Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Morning Musing, Parenting on Aug 22nd, 2010
Are you parenting partying teens? Care to hear my ten tips for surviving party chaos? For surviving normal chaos? The planned, the unplanned, the assumed stuff of parenting pandemonium?
Yes, it’s Sunday morning. (Insert *sigh* of relief.) Yes, for the moment it’s quiet. (Sigh number two.) No teenagers as yet stirring in the kitchen, after another [...]
Posted in Parenting on Nov 21st, 2009
Scared to death to let your teen have a party? Don’t be.
You could say it’s old hat around here (and I don’t mean my gorgeous $2 estate sale hat), but the thought of any teen gathering is enough to set the parental teeth on edge, the slivers of gray to pop out overnight, and [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Nov 13th, 2009
Teen party planner
“Can I have a few people over?”
Excuse me?
“Saturday night. Can I have a few people over? We’ll sit outside, in the back.”
This was unusual. Four sentences. I realize he can talk, and with animation, but generally only when there’s a girl around, or the girl, the OMG hot blonde bombshell. [...]
Posted in Morning Musing, Parenting on Aug 22nd, 2009
Twenty rambunctious teens. One of you. Now what?
Did you promise your teenager a party? Did you get through in one piece?
Last year I promised my son he could have a major bash. He’d been doing great in school, had just returned from an overseas academic program, and he wanted to party. All night, and through [...]
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