Can someone perhaps answer the age old question? when do my monster teenage daughters turn into the so called "best friends" that i've heard that they are supposed to become to their mum?
I#'ll tell you what though. If you can answer that I think you'll be worth a fortune!!
Well I think Kim is getting there, Gabriella is too busy trying to get her own way all the time
But Kim likes to chat already
Well, actually Gabriella does too
I think its better when they are past that awkward age of 14/15
Or is that just mine
Oh well, looks like I got another few years to wait then as Louise has only just turned 13 and Lorna will be 15 in February!! then once they're done with I'll have Katie hitting double figures too!! Oh the joys and no doubt just at that crucial point I'll hit a certain stage and there'll be hell on earth!!
I don't think the change is instant or scheduled - we're getting occasional lucid moments from all three of ours but they can lapse into teenager for no apparent reason
Dave's fairly predictable - he's 'Kevin' for the first two hours of the day and then settles down. The only time he gets difficult is if something happens to interfere with his skateboarding - although he's quite good at starting up a small war with Paul and Katie if he's in the right mood
Paul is sane and sensible for the majority of the time but will align himself with Katie and Dave if one of them's in trouble and we're having a go at them - this tends to be a bad move which he usually regrets !
Katie's usually wrapped up with her Youth Forum and Hampshire Youth Council activities but now and then finds the time to do a first class "Beach from hell" routine
We keep dreaming of all the fun we'll have when they're at Uni ......
Kristian however (13.5) is rapidly becoming a little Kevin. Everything is too much for him, everything is an argument. Very stroppy, very unhelpful and very stressful to us as parents. On the positive side, his schoolwork has greatly improved and is above target so can't all be bad. Can't wait until he gets into the more mature mode.
Janet
I have exactly the same with my 2. Lorna is 15 next week - 10th Feb and is beginning to show signs of mturity - ie she knows when to shut up and keep her head down- but like Keiron she can still revert to the Tazmanian she devil!! Especially when I try to make her finish her chores before she goes out to meet her mates.
Now Louise we have always had attitude issues with but of late she's like a 2 year old again only with attitude. The looks she gives me would make a Masai warrior quake in his ankle beads!!!! She looks at me and talks to me like I am something she scraped off her shoe!!! So the last few days I have come down pretty hard on her. Confining her to her room isn't he answer as she just sits and reads and that's bliss toher so I keep calling her back to help me with little jobs and she hates that. Hopefully in another year or so she'll start to come through it too. WE'll have a right good laugh about this next time we meet no doubt.
Hope all is going well with the house!!!
