Anonymous
10/20/2021 20:06
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ummm parents of teens can sleep….so I can’t can’t can’t freaking wait!!!!! To have teens!! Imagine going to bed and waking up not at 6 am! And wow, no potty breaks or bad dreams or wondering if it’s a 5 wake-up night or 1 wake up night or none.
Everything else everyone wrote I am ignoring, you all forget how it is to not sleep. Nothing else matters.
Yes, teens sleep in. But you won't be able to sleep once they get a license. I haven't slept well in months since my teen got his license.
So your teenager is out late every night in his car? Or are you anxiety prone?
Nope. He has a PT job that ends at 8 pm a few nights per week. He also volunteers coaching/referring one weekend day per week so he's in the car enough to make me worry. Teen boys have the highest insurance rates for a good reason. Plus drivers have gotten crazier during the pandemic.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 20:03
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ummm parents of teens can sleep….so I can’t can’t can’t freaking wait!!!!! To have teens!! Imagine going to bed and waking up not at 6 am! And wow, no potty breaks or bad dreams or wondering if it’s a 5 wake-up night or 1 wake up night or none.
Everything else everyone wrote I am ignoring, you all forget how it is to not sleep. Nothing else matters.
Yes, teens sleep in. But you won't be able to sleep once they get a license. I haven't slept well in months since my teen got his license.
Eh I don’t know Im still not convinced by any of these stories, with sleep I could take any of this stuff on. Meanwhile last night was a 3 wake-up night (potty, blanket, stuffy nose) and our day started at 5:17 AM. I would trade you any type of teen with boyfriend or grilfriend or grunting or license or leaving lights on just so I can go to bed at 10 and not wake up and sleep “in” until 7. That’s all I want and I can’t have it. You all must have forgotten that. Sleep deprivation is a torture technique. Grumpy teens with problems are not.
You miss the point that unless you are taking a sleeping pill after drinking a bottle of wine, you aren't getting good sleep with teens. So you've got the same issue with not enough sleep but instead of nighttime potty visits and lost blankies, you are dealing with teens sneaking out at night, drug use, having sex, and other major things that have big consequences.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 20:01
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ummm parents of teens can sleep….so I can’t can’t can’t freaking wait!!!!! To have teens!! Imagine going to bed and waking up not at 6 am! And wow, no potty breaks or bad dreams or wondering if it’s a 5 wake-up night or 1 wake up night or none.
Everything else everyone wrote I am ignoring, you all forget how it is to not sleep. Nothing else matters.
Yes, teens sleep in. But you won't be able to sleep once they get a license. I haven't slept well in months since my teen got his license.
So your teenager is out late every night in his car? Or are you anxiety prone?
Anonymous
10/20/2021 19:51
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ummm parents of teens can sleep….so I can’t can’t can’t freaking wait!!!!! To have teens!! Imagine going to bed and waking up not at 6 am! And wow, no potty breaks or bad dreams or wondering if it’s a 5 wake-up night or 1 wake up night or none.
Everything else everyone wrote I am ignoring, you all forget how it is to not sleep. Nothing else matters.
Yes, teens sleep in. But you won't be able to sleep once they get a license. I haven't slept well in months since my teen got his license.
Eh I don’t know Im still not convinced by any of these stories, with sleep I could take any of this stuff on. Meanwhile last night was a 3 wake-up night (potty, blanket, stuffy nose) and our day started at 5:17 AM. I would trade you any type of teen with boyfriend or grilfriend or grunting or license or leaving lights on just so I can go to bed at 10 and not wake up and sleep “in” until 7. That’s all I want and I can’t have it. You all must have forgotten that. Sleep deprivation is a torture technique. Grumpy teens with problems are not.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 19:44
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Ah OP, I was once like you. I thought how easy the teen years would be. How I miss my snuggly 4 year old. I don't think I've actually seen my 14 year old's face in weeks because she's running past on the way to school, on the way to soccer, on the way to a friends or nose in her phone.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 19:29
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Maybe I’m an outlier but yes, I am better rested and less stressed with my teen than I ever was during her younger ages.
