Tag: Teenagers
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The Problem With Good Intentions…
As I sat on that heinous twenty-four flight from London to Sydney, for the first time in a long time I found time to ruminate and reflect on my life. View image | gettyimages.com And I came back with lots of good intentions – about how I would generally be more positive, change those parts…
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Self- Esteem And Learning To Love Yourself
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108113005 Learning to love yourself is one of life’s toughest challenges, which is unfortunate because it affects so many other facets of the life we end up living. No matter how many times our esteemed leader at ‘Bad Parent Group’ raps my knuckles for nagging Kurt about his behavior – because as she says, “that…
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Empty Nesting: Do You Give Them A Push Or Wait Until They Fly?
I touched on the delicate subject of when it’s socially acceptable to kick your kids out of home in a recent ranty post, (here) when I was describing the carnage caused by my kids out and about on the town a couple of weekends ago. Barn Swallow Chicks In Their Nest by Alan Vernon at…
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Teenage Truanting – 10 Ways You Could Deal With It
Sebastion by▲SBJØRN found on http://www.flickr.com I’ve sensed a collective sigh of relief on the Internet over the last few days as we parents approach the end of the fucking long school holidays. Which are, frankly, four weeks too long. Even Kurt appears eager to get back to school. Now. Today. Or at least until term begins.…
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Bad Parent Tip Number 1: Stop Helicoptering Your Children and Empower Them
Did I mention that the old man and I have been going to Bad Parents Group recently, or as we like to call it, ‘support for really shit parents’? Padlock by Rudolf Vlček found on http://www.flickr.com The sessions have been an eye-opener. It turns out that kids don’t just need love after all, and you…
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School Holidays And Thinking About Wine A Lot
The Joys of Cooking by Bucky Schwarz found on http://www.flickr.com Now I’m not one to complain (!), but IT IS week four of both school holidays and the old man’s annual holiday from work. And my living area appears to have been redistributed to accommodate that surplus of testosterone and morphed into a man shed.…
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The Red Hot Chili Pepper Test Of Love
While we escorted one child across New South Wales, handcuffed, and as far away as possible from the bright lights and debauchery of the city to the beach, our other child was left to ruminate her lot and has since accused us of neglect. Jon Hibbins Chilli Plant on http://www.flickr.com ‘Neglect, in her hour of…
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Road Tripping Dysfunctional Family-Style – Moments In Time
Moments. Life is about experiencing ‘moments’ in time, but even more importantly, it’s about being able to recognize them as precious moments and to fully appreciate them for what they are. Even the simplest moments. Such as the first time someone you cared about told you how much they loved you, or the first time…
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I Know There Are Worst Things Than Parenting A Teenager With ADHD, But Sometimes It Doesn’t Fe
#2350944 / gettyimages.com http://www.tickld.com/x/father-finds-horrifying-letter-from-his-son-this-is-gold The story above was doing the rounds on social media last week. I get that it was meant to be funny and to most people it would have been. I did smile at the end. Bitterly. I read through the first part of the letter and a shiver ran through my…
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Unparalled Fear, Parallel Parking, Teenagers and ADHD
Kurt is driving. *makes sign of the cross even though atheist* #71895647 / gettyimages.com I said… another mad, irresponsible teenager has been let loose on the road. So if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself on the same piece of road as a young man in a silver Golf anywhere in the Lower North…
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There’s Equality and Then There’s Doing Stuff Together…
What I really want to do is shout from the rooftops with Sound of Music, Julie Andrews, completely over-the-top enthusiasm about Emma Watson’s recent speech for the UN, on inequality. Did you know that there are women out there declaring that they aren’t feminists because we already have equality? HELLO????? Now I know I shouldn’t…
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