Pros of Teenaged Children:
- Parent/child conversations more titillating than, "Yes, my coffee is hot. Do not touch. Your cup of milk is cold- feel the sides."
- Once they get their driver's license they can go to the grocery for you.
- They are strong enough to pressure-wash the house.
Cons of Teenaged Children:
- Permanent shortage of hot shower water.
Buuuut, the biggest con is:
- Teens posses extremely sensitive hypocrisy meters. This can be... annoying.
What I'm thinking is, "Well, duh. I'm being lazy. Leave me in peace, and throw me a bon-bon while re-filling my coffee."
What I want to say is, "I didn't say that he couldn't have them at all; I meant not in the 30 seconds after I first said it." Which of course would be a big, fat, lie.
The problem is- their hypocrisy meter would start beeping. Every time it beeps it automatically debits your trust-worthiness account. If you don't know about trust-worthiness accounts, you don't yet have teens. Believe me, you need to keep your account in good standing.
Teen hypocrisy meters only work one-directionally. This is the true job of parenthood: re-calibrating hypocrisy meters to work two ways and with a large measure of mercy.
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Alexandra at Good Day Regular People has a great blog, so I was flattered when she suggested that I submit a guest-post on a site where she sometimes guest-posts.
I'm excited/surprised to say that this Friday Four Perspectives is posting my submission.
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5 comments:
Too true. They won't let me get away with anything : )
I absolutely love this. We are living the dream, my friend. And we aren't being demanding with regards to coffee maintenance... we are passing on important life skills. :)
Love this! Yes, my older ones call me on my "not-so-quick-to-react" reactions. They keep me on target. :)
Thanks for the shout out~
Yes, I love the writing at 4 P's. I think they have such a worthwhile website, and I visit there daily.
Always a great shift in my daily routine.
Congrats to you, can't wait to see you there!
That's hysterical! I'm literally laughing out loud, not just the polite "lol" kind either.
I'm so there!
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