I’m sure people who have multiple teens in the house feel differently than those with wider age spreads too.
I’m sure people who have multiple teens in the house feel differently than those with wider age spreads too.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 19:25
Subject: Re:I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:You really need a 10-12 year old.
But ho ahead and dream.
I found teen years to be easier than the tween phases. Maybe it’s just when our hormonal swings hit the hardest.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 17:45
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:On TV shows the parents of teenagers look so relaxed in the mornings. Drinking coffee, eating breakfast and reading the newspaper. Their teen comes in, they chat for a few minutes, the teen grabs backpack and a bagel and off they go to school.
Compare that with my mornings trying to get a 4yo ready for preschool dropoff while not completely ignoring the baby. It’s a whirlwind!
Yeah I know, teens come with a host of other issues, but I’m looking forward to having independent kids!
Are you in for a shock! Teen agers are a millions times more worry and you can't make them do what they don't want to do!
Anonymous
10/20/2021 17:28
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:Ummm parents of teens can sleep….so I can’t can’t can’t freaking wait!!!!! To have teens!! Imagine going to bed and waking up not at 6 am! And wow, no potty breaks or bad dreams or wondering if it’s a 5 wake-up night or 1 wake up night or none.
Everything else everyone wrote I am ignoring, you all forget how it is to not sleep. Nothing else matters.
Yes, teens sleep in. But you won't be able to sleep once they get a license. I haven't slept well in months since my teen got his license.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 17:25
Subject: Re:I can’t WAIT to have teens!
I'll trade your 4-year old for my 16-year-old! He was just diagnosed with a serious mental illness and spent last summer trying to self-medicate with drugs before he finally told me what was going on. The worst thing I had to worry about when he was 4 was where his favorite athletic pants were because he wouldn't wear anything else without a fit.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 17:24
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you want a teen now, I will loan you mine!
When you wake up at 5:45am to pee, you might discover
A. they actually haven’t come home yet and haven’t texted you to say where they are
B. They texted you at 1am to let you know “FYI” that a new girlfriend stayed overnight with them, and presumably is still in their bedroom
C. They texted you at 3am to say the car battery died, can you pick them up? Then lots more “?” texts but no actual update on what happened or where they are
I could go on and on….😭
I can't even imagine the ass-whooping I would have gotten if I had done any of those things.
there is literally a 0% change my kids will ever do A, B, or C. ZERO
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I guarantee you that just bcs you so nastily posted this, there will be payback. Also, having such high opinion of your own parenting skills.... well it is an indication of how clueless you are about what is coming.
let me guess, your kid is .....2?
Nope. Kid is 12.
Also, I know this won't ever happen bc I'm not even going to go to bed before my kid ever gets home for the night. So waking up a text that they brought some rando girl home? That will never happen.
Seriously, my parents would have the beat the snot out of me if I had pulled even anything remotely close to that. And then I wouldn't be allowed to leave the house again.
I don't beat my kids, but I guarantee that they wouldn't have any privileges if they even tried any of those stunts
And heres the thing: I'm not even worried about it. Cause my kids know that. So they wont try it.
That is outright hilarious.
Why? I never tried it. My siblings didn't.
My neices and nephews haven't. It's about the culture in the house.
OMG! You never did this hence it is about the culture in the house???
Do you ever open your eyes to the world around you?
Listen to yourself. You went to bed before your child got home. Got up, and they sent you a text that they brought a random girl home. Or, you got up, your child wasn't home.
Let me be clear: YOU. ARE. A. BAD. PARENT.
Like I said before, that will never happen because I will set a curfew. and I will not go to bed until my child gets home. And IF they ever did that one time, they would lose the privilege of going out.
Not everyone is as feckless and spineless as you. Stop letting your child walk all over you
Well I am not that pp and that pp sounds normal. You not at all normal.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 17:23
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:On TV shows the parents of teenagers look so relaxed in the mornings. Drinking coffee, eating breakfast and reading the newspaper. Their teen comes in, they chat for a few minutes, the teen grabs backpack and a bagel and off they go to school.
