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Folks Online Are Cracking Up At These 30 Tweets About Hilarious Realities Of Raising Teenagers
Interview With Expert
Probably nobody will dare to argue that parenting is a hard job. It’s a job that requires being present 24/7 without vacations or time off. While some parents love it, others are just too tired to think about whether they like being a parent. And although raising a kid is obviously hard and most of the time toddlers are given as an example, how about when the kid reaches their teenage years?
Well, according to tweets on X, parents are claiming that raising a teenager is even harder than having a newborn. We collected quite a few of these tweets, where parents simply summarize what raising a teenager looks like.
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CryingChildKinnie 1 year ago
As a teenager, if my parent said my outfit looked "dripping bruh" I'd be exceedingly confuzzled.
Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago
I became totally normal appearing bc my mom was really excited about me being weird. I said I wanted to dye my hair purple and she was extremely excited. So that didn't happen.
Jared Robinson 1 year ago
As a teen, I didn't give a s**t what my parents thought about me. I would not have changed, just called the hospital cause my mom just had a stroke. What does "dripping bruh"?
Foxglove🇮🇪 1 year ago
My daughter was delighted to be told she looked "drippy"! I was confussed 🤔
Pink Princess 1 year ago
That doesn't work on me. My mum's always complimenting my outfits and I never change
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Wubedhheij 1 year ago (edited)
Why do people care about the crusts? Like what the f**k is wrong with the crusts? I like them.
Rizzo 1 year ago
Hello, I'm a German citizen and we have real crust on our bread. Hard, crunchy and very tasty. I never heard of someone not-american cutting the crust from bread. I eat the bread because of the crust. I would eat crust-only if available. Don't you dare to touch my crust. Thanks. :)
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Pan Narrans 1 year ago
A teen can be already 12 and be just 12 at the same day depending on what happened. That's alright, that's part of growing up. My boy is 'a gamer for life!!1!!1' and still buys plushies at the thrift stores. I love it.
Hester 1 year ago
No a TEEN can't be 12 at all. By definition a teen must be at least thirTEEN, it's where the word comes from.
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Christine Stewart 1 year ago
Since you are apparently an "adult" now, you get to make your own sandwich from now on ...
Donna P Sisk 1 year ago
Well for a girl I ate all of the crusts from who ever would give them to me. But now ay 64 I no longer like them.
Z Alexi 1 year ago
Are both of spoiled punk's hands broken? His brain's surely broken if he wants others to service/serve him every minute of every day. This is what's out there for grrls/women to date &~~egads!~~marry. He's 3+ generations behind. Boomers were peddling self-discipline & self-reliance in the 1960s & marching for = pay & other rights~~instead of leaning on others. Divorce the brat.
Z Alexi 1 year ago
Spoiled punk has both hands broken? His brain's clearly broken if he relies on others to service/serve him. This is what's out there for girls/women to consider dating or, egads!, marrying. This kidKidKID is 3 generations behind; Boomers were selling self-discipline in the 1960s & marching in 1970s for = pay & other rights [not leaning on a male].
For more professional insights about raising teenagers, Bored Panda got in touch with Colleen O’Grady, MA, LPC, who is the author of Dial Down the Drama: Reducing Conflict and Reconnecting with Your Teenage Daughter and host of the Power Your Parenting: Moms with Teens Podcast.
To begin with, Colleen pointed out 4 unique challenges for parenting teens compared to parenting young children. “The stakes are higher, and parents have less control,” she starts. “Parents are especially feeling the high stakes and out of control and therefore are more anxious. Because parents feel more anxious, they can put a lot of pressure on their teens in regard to their future."
“Parents and teens can view academics from a high-stakes mentality. This puts a lot of pressure on grades. Teens (and parents) can feel like one ‘C’ will ruin the teen's life. Too much pressure can shut teens down and they procrastinate.”
