Teens’ Love/Hate Rollercoaster
Read more articles on Teens and Let Me Share With You.April 6, 2007
Posted by Karen Amato Schwartz
April 6, 2007
Posted by Karen Amato Schwartz
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Now, with it being Friday of a long weekend, I suspect there will be more chance of my kid hating me than loving me. You parents know exactly what I mean.
However, last night was a milestone-my daughter actually uttered the words, “I think I’m going to start taking your advice.” Did I hear that correctly? Then, what followed was probably meant as a sincere compliment: “My friend thinks I should because she said you seemed wise. After all, you’ve gotten to be pretty old and not too messed up.”
Oh. Thanks.
Someone told me that parenthood would be easier if you could just give away teen girls for about 6 years and then get them back once they’re past that silly, obnoxious stage. Sounds good, but give them to whom? I see groups of them traveling in packs, squealing like 4 year olds but trying to out-vixen each other, and hope and pray that my daughter doesn’t act like that. (Or, if she does, that no one we know will see or recognize her.)
I know that this is the time where they’re all trying to find themselves and learn how to deal with social issues and the emotions of relationships, blah, blah, blah, but once again, I find myself swearing that I wasn’t like that when I was a kid. Do you think I may have blacked it out?
Every day brings with it either a fight or new best friend. Someone is always upset with someone else. This “stole my boyfriend” garbage is getting on my nerves, along with “I’m done with him (or her) for good”. Everything is drama, and life is one big soap opera. Nothing ever appeases anyone, and whatever I say, I “don’t understand”. At least as a female, I can pretty grasp the concept, but my husband is totally out of the loop. His life, as most males, was and is pretty simple. Boys play sports, see movies, and if they disagree, may hit each other. Case closed. There was none of this constant jockeying for position in the top 10 friends on MySpace and leaving detailed away messages as to who is doing what with whom so everyone in the world with internet access can see it and hopefully get jealous.
But hey-perhaps the idea that I make sense may finally be dawning. More than likely, it’s just a passing phase, like the BFF or boyfriend of the hour. Then again, she did ask if I thought it was too cold to wear a skirt yesterday, so perhaps I am making progress. Oh, that’s right-her friend was here at the time. Darn. And I was all set to provide my consulting services as to what clothes she should get rid of, what kind of boy to befriend, and how she needs to consider grades a priority. Oops, I forgot; I already do that. Do you think this week she may listen? I won’t get my hopes up until she’s out of college-or married-or a mother herself. Maybe it’s best that I just stop thinking about it…
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