OT - I'm in a panic

[WDWMom]

Tomorrow (4/23) I am going to be a mother of a teenager!!!! UUUHHHHGGGG!!! I feel so old. LOL


Any words of wisdom out there from those of you with teenage daughters?

 

[bcorso]

RUN!!!!!!!!! Run as fast as you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a 14 yo girl and even though I am only 32, I am still a Geek and she knows it all!!!! At least I have a 4 yo girl who still thinks mum is the best! (but then again, we get to do this all over again in 10 years!)

It isn't so bad, give her a big happy birthday and grit your teeth for the next 6 years (or so they tell me) and remember, pick your battles!

Best wishes!!

Bonnie

 

[mad4themouse]

Be prepared to ruin her life at least once a day. Today, I ruined it twice. First, she did not get to skip school to go to work with Dad on "Take Your Child to Work" day. Hello? Daddy's office hours don't start until 2pm today, Sweetie. And then, I made her the oldest living 14 yo to get braces! Yes, yes! I have such a feeling of accomplishment, today.

Accept the fact that you're (pick your favorite adjective) the stupidest, meanest, weirdest, laziest, pickiest mother on the face of the earth! If she forgets to give you a permission slip to sign or if you don't have purple raffia paper for a project that's due tomorrow, it will be ALL YOUR FAULT that she flunks!

See these rolling eyes: , I see them on a regular basis. Seems that everything that I say elicits this response.

Like Bonnie said, turn and run away...fast!!! And if you have more soon-to-be-teenagers at home, then STAY AWAY!

 

[Beanie]

No advice for you, as my kids are still little BUT...I do have 4 stepdaughters who went through the teenage years and still are! LOL I agree RUN FAST FAR AWAY!!

Actually it wasn't bad, really...except when they brought their boyfriends home...yikes...some of them I had to wonder!! LOL

 

[rafikimom]

No advice from me, but my oldest daughter is 11 going on 18. So I'm just lurking to fing out some advice for me. I guess I'm at the "pre" stages of teenager I only ruin my daughter day about 1-2 times a week. And she rolls her eyes at me like I'm weird about 2 times a week. Like I said I'm just at the "pre" stages. Help!!!

 

[WDWMom]

Thanks ladies. I think I have ruined her life several times already, but I guess I'm going to have to get better at it. LOL

She a pretty good girl so far. Clean cut and conservative like her dad. Good morals and great friends.

She does have the eye rolling thing down pat. Has for several years. If I run, do I get to take DH with me???? I do have 2 more in 4-5 years but they are boys. Oldest boy will be a piece of cake but the youngest will give us plenty of gray hairs.

Rafikimom - preteen years are very nerve racking too. Lot of hormones and emotions running wild with no where to go. Good luck to you too.

 

[eller]

Whatever you do, do not try to make her happy! Teenagers are never happy. They don't want to be, so don't try. Things will return to normal when she is 20.

Lori