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Seb Benson 1 year ago
I'm just picturing a power move from the teenager, sitting down for "talks" with the grandparents to divide up the town :D
Charlie 1 year ago
Dunno, but I did babysit at that age too. Pretty normal in the start 90's in my Country. Or maybe just in the City, I grew up in. Don't know about today.
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Ralph Watkins 1 year ago
We went to a church backed chicken dinner. We sat across from an older woman who brought her teen grand-daughter. You got half a baked chicken, a baked potato, & corn on the cob. We all started munching away & the teen just stared at her food. She had no clue what to do with it. None. She was used to nuggets, fries, & canned corn. All of this was completely alien to her.
Harry Wright 1 year ago
Or maybe she didn’t like it? Don’t just assume because she’s a teen she’s an idiot.
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Petra Schaap 1 year ago
LOL that reminded me of the time i worked as a cleaner at a funny company, and the manager walked by stirring coffee in a wine glass, giving me stares. "oh you want me to do the dishes?" "if you feel like it" (it was part of my job, just forgot to put the dishwasher on)
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Sounds like a cousin I lived with as a teen. She ate cereal out of a plastic cup because she didn't want to have to wash a bowl!
Susan Reid Smith 1 year ago
He can find alternative solutions and think on his feet. Those are good skills to have!
Lindy Mac 1 year ago
He should have been told to fill the dishwasher and run it. I bet Mom still does his laundry too.
Chez2202 1 year ago
She told him to wash a cup and he used a bowl instead. Was she supposed to hide all of the clean crockery to live up to your parenting standards? It was a joke ffs Major.
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Catherine Spencer-Mills 1 year ago
I have 3 adult sons. You should have started when he was 2.
Another challenge is that parents don’t know all their friends. “When your kids are little, you know all of their friends. You would have play dates and you would know if this was a good friend for them or not. In middle school, parents start to lose that control,” she notes.
“You don’t know all their friends and you don’t know their parents.” This also creates a lot of anxiety for the parents. They don’t know if they should let their daughter spend the night at her new friend’s house, if teens will be supervised, if they allow drinking and vaping, if they allow the kids to go in the back yard and turn a blind eye to what they are doing. “You want your teens to have positive friendships and romantic relationships, and this is hard to discern as parents of teens.”
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Somebodys grandmother 1 year ago
I refused to wake my daughter when she was in 2nd grade... It became her fathers job. I didn't want the yelling she got from me 🙈🤣... so I haven't once woke her up the last 20 years... thank god her husband think she is funny when she is that mad 🙈🤣
Cydney Golden 1 year ago
Had to do that with our toddler. Now she has to do that with her toddler. Must be something inherited.
Bear Family 1 year ago
We had a teen kind of like this for a year or so. They grew up and got over themselves.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
She should have looked under the sofa.
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Dena Mccune 1 year ago
At my house it would be the dog. He actually takes one shoe and hides it.
Another challenge is that teens feel like the online world is the new world. “I think that being a parent of a teen has never been harder because of teens and screens. You used to think if your teen was home and in their room that they would be safe but not anymore.”
Colleen adds that because of the internet, the bullies and predators are one click away, thus parents have to keep their teen safe when they are at home, which sets up more conflict between teens and parents. “Conscientious parents set limits for screen use and take the phone away at night, but this is usually met with angry protests and pleading from the teen.”
And finally, the fourth one is that teens are hard-wired for drama. “Teens have an immature brain, and the undeveloped prefrontal cortex (UPC) is a real thing,” she emphasizes. “The prefrontal cortex helps you see cause and effect, it has perspective, and helps you be more emotionally stable. So, the UPC teen tends to make impulsive decisions, is emotionally volatile, sees things in terms of all or nothing, and will not consider the consequences and makes impulsive and emotional decisions.”
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Trophy Husband 1 year ago
This depends on the toddler and teenager in question. I have 5 kids and I can tell you that some were worse at 2 and some at 15. My best advice is to drink beer.
