the teenager
Sat, 10th March 2007 15:03:55
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hi again. For those of you that have kids exspecily the teenage type you know the ones that are 15 going on 30 what a dilema. sometimes i think im the child in the house the way i rant and rave about everything.Tidy your room,do your chores ,leave your sister alone ect.ect,ect
for some unknown reason ive become my own father something i said would never happen, but the more i think of it, that might not be such a bad thing, like most growing up back when margret thatcher was primeminister things were a lot different we knew if we crosed the bounderies we were brought back to earth with a bang, and surprise surprise it worked i think i turned out ok i have my hang ups like everyone else but not many relating to my upbrining,i had my fair amount of hidings, some of which were deserved others not so but we always knew that if we did wrong we were punished and we knew the bounderies, these days the playing fields have been moved the bounderies no longer exsist .If you give a hiding you are made to feel like a criminal plus u feel the guilt or you start doulble guessing yourself. I have tried the diplomatic approach i ve tried the threatining approach ive even gone the bribery approach but do you know what nothing seems to work as long as he has his cell phone he is ablivious to what goes on around him is this my fault as a parent, sometimes i think that ive failed as a parent because i got no answers left i always seem to be guessing at what needs to be done maybe its guilt you know long hours no time always busy trying to leave a legacy behind for someone who probly doesn:t even care at this point of his life.So what are the answers i dont realy know honestly i dont all i know is that as parents it is our responabilty to teach our children what is right from wrong, they will make mistakes and hopefully learn from them and as parents we will be there to pick up the pieces and to show them that its fine to make mistakes and to show them that unconditional love that will hopefully make the difference. To all the parents out their there is no rules to being a parent we all make mistakes its whether we are big enough to own up to them and to show our kids we are only human after all. till next time.
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