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By Pam Barber
Do 14 year olds or any teen for
that matter, really think that life is over? YES!!
Being the mother of 3 14, 13, and
7 months (oh yes I have heard, why have you done
this) I can tell you that teens really do believe
this. There is no one better to back-up my statement
than my 14 year old. He is convinced that I am only
here to ruin his life. Let me tell you it's not an
easy task either.
Ruining the social standing and
the freindships of your childs is not something to
take lightly. You have to be committed to ruining
everything completely, you can't go half way. Let me
tell you if you don't leave everything in shambles
then your time was wasted. Beleive me there is an
art form to this.
First you start off by picking and
prying. And not just about the little things either.
They have to be genuion picks and pries. They can be
from anything about where are you wanting to go, to
his clothes. Now if your asking about a party at a
friends house, make sure you ask if there will be
parents there and what will they be doing. If the
child starts to huff and puff and their face gets
red, then you are off to a good start. Then ask
about what other friends will be there, and what is
the party for. Now if your staying on track the
child will get fidgity. If not then back up and
start with the friends again. Then ask if you will
be taking them and picking them up or if they will
get a ride with another parent. Make sure you put
the word parent in there, becase they may take this
as a sign it's ok to go with a friend that has a
car. Becasue we are after all out to ruin a life, so
we don't want them to get the felling we are giving
up on the task at hand. When you get all the
exhausted answeres from the child in a voice that
sounds like (man, here we go again), then you are
prying and poking in the right manner.
And the clothes issue. Don't ever
leave out the clothes. If they are wanting to go out
with their pants hanging down to their knees, be
sure to pull them up in front of their friends when
you drop them off or when they are picked up, when
they refuse to wear a belt or wear pants that fit
them and not their dads.
This is a touchy subject, because
clothes do make the social standing. If you leave
this part out, you will be missing the key
ingredient to messing up any chance they have of
being the coolest kid in school. T-shirts also, keep
them white or make sure you are sending them to
school in the Winnie The Pooh, that you just bought
because it was so cute. Anything with fire or some
really cool dude surfing, skatebording, anything
like that is out. Tuck in the shirts, we don't want
people to think your a slob. Now when you get the
word slob in there you have done it. By now they
should be fuming with anger because you are still
dressing them.
Don't be fooled by the face they
put on, that they want to be left alone, because
they are begging for you to interfere. What would we
do with them if we weren't using them as slaves, and
runing everything for them.
It all comes down to the fact that
parents are only here to keep their kids from being
happy, ever. There is no reason why any teen should
think we are only looking out for them. Because they
are after all the smartest kids in the world
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: I am a
mother of 3 children that I adore. 2 of them are in
their teens and one is an infant. I stay home to
take care of everything and I am hoping that
eventually, my teens will like me again. |
