Embarrassing Your Teenagers

[Jodi1980]

Do you ever whether on purpose or not?

 

[Kitty 34]

I'm a substitute teacher at my sons' school. The youngest, an 8th grader, gets embarrassed sometimes when I teach his classes. He's getting used to me tho and he better this week because I will be conducting his band the next three days!!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Both, when they were.

 

[KIRSTIN'S MOMMY]

we took my neice to US/IOA in Sept. last year. She's 13, and was trying so hard to look "cool".....sooooo, we grabbed her by each arm and made her skip through the park!!!! It was so much fun and she didn't care what anyone thought for the rest of the trip! So yes, I guess when dd gets older, I'll probably do it on purpose!

 

[Ellen aka Snow White]

I AM a mother, Therefore it is my right to embarass my children! Right?

 

[faithinkarma]

I once threatened to.

My daughter was a difficult teenager. The second time she got in trouble in high school I threatened to quit my job and become her shadow. I said I would go to school with her each day and follow her everywhere she went. I would sit outside her classroom and follow her from calss to class. If she went to the bathroom, I would accompany her. Lunchtime wouild be particularly embarassing. She knew I meant it, and straightened up her act immediately. She is in her thirties now, and my best firend.

Besides that I am sure there were many many unintentional embarassments. It's part of the job description.

 

[Kirk]

Every time we go to Alfredo's I check out who the girls are watching. Then I request them to pose for a picture. Can you see the embarassment?

I love Alfredo's!!!!!!

I think DD figured it out last year! LOL!

 

[Kallison]

Kirk - Are they all your girls? They are adorable (the girls). You can pick guys to pose with me any time!

 

[Kirk]

Only one of them is actually mine - but I'll gladly adopt you too for posing!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Those are super, Kirk. That last one I can just hear Chrissy, LOL, 'Daaaaaddddd!!!!!!!'

 

[siouxi31]

I always embarrass teenagers and never mean to. But I'm never really sorry when I do embarrass them. Heck, things are what they are. Why do so many things embarrass a teenager?

 

[Blueeyes101817]

kirk--my dad has threatened that soo omany times..but never has ..yet...but those guys ARE cute

 

[DISshopkeeper]

Never intentionally.

 

[Nutsy]

I've been deliberating over this for the past week or so..........See my eldest DS is turning 16 very soon & I wanted to make his day one to remember. His birthday falls on a Monday & on Monday's he does work experience.

What I was thinking of doing was getting one of those helium balloons sent to him at work with Sweet 16 on it.

He works in a small company, (family, not ours) father, son & Mother, all of whom are very very nice & even treat me like a friend not just someone whose kid is doing work experience with them

So, now I'll put the question to you guys.

Would you do this for your 16yr DS or not?? I need opinions. OH BTW my DS is very quiet & very poilte, but I just wanted to do something special for him this year.

 

[Lynn CC]

Too Funny Kirk! Great pictures, I'm sure the girls thought so too.

We try not to embarass our DS (17), I do remember I did at a family dinner about 4 years ago. Since then I'm more sensative to what I say and try never to answer for him. As I have learned, my opinion is so much different than his.
DH just embarassed him this month (DH is usually the "cool" one), at his Kung FU class when he kept repeatingly asking the Seafoo (sp) "master" if he could see the weapons. I thought my son was going to die. I'm glad it wasn't me this time!

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

DS is not yet a teen but I recently resorted to embarassment to resolve an issue.

It seemed that DS was not wearing his male protective equipment while at football practice. Each day, when dropping him off at practice I would ask him if he remembered to put it on. One day, he told me that he had, and I actually found it "hidden" in the cargo area when I went to take my chair out. I marched right onto the field with that thing, waving it over my head, shouting "T...you forgot to put this on!"

Okay. So I probably got branded "lunatic mom", but we have not had a repeat of that problem.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

When I was a teenager, my mom tried everything not to embarass me. If I was shopping with her and ran into a classmate and stopped to talk, she would dart into a store because she didn't want to embarass me by letting my friend know I was shopping with my mom When I would go to introduce her, she was gone. I always had to remind her that she doesn't embarrass me and to stay by me. On the other hand my twin sister did't mind that my mom disappeared...my sis was "too cool."

 

[Sandy V.]

IMGONNABE40! - that is SO funny! Bet your son never tried that again!

Of course I embarass my teenagers - that's my job!

 

[Trish5768]

I try not too, but sometimes I can't resist.

 

[missypie]

I loved Dave Barry's column about the time he got to drive the Oscar Myer Weinermobile. He just couldn't resist the urge to pick up his high school aged son in it. He said that Rob got in (because he needed the ride) but sunk all the way down in the seat. So whenever my kids are embarrassed by me, I tell them at least I didn't pick them up in the wienermobile!