![]() It is far to easy for me to find their faults during those days full of teen attitude and laziness. One or our top jobs as a parent it to build our kiddos up.They know home is a safe, predictable place, where the expectations and consequences are very clear. I believe our kids value that constant, consistent authority. Even when they are towering over us we are still the boss. When you establish the parent-child role from a young age there is never a gray area. Firm rules are a must and those rules start from the time they can talk.I have made parenting mistakes along they way but here are a few things I believe we have gotten right: Doing this in a world of social media only complicates their journey to becoming a confident young adult. It’s a confusing, challenging time figuring out their way and who they are. Maybe even more at 13 and 15 than they did at three and five. Our boys are also fully aware that we have full access to their phones and all passwords at anytime.īut the most important thing I have learned parenting teenagers is they still need us. Give us attitude, procrastinate on chores, break any rules…and the phone gets locked away for a specified amount of time. Quite honestly we have possession of our freshman’s phone more than he does. Ummm…did you buy that phone? Are you making the ridiculous monthly payment? No? Yeah I didn’t think so. So humor your mama, fake a smile, and be grateful we love you enough to clothe you kiddo.Īnother one I loved is when a kiddo responds with “it’s my phone” when threatened that it will be taken away. Ummm…those new shoes and clothes they’re wearing? Who paid for those? Yeah, I thought so. It kills me when I hear parents talk about how their teen won’t take a photo on the first day of school. I feel like we often don’t have a point of reference in our parenting because our world is changing so fast it is hard to keep up.Įven with this new learning curve of parenting teens one thing still holds true in our home. The world is so different than the one we lived our teen years in when “cell phone” and “internet” weren’t even household terms yet. When the realization hit that big kid problems can’t be fixed with a band-aid or a popsicle this teen parenting thing got real. ![]() It seemed that overnight they were taller than me. When they went to shoot a basketball I noticed hair (gasp!). ![]() THAT day when everything we ever knew about parenting was null and void. THAT day we had heard so many horror stories about. ![]()
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