Singles with TEENS

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Comment by Pegasus on August 19, 2009 at 11:19pm

Hi there! Even though my daughter is 12, with everything she has been through I consider her to be a teen going on adulthood. The bitter truth is that way too much of her emotional innocence has been stripped away from her due to circumstance and the choices of others. Her mom and I divorced when Shay was only 1 - that was the toughest decision I've ever made - to walk away from my daughter to conversely make her life better. Her mother succumbed to her demons last October 11th and in an instant my beautiful daughter was Motherless. To compound things, Shay had all too often been caught in the middle of what ultimately became a bitter hatred between her Mom and my Wife of seven years. On October 30th - 3 weeks after Shay lost her Mom - my Wife informed me that she was going to visit her brother in LA for a bit to process things...and then just never came. So then Shay loses the only other person in her life at that point that could directly fill a Maternal role.

This past winter was obviously an incredibly difficult and painful one for Shay, but she is now emerging from the fog into an even more confident, wise, and (amazingly) happy young lady. She amazes me daily, and I feel truly blessed.

Comment by Katherine on August 10, 2009 at 12:40pm

I have a teenage son as well.... and even though he is a great kid and does well in school, he has his obnoxious moments as well. I know he has a tough time juggling a developing social life with splitting all his weekends in half (his dad lives an hour away.) So advice on how to help him deal with that split of time... so he sees his friends while he's at home... but so I can still remember what he looks like too!!!

Comment by mamaknitty on June 10, 2009 at 7:06pm

Hello all

I'm a mom to a 13 year old boy who is a good kid but he's 13. It's his job to be defensive and obnoxious and rude and all that its just hard to deal with sometimes. I'm wondering what kind of consequences you give your teen when they misbehave. My son continually does his chores half ass and then I have to follow behind him and finish the job. I usually take away the electronics (iPod, computer, gameboy) but he knows he;ll get them back so he just bides his time and keeps being a butthead about doing his chores. How do I show him that doing chores teaches him responsibility and good manners and all that stuff? He just tunes me out when I talk. I try to have family meetings and stuff but yeah he's not having it. So what do y'all do when your teen is being a butthead?

Comment by Shannon Barnes on March 9, 2009 at 3:43pm

I had to walk into the living room where my mother was getting together some girl scout things the other day and say "I'm so sorry mom." She of course looked at me funny and said, "For what?" "For the hell I put you through as a teen. If I was anything like that, I'm sorry." All of this was after a 20 minute arguement with my 12 year old daughter over cleaning her room.

Comment by Sarah Flores on January 26, 2009 at 3:53pm

I'm new to this site and was so relieved to see this group. I was just a teen myself when I had my first son. He's now 13 and I'm 31. It's hard for me to draw the line between parent and friend. He's a very responsible kid and does really good in school. I don't really have any complaints or much of a hard time with him at all but I want to keep it that way. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

Comment by JustPeachy on November 2, 2008 at 10:50am

The first of the early decision college applications are out! Woo hoo! 3 more to go in less than 30 days! I love the Senior, truly, but I was beginning to think I was going to have to "help" (read force) him to make the decision to stay in and finish these up. OMGolly, I am so glad at least one is out the door! It's his #4 choice but had the earliest deadline. At least now he recognizes how long those lovely essays really do take! Peachy

Comment by Paul on October 26, 2008 at 8:15am

Hey all! Sorry I have been remiss in my duties here! I have been moving! Things are well and I will try to catch up on things as soon as all is settled. By the way for those of you who have moved with teens you already know this but.....In order to get them to help you must say carry this and carry that or all they will do is WATCH. As I like to call it Walk Away Then Come Home!

Comment by Margo on September 30, 2008 at 11:21am

Hey 'GeekycyberMom', I've got one! My late husband bought one to teach his 'girls' how to hunt, but I think he had another reason. Now that he's watching from a different perspective, I get to deal with who's interested in my girls (15 & 16) and why. I think the best way to keep tabs on those pesky male hormones is to have good communication and trust with my girls. And believe me, that's a work in progress. While I want them to trust me and be open with me, sometimes it's hard to hear what 'kids are doing these days' as I was raised by an old school mom. I will sometimes just bite my lip and groan inside. Although, I have to keep faith, my girls promise me they wouldn't do anything I wouldn't want them to!!!

Comment by Emily on September 27, 2008 at 9:50pm

Can tweens be considered in the teen group? My dtr is almost 12.....and very boy crazy. A little discerning...ok, a lot discerning. I've been trying to find an event on "meetup" that caters more to the older kids, having a difficult time.

Comment by danita on September 27, 2008 at 9:15pm

My son is 11 going on 19 he has a little gf and wears a leather coat, I joined sp because I think for the most part I am a good mom but between u and me a tween is out of my league!

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