So my FLIP is broken and some of your prayers has been answered as I can not video tape but
dont relax Rich is fixing it as we speak. so I should be back to my old self soon and start annoying you very soon ( just in time for HALLOWWWWWWWWWWWEEN ). Meanwhile, here is an interesting thought--i am talking to one of my
fav docs and we start talking about teens. You know those
extremely annoying young people between the ages of 13 and 19 who are
obnoxious and disrespectful and not so nice. while most of us
dont have kids and may not quite appreciate them, i do think of all the teens in my life -- My incredible
niece( see THE BEST
Niece in the world ) who is one of the biggest joy in my life and is one of the few
people who really makes me laugh, my amazing stepdaughter who was a huge reason why I married her dad, my 18 year old Irish friend who showed me all the hip things in Ireland ( and I will move there if that f*&*
ing McCaine gets elected ) I been incredibly lucky!!!! although i
don't have children, these young kids have touched my life in such a positive way. I do realize being someone;s aunt, or someones step mom or someones friend is very different than being their primary care giver. I have a lot more
lenient rules although I have had to say No and had to somewhat "parent"-- but these teenagers are so easy going and so easy to eager. So then the question is that although it is expected for teens to be moody and know it all. -- what makes one teen so good and respectful and the other teen not so respectful. Is it the parenting? that is not fair because i know some great parents who have some not so great teens. Is the
environment? The location where these teens are? is it American Culture vs International Culture? different set of values at a young age? I
don't know My step daughter Michelle was born in
Indiana and with beautiful red hair and those blue eyes are as American as you can get-- is it just the personality?? good natured vs not so good? Is it the type of friends they have and what they get exposed to? I dont know my niece has some many different types of friends. the druggies and the cool kids and the nerds-- and although our big joke is that everyone thinks she does smoke pot (which she does not -- and YES she would tell me if she did ) --Does it go away? At some point, do teens look back and say THANKS.. I know i did.. I was a horrible teenager and caused my parents a whole bunch of grief. but later I did thank them and was grateful and look at me now.. practically a perfect person-- The conversation today really made me think and I felt for this person, because he is likely a great dad ... and wanted to tell him to hang in there. -- I dont know maybe a chance of a tough teenager is reason #453 not to have children : (