Alethea Fletcher 1 year ago
I concur.. I also have five. Two of mine were honestly the most challenging toddlers...they were the easiest of my teens. The three that made me feel a tad smug over their easy toddler years, paid me back in their teens. I recommend a good sense of humour...and a house with decent storage for wine 😂🥂
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Xenia Harley 1 year ago
My theory as a parent of a teen (some time ago) was this was the universe's way of helping us let go, as teens are being obnoxious! Also, I think kids have to find parents annoying to help them transition to adulthood! Just my theory.
Lene 1 year ago
Well... our 6yo has been behaving like a teenager since she was 4. Before we had kids I never thought I'd be talking about our 4yo teenager. But her we are. At least school has sorta calmed her teen tendencies. For now. Atm we are more concerned about the amount of swearwords she's actually using on a daily basis. But her "ugh, you guys just suck! I'm moving out.... into my own room upstairs"-mode has gone. And her "oh mom... stop yourself, will you?" Has gone.
Animal lover 1 year ago
My husband said he would raise 5 boys over 1 girl anyday. Enter the teens
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Janet Graham 1 year ago
From now until he is 30, it will be 5 meals and 4 almost meals every day. Buy a deep freeze and buy in bulk!
Now, speaking about how parents can strike a balance between allowing their teens to make decisions and providing necessary guidance, Colleen shared that she has two dog analogies for it. First is ‘the retractable leash’. “As your child gets older, you can let out the leash and give them more room. When your child is old enough, you can trust that they won’t run out in the street and you let out more leash. So the teenage years are like that,” she notes.
“Teens who show up responsible are rewarded with more leash, which is more freedom.” She adds that it’s important that a child or teen is not on a choke chain. “They need some room and freedom to develop and mature. Just like a toddler who is starting to walk, they will fall and they need some room to fall in the right environment.”
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Tamra 1 year ago
My son went through a phase where he didn't want to wear a coat. What's up with that?
Dinosaur 1 year ago
As a teenager the reason I don't wear a coat is because it is hard to fit in my locker and I don't have time after school to put it back on or I will miss my bus.
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Cory Kent 1 year ago (edited)
To be fair, my parents made me wear ridiculous winter boots (moon boots) huge mitts, a hat with a ball on top, and winter clothes, made sure the school saw me come to school with it on, and I was humiliated and teased and ridiculed the entire day almost non-stop. Seriously parents...
randomhungryhamsterperson 1 year ago
i cant wear my coat all zipped up because others think its weird and u get bullied
Barbara R 1 year ago
My kids would wear their shorts in 10 degree weather after we moved from Montana to Utah. We had to make a rule that shorts and T-shirts could only be worn when the temperature was 70 degrees. They would sit in front of the TV watching the Weather Channel to see if they even had a chance to wear their shorts.
Never Snarky 1 year ago
I used to drive a school bus. One teenage boy wore shorts, a tee shirt, and an unzipped hoodie all winter. We get below zero temps and snow.
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hearditontheX 1 year ago
Now that's funny. Like it's a threat at all and doesn't really understand parents hold all the cards
Naomie Moore 1 year ago
Talking and texting are two different things. And to an old timer to me, I found it comical to text people who live in the same home as you do. A friend of mine, (she works from home), her husband will call her on the phone, (mind you he is in his office 25 feet from her, on the second floor to tell her to bring him a coke. She still works and supports the entire household. Her husband won't let her spend more than $20 with yelling and screaming. And he spends big bucks replacing tv's appliances that run in the thousands without her consent. He takes multiple "trips" without her every year. Eats high end meals and snacks, yet leaves her $2 a box frozen food that she is supposed to eat as if she used the stove, she would burn the house down. Sorry, a tangent, just had to get that out.
Never Snarky 1 year ago
That’s abuse. He’s a control freak. Get while while you can.
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Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Reply back "Only scammer use blocked numbers. Stop trying to scam me scammer!"
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Janet Graham 1 year ago
Go for broke and speak loudly to him using his given name. If he gets ahead of you, skip to catch up. Ask him to push you as you stand on the end of the buggy. In short, embarrass the socks off of him!
