Tag: teenager
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Road Trip Dysfunctional Family-Style Part 1
‘I’ve never been so fucking hot!’ Kurt shouts, as his toes touch hot sand for the first time in twelve months. “I’ve never been so fucking cold!” he squeals like a girl, five minutes later, as his white body braces itself against the first wave in the ocean. The old man and I must have…
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Tips To Discourage The Dreaded Teen Party
Teen party (Photo credit: veleirosdosul) So, the old man and I were supposed to be going on a mini-break this weekend, staying at friends over-night. We were leaving NC in charge of ‘he who will not obey’. Kurt is nearly seventeen. Sounds straightforward, doesn’t it? ‘Pissing my pants’ is not a strong enough description for…
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6 Terrible Teenage Triggers
WEEK 2 OF THE SCHOOL/UNI HOLIDAYS IN DYSFUNCTIONALITY HOUSE (said in northern Big Brother accent). fridge surprise (Photo credit: Nestor’s Blurrylife) I am still alive. Barely. *Right eye twitching* So, I’m not normally one to go all ‘domestic’ on you, but the impact of having teenagers in my home PERMANENTLY over the past ten days…
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10 Tips for Surviving a Weekend Away With An ADHD Teenager
So it wasn’t officially a holiday as such. It was more of a mini break, if that constitutes 24 hours away from home with an ADHD teenager and the release of some pent up working mother’s guilt. It was a final desperate attempt to find some quality time with my son amid a busy time…
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Helicopter Parenting
Week 36: Helicopter Parent (Photo credit: WilliamsProjects) We met when we were just seventeen. It was an innocent time. Up until then I had been locked away in an all girls’ boarding school, he in the boys equivalent. He had only thought about sport; I was like a bitch on heat. The stars must have…
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See How Easily You Can Wind Up A Teenager
How many irrational and menopausally bitchy comments does it take to wind up a teenager? Not many, in my experience. Obviously I failed the perfect parent test AGAIN this week with my latest fracas with the ADHDer. And the implications of this one, our most serious humdinger yet, were a little more serious than our…
Louisa Simmonds 