Re: Ya know? (ot)

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH ti send wrote:
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.>

I'm inclined to believe James Dobson's theory that you have to have to be able to control them by the age of two, or you're in deep doo-doo.

Even so, teens are still pretty annoying, IMO. Mine's not a social butterfly (quite the opposite, I'm afraid), but she's still a teen. And I don't know what it is about her, but she has some kind of built-in radar that enables her to zero in on THE UGLIEST piece of clothing in a store and fall in love with it within five minutes' time.

(In all fairness, I guess it's not totally hers or the other teens' fault. They have THE UGLIEST clothing for sale in stores anymore--in THE UGLIEST colors.)

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.

So they say. Frankly, I don't think any of them really begin developing brains or common sense until they're 30.

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

Yeah, but what about the ones who are TOO focused and are over achievers? They're a pain too.

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.)

LOL! DH has always said that training kids is a whole lot like training dogs.

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.

Congrats for being able to live through getting three through their teen years. Do they still think they know everything?

Karen C.
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