Comments on: The Young Teen in Your House

By: e-Mom

e-Mom — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:35:37 +0000

I’ve enjoyed perusing your blog! Found you over at the Carnival of Homeschooling. Our teens are grown now too…

e-Mom
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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:54:00 +0000

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Carnival of Homeschooling « HomeschoolCPA’s Blog — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:58:53 +0000

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By: Barbara Frank

Barbara Frank — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:02:27 +0000

CW, I began working at 14, and realized that once you start, it never ends! So I didn’t mind letting my teens sleep in because I knew they only had a short time before they’d have to work. The son I mention in this post got a grocery store job as soon as he turned 15, and has been working ever since (he’s 24 now), including working his way through college. Maybe all the sleep helped energize him for the years ahead

Kika, we didn’t allow the night eating/prowling because we had younger kids who needed their sleep (and we did, too!)

Iva, we saw changes in all of our kids beginning around age ten. The teen years are scary at times, but we really enjoyed seeing them become adults, exploring their interests, thinking about their futures, etc. Don’t be too worried

Janet, I hope you still have your blog then. You have such neat kids, and they’ll be awesome young adults, too, I’m sure!

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:09:48 +0000

I’m not there yet….but I’m sure it’s coming!

By: Iva @ Horizontal Yo-Yo

Iva @ Horizontal Yo-Yo — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:50:30 +0000

My oldest is 11, but already, I can see some ‘teen’ emerging. Actually, some older friends and mentors have seen it. And they warn me about what to expect. And I get nervous. And then I get excited. But mostly, I’m just nervous.

By: Kika

Kika — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:18:55 +0000

My oldest is just 13 and although he has the occasional day of sleeping in late, he still likes to get up and have fun. I can totally relate to the non-stop eating already, though. So far, he has made his debut into teen years quite joyfully and I’m hoping and praying that this will continue:) I don’t think I’ll mind so much my teens sleeping in b/c I see that their bodies need it. It is the fact that many teens turn into night owls and want to prowl the house/eat late into the night and THEN sleep all day that I don’t think my husband and I will tolerate.

By: Crimson Wife

Crimson Wife — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:39:20 +0000

This is why my parents used to insist my brothers and I either work or attend camp (or both in the case of my middle brother when he was a counselor-in-training). Before we were old enough to legally work a regular job at 16, we used to do odd jobs like babysitting/mother’s helper, petsitting, yardwork, washing cars, helping folks move, etc. I even used to work as a trade show girl for acquaintances of my dad (can’t beat being paid to look cute and flirt, LOL!)