Compare that with my mornings trying to get a 4yo ready for preschool dropoff while not completely ignoring the baby. It’s a whirlwind!
Yeah I know, teens come with a host of other issues, but I’m looking forward to having independent kids!
My teen only speaks in grunts in the morning. That's clearly a TV teen.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 16:47
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:On TV shows the parents of teenagers look so relaxed in the mornings. Drinking coffee, eating breakfast and reading the newspaper. Their teen comes in, they chat for a few minutes, the teen grabs backpack and a bagel and off they go to school.
Compare that with my mornings trying to get a 4yo ready for preschool dropoff while not completely ignoring the baby. It’s a whirlwind!
Yeah I know, teens come with a host of other issues, but I’m looking forward to having independent kids!
You had me at "tv shows" you do know tv shows are not real life? I wish you luck trying to get teens to go to bed at a reasonable hour so they can get up at an unreasonable hour!
You don’t know any self-motivated teens who want to get to school on time and do well in their classes? Sure they might stay up late studying, so you have to enforce bedtime sometimes, but certainly not sneaking in past curfew and drinking/doing pot on weekdays.
Oh my God! The cluelessness here is just astounding! The two are not excluding of each other! Kids can be self motivated and want to do school great and be sneaking and drinking! In fact, most teens want and do both!
How do you know what most teens want? And this poster only made this comment because so many say, keep them busy and they some how magically will turn out great. Ppl seem to believe kids who have free time abd are overscheduled will never do any wrong.
I know bcs I worked with them, I had them, I know all their friends, I have one in sports now in college doing his sport... I know dozens and dozens of their friends, I have nieces and nephews who were and are teens. You know, bcs DD wanted to be a great stupid and still wanted to drink and party. And well, she didn't part by herself!
Bcs I sat next to parents like you, who told me how lucky they are that their teens are so studious and not into the party and drinking scene... and I saw those teens skipping class, smoking pot and making out behind the school!
Sorry, but you can’t be a great student if you’re drinking and smoking pot every night. Maybe you can manage it one night a week, but that’s about it.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 16:21
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Start saving your money for therapy and rehab.
Anonymous
10/20/2021 16:14
Subject: I can’t WAIT to have teens!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you want a teen now, I will loan you mine!
When you wake up at 5:45am to pee, you might discover
A. they actually haven’t come home yet and haven’t texted you to say where they are
B. They texted you at 1am to let you know “FYI” that a new girlfriend stayed overnight with them, and presumably is still in their bedroom
C. They texted you at 3am to say the car battery died, can you pick them up? Then lots more “?” texts but no actual update on what happened or where they are
I could go on and on….😭
I can't even imagine the ass-whooping I would have gotten if I had done any of those things.
there is literally a 0% change my kids will ever do A, B, or C. ZERO
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I guarantee you that just bcs you so nastily posted this, there will be payback. Also, having such high opinion of your own parenting skills.... well it is an indication of how clueless you are about what is coming.
let me guess, your kid is .....2?
Nope. Kid is 12.
Also, I know this won't ever happen bc I'm not even going to go to bed before my kid ever gets home for the night. So waking up a text that they brought some rando girl home? That will never happen.
Seriously, my parents would have the beat the snot out of me if I had pulled even anything remotely close to that. And then I wouldn't be allowed to leave the house again.
I don't beat my kids, but I guarantee that they wouldn't have any privileges if they even tried any of those stunts
And heres the thing: I'm not even worried about it. Cause my kids know that. So they wont try it.
That is outright hilarious.
Why? I never tried it. My siblings didn't.
My neices and nephews haven't. It's about the culture in the house.
OMG! You never did this hence it is about the culture in the house???
Do you ever open your eyes to the world around you?
Listen to yourself. You went to bed before your child got home. Got up, and they sent you a text that they brought a random girl home. Or, you got up, your child wasn't home.
Let me be clear: YOU. ARE. A. BAD. PARENT.
Like I said before, that will never happen because I will set a curfew. and I will not go to bed until my child gets home. And IF they ever did that one time, they would lose the privilege of going out.
Not everyone is as feckless and spineless as you. Stop letting your child walk all over you