Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register Main Site Subscribe to Meditations Shopping Send an E-card Tell a Friend Report a Post Meditations -  Discussion Board › << Let's Talk >> › Relationships & Communicating (Moderator: mfw_gals) ‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic › Pages: 1 (Read 1005 times) Lavendar Full Member Giving myself a break every once in awhile Posts: 207 Raising kids - Preteen and Teen : O Jun 1st, 2009, 9:54am   Hello fellow MFW members, As I sit here typing this post I have a towel wrapped around my head, and I have a hungry family waiting on dinner, but I found the time to sneak away and type a post. Raising kids has it's rewards, when you want to put your hands up in the air and say " Lord, not sure if I can do this mom stuff" He just answers it by saying.....take a time out. Need more time outs this week for myself, need to put them on my calendar. Had a really tough past week extended family issues with my grandmother and dad again  . Wish I knew how tough it is to raise a teen and pre-teen at the same time. I tought diapers were tough, but nothing prepared me for these teens years. Sending blessings your way Lavendar   Back to top       IP Logged ginnymay Senior Member Therefore encourage one another. . .I Thess.5:11 Posts: 299 Re: Raising kids - Preteen and Teen : O Reply #1 - Jun 15th, 2009, 12:25pm   Dear Lavendar, Now that my kids are grown, I can say that middle school was the toughest to negotiate. Each day was a new adventure-sometimes my own lovely children were there, & other days, they had obviously been taken over by angry aliens!   It was helpful to minimize rules, but being firm with the ones that were important to our family. Sometimes I was the cool mom, & sometimes I most definitely was NOT. But day by day, over the next several years, I kep reaffirming that I loved them even when they didn't behave, & explained for the umpteenth time why some of the rules mattered. Now I have two kids that are responsible, loving, adults, who are enjoyable to be around, and able to take care of themselves. Some days I wasn't sure we'd make it this far, but hang in there!   ginnymay Back to top       IP Logged lynnie Senior Member I Love Meditations for Women Posts: 258 Re: Raising kids - Preteen and Teen : O Reply #2 - Jul 12th, 2009, 9:21pm   Hi Lavendar!!!   I agree, it can be a very trying time.  16, 14 & 9, two girls, youngest a boy.   I often feel like screaming "What did I ever do to deserve this?" I think that's part of motherhood in general, ha.   I also agree that nappies was the easier time... these days it's all drama and emotions.. and if we're to believe the kids at all we have NO idea what it's like to be a teenager.  How can they just forget that we were also young?  But then, I guess we were not as "important" as they now are, ha.   On the up side... they will one day grow up and have kids of their own...  REVENGE OF THE GRANDMA!!!!! HeeHee HaHa How have you all been? Ginny May, things ok with you? Lyn Back to top       IP Logged ginnymay Senior Member Therefore encourage one another. . .I Thess.5:11 Posts: 299 Re: Raising kids - Preteen and Teen : O Reply #3 - Jul 15th, 2009, 12:53pm   It is so interesting to hear my now 22yr old describe some of the kids she talks to at a summer camp where she is a counselor. When she tells me some of the attitudes from the 15-16yr olds, & sees me roll my eyes, she says, 'mom, however did you tolerate me in high school?' I told her I had too big of an investment in her to let her get away!  But seriously, some days you do have to just hang on & remember you love them, & get through the moments when you don't really like them. ginnymay ps, lynnie-life is pretty good now, grass is green, sun is shining, family is blessed, work drama is gone.  And you? Back to top       IP Logged Bella Junior Member I Love Meditations for Women Posts: 65 Re: Raising kids - Preteen and Teen : O Reply #4 - Jul 16th, 2009, 1:45pm   Family growing pains, some how we all survive the stages of rebellious hyperactive kids. Shock waves works best for teens, It's Mother’s time out or Sign MOM on STRIKE works miracles. I love this saying Now I know Why Some Animal Mothers Eat their Young … Remember the Best Man For The Job Is  A WOMEN But the best emotional return for our motherly sweat investment is when we can sit back and watch our children raise their children our precious grand kids and our kids wonder how we survived. I love watching them suffer through the growing pains and come ask us for advice imaging that, Eh! Back to top       IP Logged Pages: 1 Meditations -  Discussion Board › << Let's Talk >> › Relationships & Communicating (Moderator: mfw_gals) ‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

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