My friend’s 16 year old went to a party on Saturday night -with boys. This was pretty much a first for her and she was looking at everything with wide eyes and her fantastic sense of humour so she could replay it back to her mom and dad.
When you have good kids- we call them Block Parents-you want to push them gently to be a little naughty. When you have the wild child, you want to lock them up for the teenage years with day passes only for trips to the library or church picnics. We parent our children according to the map they give us from their behaviour.
These friends had been wanting their daughter to be more social and spread her wings just a tiny bit. So this opportunity was jumped at.
The teenager had fun, talking, laughing and sipping cautiously on one single and foul tasting beer. No scandals in dark corners, no sudden exponential growth in the group from texting party details.
She skedaddled home for 11 dying to tell her party stories -to find no one home. Mom and dad were out until 2 and younger sister was babysitting until 1:30.
Everyone was out having their own life.
for a completely different view on drinking check out “walk on by” my latest post on Urbanmoms
Nancy,
I have recently seperated and a friend passes on Sarah Hampson’s articles for support. I saw your “blog” not even sure what a blog is. Any support during this difficult time is a gift now I just have to figure out what a “blog” is. Leslie
I did not know this and I am so sorry.The beginning is hard days for sure.
A blog is like a web site only not static and can be interactive (like me responding to you) and me writing every few days a new post. If you subscribe, as many have, you will get my newest posts directly into your inbox rather than needing to check on my URL if anything is new.Let me know if you have trouble doing this and I will help you.
Best regards- and keep in touch-nancy