Another one she called ‘the dog park’. So in simple words - parents can give teens more leash when they are in the right environment. “Think of the environment like a dog park. A dog park has a fence around it so the dogs are contained in a safe environment.”
Then parents know that nothing bad is going to happen. “Your teens need to run free but without the right environment their UPC will lead them straight to trouble. But still teens need to run free, so the right environments could be school activities like sports, choir, band, and theater. Summer camps and intensives are also great dog parks for teens to run together.”
She adds that she personally loves summer camps for teens because there are also some positive risks and adventures, which they are wired for.
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Meowzers! 1 year ago
The mould growth under a teens bed is just a live action version of Sim City. By the time they bring out their pots, they have created life that's just short of discovering space travel.
Hellcaste's Wife 1 year ago
No, I'm pretty sure some of my eldest's made it instellar.
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Grudge-holding Treefrog 1 year ago
The amount of old Tupperware in my sisters room… it is a mountain
Naomie Moore 1 year ago
I just took the door off the hinges. Amazing how quickly those dishes found the kitchen sink.
Georgia Moir 1 year ago (edited)
We enforced a "no food" policy for bedrooms. We also had "no electronics, except as needed for homework". Our adult children don't like to watch TV and have family computer centers instead of dining rooms... meals are eaten at the kitchen table.
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Irishwoman abroad 1 year ago
Better still, 8.00 on a Monday morning, when they have to be in school at 8.45, and the shops don't open till 9.00
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Naomie Moore 1 year ago
Be glad it is only $20. If they ask for more, tell them you need a receipt for tax purposes. Now you know your child isn't supporting a local drug dealer with your money.
Finally, speaking about the parents, Colleen points out that self-care is always important for them, but she thinks that it’s even more important for parents of teens as it’s so demanding and high-stakes. “In my book, Dial Down the Drama: Reducing Conflict and Reconnecting to your Teen - A Guide for Mothers Everywhere, I spend several chapters helping moms get their life back, their clarity back, and their ‘I feel good’ energy back.”
“Parents’ best parenting tool is feeling like yourself, hanging out with your friends, and doing fun things for yourself. They need to do things that make them feel good, because parenting teens does not make you feel good.”
Colleen notes that when parents take care of themselves, they can parent intentionally, avoid the drama bombs, enjoy their adult lives and treasure their relationship with their teens. The biggest benefit of self-care is you become the model for who your teen aspires to be. Your teen is always watching.
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Alethea Fletcher 1 year ago
Mine would come home from school...open the fridge, inhale the contents, fall asleep on the sofa, wake for dinner, which for both of them consisted of mains, seconds, thirds (if their sisters didn't finish theirs), dessert, go to bed, and wake up a whole inch taller! One of my boys grew three inches in two months when he was 14. Honestly, it was incredible to witness.
Nathan Shipman 1 year ago
That reminds me of Pearl the Whale from SpongeBob.
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Tamra 1 year ago
My son made a giant bowl of cereal before dinner the other night. Since he's gotten into strength training, he decided to bump up the protein by adding chocolate protein powder to the milk. He wisked the powder into the bowl of milk, which created a rather thick and viscous substance...so thick that the cereal literally sat on top of the milk. He really looked forward to dinner that night. 🤣
Donkey boi 1 year ago
I eat cereal while making dinner. I don't think this is a teenager thing...
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
Parents seem to underestimate just how ravenously hungry you get when you're actively growing.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
I mean it's not like "spoiling your appetite" is actually a thing (note for the record: 2.5 hours of swim practice, weight training, and various stretching exercises, all daily, may not be a routine followed by all high school students)
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Stardust she/her 1 year ago
My mom can ruin anyone’s day just by looking at them in the morning. I’m not joking
Well, as we can see, being a teen parent is not the easiest job - in fact, it's probably even harder than raising a toddler. So if you are a parent of a teen or soon will be, you'd better get ready and don't forget to check out Colleen's books, podcast and website!
