Mrs Behavin said:
2000Si said:
Quite the contrary. Teenage years are when kids get the most distant from parents. Then they get jobs and have money, so you have to watch them closer.
Not always the case! I have always been very close with my parents. We attended church together every Sunday and we always made sure at least once a week that we did family things together. I could talk to my mom and dad about anything and they didnt judge me for it, so thats why I never got distant from my parents.
Well of course there are exceptions. I became withdrawn from my family when I was a teenager. Very depressed and very anti social. I didn't do a damn thing besides get caught walking home at 3 am from my dads office playing video games on the network with a friend. But other than that I never got into trouble.
But when kids get to that age, they're not always going to be talkative with their parents leaving you to wonder what is up with them.
lemon: man, I'm not on their case. I'm expressing views and opinions from my experiences with my friends and the relationships they have had with their parents. I had friends who's parents were very close with them, and I've had other friends who had completely clueless parents. They thought everything was cool and their kid is an absolute angel, until one night they get a call from the cops saying their son was out doing drugs and drinking and had driven off the road and hit a telephone pole killing himself.
I'm just saying be aware, things might not be as complacent with your kids as you may think.
Lastly, I don't care if I don't have kids. Frankly I don't want any. I can't keep track of what I want, let alone a kid. But that doesn't mean I don't have real world experiences with what CAN and possibly may happen in the later years. Boss seems inattentive of the possibilities, it's kind of annoying when nothing irrational is said and he's telling people to "write a
fucking book." That to me is a wee bit naive, but I guess time will tell if he can live up to being a great father that Mrs, as well of all of us know that he has been/can be.