Liana BrooksI walked into the kitchen where the 14yo was doing dishes unprompted...
Is parenting teens hard?
I don't know. But then again, I have kids who casually use words like OBLIGATORY and OVERMORROW in casual conversation.
"Mom, what it take for the North Sentinelese to be the first people to visit Mars?"
... I love the questions kids come up with at bedtime.
My dyslexic 11yo added a How To Draw Furries book to her wish list because she didn't bother reading the title and just saw cute animal people. Considering the warning is For Adults I'm just going to go ahead and delete that from the wish list before anyone sends it to her.
@wendypalmer
Yeah, I did the math. I'm getting zero leftovers plus your kid asking for dessert.
If I bring home a 12-piece pizza for myself and hubby, and our 14yo has already eaten, how many pieces are left if I eat two and spouse eats two?
Zero. There is zero pizza left.
Hint For Parents Of Teens:
If you want to talk about important life topics, make space to do something with your kid. I've had more deep discussions driving a kid to practice, taking out the trash, or washing windows than I ever had after scheduling a sit down as I clutch my pearls.
Half the edits are done. I'm stopping for lunch and then I need to go take Bunny out to get the rest of her costume for her play on Thursday and Friday (if you're local and want to go, we have free tickets).
My kids are behaving because I told them I will do their chores for them, if they do my writing and edits for me.
When faced with the prospect of writing 20,000 words in the next 20 days their 700 word essay due next week doesn't look so bad.
My 14yo picked up THE DAY BEFORE off the shelf and I am desperately trying to remember how much random nudity and/or descriptive violence is in the book I wrote when he was a baby.
