Moms of Teenagers
As you know, if you've been reading this blog for any amount of time, I have three children. I have survived 2 teenage daughters and am trudging through the boy's early teenage years. I get asked a lot by other moms how I survived the teenage years. It wasn't easy. At all. Not even a little bit. Every child is different. But, they all have ways of testing their limits and seeing how far they can push you. And it seems that in the teenage years, that is their life goal. I will admit, I have failed quite a few times and let my anger overwhelm me and probably made mistakes. We are all going to do that. My oldest pushed me to my limits many times. Many, many times. Before she moved out for college, I tried to kick her out a couple times. One time, I literally put all of her stuff on the sidewalk in front of the house. Yep. Not a proud mom moment. But, it happened. Her and I butt heads even now that she is living on her own. I believe that the teenage years are for them to ...