Articles Tagged: surviving teenagers
Surviving Teenagers: Why teenagers are like cats
Teenagers are like cats, according to a new survey*, because:
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Surviving Teenagers: Should parents crash the party?
Twice recently my 17-year-old has been to a party and the parents have joined in. Not right at the beginning, obviously. They haven’t formed a welcoming committee at the door.
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Surviving Teenagers: Hopeless shopping lists
Why teenagers don’t contribute ideas to the family shopping list but then moan when there is not their favourite food in the cupboards
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Surviving Teenagers: What happens at family reunions
We have gone to stay with my parents for the weekend. It’s Sunday morning. My dad is outside in the April sunshine sorting out the recycling. My mum is on the phone. It’s 10 O’clock. "Do you think,’" I say to my husband, "we should wake them up?"
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Surviving Teenagers: Why they make you feel ancient
The little things teenagers do that make us all feel far too old for our liking
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Surviving Teenagers: Why they never eat breakfast
Why teenagers are never up in time to eat breakfast before they leave the house
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Surviving Teenagers: When are you too old for cuddly toys?
On Saturday afternoon, my 17-year-old daughter came home from a charity shop with a large fluffy tiger. She’s called him Raj.
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Surviving Teenagers: Why serious conversations happen when you're not really listening
Serious conversations with teenagers always seem to happen when you're only half-listening. Sometimes this is a deliberate tactic.
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