Misshalfway Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Take 'em to grandma's!!! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truegrits Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Take 'em to grandma's!!! LOL! They are already here!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 My best advise. Kick them out before they reach the teenage stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateHowe Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 My best advise. Kick them out before they reach the teenage stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxz72 Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 wow...i'm joining this late in the game...but here's my advise. Talk to your son everyday. Be actively engaged in what they've done that day. They just love to tell you all about what happened at school. And if you start that when they're young it will stay with them in to teenagerhood :) Have fun with him. I try to make sure that even though I'm Mom we can still have fun together. Every stage is a great one! There's nothing to be scared of! oh! one more thing...Have family home evening! It will keep your family close :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truegrits Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 ~~~pam~~~My best advise. Kick them out before they reach the teenage stage. :lol: Do you know someone who wants a teenager??? A 15 year old male? Just for a few years; I do want im back. ~~~siouxz72~~~Every stage is a great one! And if you start that when they're young it will stay with them in to teenagerhood :) No! Every stage is NOT great. They morph into sullen, non-communicative, strangers. Or angry aliens.(Not all...but a lot...) And if yours did not...WOW! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxz72 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 It's true...we've remained close. He (aged 15 mind you) will still throw his arms around me in public and yell out "I love you, Mommy!" haha! they're all just great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryFields Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Best Advice? Say YES whenever you can because the times when you say NO it will mean more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misshalfway Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Ask a lot of questions and listen! There is more to hear than just words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryFields Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Show unconditional love and love and show respect for your spouse. We teach our children much more by example than we would like to think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misshalfway Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I think you should watch Little House on the Prairie. Charles and Carolyn! Best parents on TV! HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelleDrew Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Don't beat yourself up when you can't fix their problems or make their life easier. I've found that when i'm upset with myself because there is something wrong with my son, then i'm too depressed to handle the situation correctly or enjoy being a mother. You cannot fix everything. I don't know how many times it's been told to me and it's completely true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrham Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 "What ever you choose son I still love you" best advice i recieved right before i got baptised and said the same thing to my daughter my father was against me being baptised but still loved me anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainofGold Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Being a mom of two teenagers, all I can say is to enjoy them while they are little because they grow way too fast. Love them, kiss them, hug them and tell them that they are special and loved..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over43 Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I've got a 20 year old someone can have. She seems pretty convinced that I am a failure. I eat meat, watch Glenn Beck and think that there isn't anything cooler than Dean Martin. So, in her eyes, I am an inadequate parent. Please send her back when life has punched her in the teeth a few times and she realizes that all of the "pie in the sky" p-o-o-p that she's been fed in college doesn't work in "real life". O43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiannan Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I've got a 20 year old someone can have. She seems pretty convinced that I am a failure. I eat meat, watch Glenn Beck and think that there isn't anything cooler than Dean Martin. So, in her eyes, I am an inadequate parent. Please send her back when life has punched her in the teeth a few times and she realizes that all of the "pie in the sky" p-o-o-p that she's been fed in college doesn't work in "real life".O43 Just get her married off to a guy who is a younger version of you (the father). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 The funny thing is...that's usually the kind of guys alot of girls like her marry. Guys just like her father...they just don't realize it at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over43 Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 The funny thing is...that's usually the kind of guys alot of girls like her marry. Guys just like her father...they just don't realize it at the time.She's lucky she's in Provo. Friday I had $500+ in my checking account which would be plenty to get us through to my wife's next pay day (I get paid once a month...). My wife gave her her debit card to fill up for the trip back to Utah. Today we had a negative balance in the account. I am ready to blow a gasket I'm so mad.O43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nappaljarri Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 //I am ready to blow a gasket I'm so mad.// Solution.... punch your wife in the teeth.... Just kidding!!! What I meant to say is... Good luck. 20 year old's should be earning their own money I say, and mother's should have facilitated that ideal long before 20 yrs old. I'm just a mother talking, in general, since this is parenting advice and all. No digs meant.... except for the back flip of the teeth one :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over43 Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 //I am ready to blow a gasket I'm so mad.//Solution.... punch your wife in the teeth.... Just kidding!!! What I meant to say is... Good luck. 20 year old's should be earning their own money I say, and mother's should have facilitated that ideal long before 20 yrs old. I'm just a mother talking, in general, since this is parenting advice and all. No digs meant.... except for the back flip of the teeth one :)You are right, she should have a job. She spent two months of summer break sleeping in, and then dining on Vegan Thai food on her boyfriend's account. I'd say, Why don't you get a job?" Her excuse was that no one would hire her for two months. I know that is horse poop. I have come to grips with the fact that I have a just plain lazy kid. And my wonderful wife, for whatever reason, just enables her at every turn. O43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 I've got a 20 year old someone can have. She seems pretty convinced that I am a failure. I eat meat, watch Glenn Beck and think that there isn't anything cooler than Dean Martin. So, in her eyes, I am an inadequate parent. Please send her back when life has punched her in the teeth a few times and she realizes that all of the "pie in the sky" p-o-o-p that she's been fed in college doesn't work in "real life".O43 O43- Thanks so much for that one- I just sprayed my monitor with Crystal Light! Eeewwww- sticky. I was just like your 20 yr old is now. After life had kicked me not only in my teeth buy also all over the body - I was pretty humbled when I went to my Mom and asked her to forgive me.Isn't there a saying: Parents get smarter as teenagers get older?Nate- some advice for you: If your little one has night terrors/nightmares, have him draw pictures. If he if afraid to, assure him that with you, Daddy, standing right there, the dream and the dream picture can not harm him - ever!I had night terrors nearly all my life. It wasn't until I was around 6 that Daddy had me draw the dream. It didn't stop the terrors, but it did stop the dreams from repeating themselves. Also, because Daddy said the dreams couldn't hurt me - cause bruises, draw blood or break bones or kill me - I wasn't afraid to go to bed at night. After my fathers funeral, as Mom and I was going through the trunks of stuff Dad had saved, there were all of my dream pictures. As I looked at them, I remembered each one! Out of 7 kids, I was the only one who experienced night terrors.I am 56 now, and from the time I married my second husband (both of us endowed members of the church) I have never had a night terror!! Play with your children. Get down on the floor or ground and join in with their games. Daddy would sit on the ground with us and make mud pies, he would sit in a lawn chair and actually nap while we played house around him, laying our baby dolls and the pet cat on him to nap too. When your son gets old enough to stand on a chair at the kitchen sink and wash dishes, then stand there next to him, rinse and dry the dishes and talk to each other. Daddy used to tell me about when he was in the Army- his favorite duty was KP duty. You were always warm, and you got the best food to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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