Raising Teenagers

Do you have teenagers?
If you do, then you can relate.
This is the hardest part of parenting.
You may think that when they are first born is hard.
Can't talk, can't walk and go thru diapers like water is the hard part.
That's the easy part.
I am here to inform you, hold on to your shorts when they hit the teen years.
The first couple aren't so bad. 13 - 15.
Your just dealing with a lot of attitude during these years.
Its the 16 -19 that you begin to wonder if you are doing or have done the right things.
The expectations they know that are expected of them take a nose dive and it gets harder and harder to get the values you want instilled in your child across.
Peer pressure is alive and well and it will make or break your relationship with your kids.
It doesn't matter what your morals and values are. If its not what their friends expect, then they don't give a damn.
We are learning the hard way with Jordan.
She got a MIP (minor in possesion of alcohol) in January.
We went to meet with her diversion officer for the first time last night.
If she even gets a warning for a traffic violation, its off to court we go.
She has 6 months to get thru this.
A 9 p.m. curfew. No traffic violations. No hanging out with "bad people".
She cannot go out of town.
She can't spend the night with girlfriends unless they are here at our house.
So basically, John and I are grounded too.
More me than him since I am the "evil queen" of the house.
Prom night is the only exception and then the minute the post prom party is over, home.
I am not really sure if I will let her go to prom this year.
How do I think she will do?
I am not getting my hopes up.
Her dad and her were screwing around most of the time.
I don't think she will take it seriously.
Trust is really a big issue with me right now, and she doesn't have it.
She has until April 28th to prove she will straighten up and fly right or she can kiss prom goodbye for this year.

You think raising younger kids is hard?
Just wait.