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BrownTabby 1 year ago
Depends on the beach. I’ve been to beach towns where you can go on a canoe tour and see dolphins and I’ve been to an island where they don’t even have a regular supermarket.
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jon gilbertson 1 year ago
i hate the beach. everyone there has tan skin and white teeth. I've got white skin and tan teeth...
Sinister Murder 1 year ago
The beach, the beach, where dirt meets water...
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The French have this one right, imo. It's not "I'm bored," it's "I bore myself." Now it's your own fault, so go do something about it instead of expecting to be entertained.
Lene 1 year ago
Just tell the teen that it's healthy for the brain to be bored. The brain needs breaks every now and then. A silence before a new storm. If the complaining continues get the teen to google scientific papers that show that boredom is great. It will be boring (and confusing to read).... but that's all good. Lol
Will 1 year ago
Personally, I am not a fan of swimming in yucky water with things that can kill me however, you can't keep me out of the water when I am fishing. Swimming is a mode of travel. Fishing is something that my children love as much as I do and we made memories together that will last a life time <3 And the beach is a great place to fish too! Lots of gamefish and tablefish too. Snook, Flounder, Skates, Whiting, Cats, you name it.
Ann Hoskins 1 year ago
"I'm bored" gets automatic household chore. There's always something that can be done. I can fix boredom. 😉. Didn't take them long to figure out that, if they said that, I'd look at them and say, "you're what?" and they'd respond with "nevermind...*. 😁
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ewa 1 year ago
I am a paediatrician. But obviously I don't know anything About kids health, growth, hormones, sleep, nutrition....
Rusty Lewis 1 year ago
And I would say, "Let's have this conversation after you have kids of your own."
Stardust she/her 1 year ago
Unfortunately the adults in my life don’t know anything about our struggles. Their struggles were different yet they assume that we’re going through the same things they did which isn’t the case here
Rebekah Kelleher 1 year ago
When my son was a teen I taught writing (sucessfully) but my son said my methods worked for my students but not for him.
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Robin Lynn 1 year ago
My son has a white sweatshirt he loves. After first receiving it he told me, "Well this has to come off at lunch!" Glad he figured that out on his own. The discussion about his hair after removing and putting it back on was a long one!!!!
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CryingChildKinnie 1 year ago
I feel like I'm being a teenager wrong based off of these...should I be being more rude and insensitive to my parents? I don't want to that's mean.
Justin Jones 1 year ago
Yeah, if my teen said this to me - my next response would be "Hammer Time!"
Historyharlot93 1 year ago
My sons turned teen overnight. Evening before: Good night Mama! Next Morning: Who the hell are you looking at?
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cadena kuhn 1 year ago
Or you can be in Florida telling them not to wear hoodies in 90 degree weather. It won't work but you can tell them
Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago
Why is mommy dressing the teenager warm? Teenager doesn't dress warm, teenager freezes. Teenager learns they need to dress warm. This isn't early elementary here. This is the same kid with his mom still cutting the sandwich crusts right? I think I'm the exact opposite of this mom.
PhaseWitFact 1 year ago (edited)
I didn't even tell my toddlers how to dress. If they're cold then they'll put on a coat. If they want to sweat or freeze, let them. Both my kids grew up into independent adults who dress for the weather without me telling then how to do it.
Tess Layne 1 year ago
Why are people so concerned with what their kids wear? My mother was not great, but she never gave one sht about what I was wearing
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Rebekah Kelleher 1 year ago
My teen granddaughter and her friends wear the "uniform" of shorts with an oversize sweatshirt - legs fully exposed. I know it's really cold if they wear leggings
April Pickett 1 year ago
They don't outgrow the shorts in the middle of winter thing. I've seen grown men 30s - 40s in their shorts in the middle of winter with snow on the ground.
