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Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 08:51
by Kwacky
My daughter hits 13 today.
I feel old
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 09:26
by kiwikrasher
Kwacky wrote:My daughter hits 13 today.
I feel old
time to break out the shotguns...
Happy Birthday to "not so little" miss!
Actually happens to be my sister's birthday today too.
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 09:57
by duke63
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 10:07
by Kwacky
We played that to our daughter last week
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 10:10
by T.C.
My daughter is 25 this year. Makes me feel even older. Oh I am old
Silly me
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 12:28
by StMarks
IMHO you are very lucky in so many ways Kwacky.
You're a smart lad. You'll have a good idea of the stresses & strains that are to come. You can't possibly avoid it, that's just natures way. So perhaps you should just try to enjoy it.??
Fwiw I'm the oldest of my siblings, by some stretch (my poor parents took a while to come to terms with the runt, before they continued the litter) & one of my nephews was 30 the other day.
So you can all happily feel quite young now.
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 12:37
by Kwacky
I do count myself lucky - I've got a very good relationship with both of my kids. I hope that continues.
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 13:13
by Rossgo
Happy Birthday to her mate. Hope she's being spoilt rotten by you!!
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Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 17:26
by D41
It's "that age" isn't it??
Tough one....best thing I could offer would be to be easy on her...their going to make mistakes (and so will you), & that's the part of life they'll have to learn from...or not. You just have to find that balance of being there and not being there for them...you steer them in the right direction and hope they follow the right course...they'll waver, but don't stress about it too much...the more you rule with an iron fist, the more they will rebel.
PS...my son is 15 and serving life without parole.
Happy parenting.
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 19:02
by Kwacky
is that the lad who was intio baseball?
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 28 Apr 2016, 19:07
by StMarks
Kwacky wrote:is that the lad who was intio baseball?
aka Matty.
Hmm...
D41 has a
very twisted "sense of
humour" mate.
Re: Father to a teenager
Posted: 29 Apr 2016, 00:29
by D41
Yeah....he's doing fine....I don't get to see him much at the moment because of various family reasons...but that's prolly for the best. That may sound a bit daft....but I just really can't go into detail about it ATM....legal stuff & all that.
Feckin' lawyers!!