Two of my little darlings ran away from home.

They eventually came home again as adults.

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Swede Hon, I grew up with 5 brothers, Yep Mom had 6 of us in just under 7 years. It's a wonder Mom has any hair left. Any way reading your post I couldn't help but think of my Dad. He always had a way of making us realise our short comings and not really losing his cool. He'd say, son you're gonna scrape your ass and then sit back and watch for it. Then he'd dust us off, all the while reminding us he'd given us hints. Now I know with girls it's a bit different but try to let her know you were young once and you can save her a lot of scrapes and make things easier if she'll only listen. Even then youth has a way of allowing her to think she knows better. All you can really do is let her know you'll be there to defend her if she's right and save her but remind her of her wrongs if she's not. My own daughter is soon to be 15 so my rollercoaster is just beginning. I try to mix little lessons in our banter. Use laughter to cover concerns when I can. Mostly I just pray she'll have half as good an example as I did. Huggggs Hon, hang in there, they're worth every tear and scream. (Of course you know that, you just needed to vent some)

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Love is not looking in each other's eyes, but looking together in the same direction - Antoine De Saint-Exupery

OF---One of mine did!After searching every teenage hangout.all night,ready to "Kick Ass"on anyone bothering my"Little Darling.",
I came home,to find her,in bed asleep.She had gone,with her girlfriend,to a teenage dance establishment,that I had forbid her
to go to,figuring that she knew all of the Bikers,and they would
protect her!She,probably,saved someone from,hospitalisation,
by coming home! Irish

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Irish---Better to be dead & cool,then alive & uncool!
(Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man)

I have a 14 year old 'darling daughter'

She knows how to rile me beyond reason with her selfish and know it all attitude. I hope she has a daughter just like her.

What goes around comes around LOL.

The daughter,that I was referring to,was 15 then.She is 34
now& has 2 sons.One is autistic.You couldn't find a more,
caring ,loving mother. Irish

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Irish---Better to be dead & cool,then alive & uncool!
(Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man)

This throttling thread is wonderful! I spent much of the week with my cousin . . . his little two-and-a-half year old is going through the terrible twos. He threw food from every meal on the floor, screamed on the bus, ran away at the zoo and cried if he didn't get what he wanted. Our patience ran thin but then he'd say something incredibly cute and all was well again

BlueSwede,

It IS weird, isn’t it? I have a 17 and a 15 year old. It can be very, very difficult at times. But as the others have said, don’t get mad, get even. Let her live – then spoil her children and return them!

I read this recently, it might help:

POSITION: Mother, Mom, Mama

JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES: For the rest of your life you must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite your tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat just in case the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final and complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION: Virtually none. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: None required unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION: Get this...You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent. When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS: While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for life if you play your cards right.

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jseal, I've read that before, too. It sure is the truth, isn't it?!

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Communication is the key.

Y'all are scaring me.....my oldest is 3...you mean it gets worse??

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often thought it would make sence for theme parks, shopping malls etc etc to have a tape recording of " don't touch, stop that, behave, thats enough!, wait til I get u homeetc etc" in English, French and German (or whatever) and play it on a loop!!!!! Kids ~~~~~~~~~~little monsters the world over, but wouldn't change mine for anything!

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My out of touch parents bought my 10 year old son a game for the x-box that is rated "M". This from the people that bitched about buying Pong!

We forbid him to play it, but that little shit woke up early and rushed right out to enjoy it before we got up.

I think he will be out on parental probation in 2006.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

Recent Headlines

"School is Out For Summer"

Article on last page buried in advertisments..........

"Mom Held Hostage by 9, 15, and 16 year olds~ Week 3.."

And this is all that I have to say about this..........

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A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

There is a GOD!!!! My brainiac maniac finally made the grades!!!! Hot damn.....evil bitch mom can retire. For now


I am nearing the end of week 2............








seems more like 6 :dizzy:

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Devillishgirl---Tho your oldest is only 3,don't give up!I know
that when they're this age,it is hard to picture.Someday,when
your kid,has kids,you will look at the way that your kid,treats
theirs and realise that you did SOMETHING right! Irish

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Irish---Better to be dead & cool,then alive & uncool!
(Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man)

I also have a 12 yr. old son as well. We're trying to get him into a "smartypants" school. He wants to apply to the 3 top science
high schools but his 7th grade grades suck.

It's a good thing these schools pretty much only look at their own
tests and don't put as much importance on 7th grade grades.

This kid scored 4's on both citywide reading and math tests, (4 is the best you can get), but can't seem to get above a 75 in math on his report card.

We bought the review two review books, I told him I'd help him study.

We have a VERY LONG summer ahead of us !!!!!!

So take heart, blueSwede, you are not alone, I think it comes with the territory.

We can see where they are headed, because we've either been down that same road or chose a better road for ourselves.

But we can do it for them.................................

Sometimes they have to find out the hard way.

I hope Matthew will let me help him. He's certainly got the brains
to pass those tests, now let's see if he's got the brains to let me help him study !!!!!

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Only with the heart can one see rightly.