How to Awaken a Teenager
Posted on October 30th, 2010This is the post that pretty much has been in everyone’s email and was on Yahoo! I thought I should post it here because…well, I wrote it. Have a great weekend!
When you first become a parent, nobody tells you that the tiny, cute, little baby in your arms will someday grow up to be a teenager. Oh sure, we all expect it to happen, but seriously, are any of us fully prepared for the teen years?
No, we aren
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November 1st, 2010 at 2:14 am
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and identifying yourself as the author of that wonderful post! There’s no way that I could have or would have taken credit for it! Now that I know who to give credit to, I will definitely do that!
Thanks again!
November 1st, 2010 at 4:52 am
Hey Mary, Thank you for reposting it! I appreciate it!
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Really nice article, I have been looking to read something of this nature and your writing has fit the bill perfectly, thanks very much indeed.
November 4th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
First off congratulations on getting your blog post published on Yahoo that’s quite the accomplishment. Second i just wanted to tell you how much i love your blog now. I find it to be very refreshing and witty. The moment i read your “How to awaken a teenager” post on Yahoo i knew this was a blog i wanted to follow.
November 5th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Thank you, Marisol and Kim. The Yahoo thing was a total fluke, but really, really cool I have to admit
Thanks so much for reading and commenting.
November 11th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I have learned teenagers are a different species all their own………LOL
November 11th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
LOL. Yes they are a different species. Hopefully I’ll be able to understand them someday
December 8th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Hello, you site is very funny he told me to cheer up .. Merry Christmas.
January 31st, 2011 at 5:27 am
Fabulous article. Thank you so much!
April 16th, 2011 at 9:42 am
Very well written article, been reading it twice now and I had to show my friend too, hehe. Thanks again. Marie Strouberg , Sweden
September 13th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Yup.
Yup.
Except for me, it’s the 9 year old that’s a bear.
September 14th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Yikes! Hopefully he’s not a big bear by the time he makes it to a teen
October 30th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Hysterical and absolutely positively undeniably true! My teen is the KING of the snooze button. I just wonder how he’s going to wake up when he goes to college? Any tips for that phase?
October 30th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Lol@rubberchicken madness! I figure when junior gets to college he’ll learn the hard way never to sign up for an early class
also? I’ve trained one of the dogs to wake him up. Cuz I’m mean that way 