several theories on teenagers.

1. You have to have 95% of your child training done before they hit 13, because you can't really expect to control them after that without running into problems. Then at age 13 they can sort of try spreading their wings.

2. Age 13 is a temporary insanity period the same as age 6-1/2 is a temporary insanity period, and it will pass. Just hang on for dear like like a Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and try not to scream too loudly.

3. If your child doesn't have a passion in life, a focus, something to aim for by the time they are 13, they will drift a lot more off track than if they have something to keep them focused. (This is oddly akin to rule #1 for border collies -- if you don't find your border collie a job to do, they will find one for themselves, and it is 99-44/100% guaranteed that you won't like what they pick.)

Anyway, my children are 22, almost 20, almost 18 (these two both have birthdays next month) and 13-1/2, and the application of those theories has worked with all of them so far.
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