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Will 1 year ago
In regard to Panda Cam, don't forget that the entire world stops, all life functions and any semblance of responsibility comes to an end and there is one and only one reason for existence and if that stops the entire world will be destroyed in a fiery mess of brimstone and boulders raining down from the sky destroying anything that has one single breath left that is deep within.
Georgia Moir 1 year ago
We had to have teachers keep a log book that was sent home each day to confirm the homework assignment was correct, even if there truly was no homework. The results were amazing; our child got his first A!
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Devin Schmitt 1 year ago
This used to happen regularly. After. He. Moved. Out. We would check the door cam, and sure enough, an intruder would be detected around 2:30 AM and our food would disappear.
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Jeremy Yuri Russonovitch 1 year ago
I still remember the day many moons ago that I first hit the top of my head on our doorway. Shocked the heck out of me!
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Lene 1 year ago
Yes. I was so confused to read online that punctuation marks in a text make young ppl think you're angry. To me it's a way to help my message get through to the person reading the text. But ok.... in young ppl's defence the full stop wasn't invented until the 3rd century BCE. And ppl lived their entire lives before that reading texts with no puntuation at all and still understanding the messages.
Tess Layne 1 year ago
To be fair, using a period at the end of your last sentence does kind of come off as rude. And I say this as a 40 year old
edward 1 year ago (edited)
I'm 50 and i'm not gonna go so far as to say a period at the end of a text is rude (cause that might get me downvoted), but yeah, if i see a period at the end of a text i might at least casually look through the thread to double check for hidden context or something, or do they have a habit of doing that and i just didn't notice?
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Jared Robinson 1 year ago
they are slippers, they are. And if you wear slippers out in public you deserve whatever happens to you. Proper footwear is imperative. My feet get hot too, but that won't kill me, you know what will the wild animal chasing me that I now can't jump away from cause I have on slippers.
Pedro 1 year ago
The whole Middle East, Asia and South America disagrees wirh you regarding slippers or flip-flops. Wild animals? Do you also wear a life-vest every day in case there's a freak flash flood? Are you a teen?
Load More Replies... Ken Beattie 1 year ago (edited)
Hmm, slides are slip ons with no heel right? Slippers are fluffy and keep your feet warm in winter (and may in fact have a heel). I'm with the teen on this one - unless they are in fact fluffy bunny slippers...
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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I don't know if it's still a thing, but awhile after wireless earbuds came out, companies were marketing 'earbud tethers' or some such nonsense. Basically, it was a lanyard for your earbuds...which produced the exact same effects as wearing regular earbuds for ten times the price. They cut regular earbuds in half, then sold both halves. People bought them too.
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Bear Family 1 year ago
I own multiple chargers. One on my nightstand, a cord in the car, and another cord on my desk at work. Neither of my teens can find their chargers. They have bought so many of them. I imagine someday they will move out and we'll move furniture to remodel their rooms and we'll discover a hoard of lost cords.
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Naomie Moore 1 year ago
Ha! Good thing they didn't have those yet when we were raising kids. Hell, I don't even have any of those now! Have you seen the prices? Oh hell no.
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3 Trash Pandas (She/They) 1 year ago
The kid who hasn’t woken up yet would be my little brother
DippityDooDerp 1 year ago
Because my teen has 2 dogs and a horse that she needs to take care of in the morning
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Meowzers! 1 year ago
If you want to annoy them more then you can say that it is "one-fourth of an hour till 7".
Lauren S 1 year ago
Nah, include more math. “I do believe it is quarter past half past the 6th hour of the day.” (Said in a British accent just for fun, unless that’s where you live then you may need to throw in a milady somewhere to make it fancy enough.)
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UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him) 1 year ago
Say that while you’re looking at an analogue clock. They’ll just have to take your word.
Mike Rodrick 1 year ago
They're not capable of telling time without digitals or Siri. OR counting change without a cash register doing it FOR them. But we hear; "OK BOOMER!
Pink Princess 1 year ago
We can tell time on an analogue clock we aren't that stupid
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Charles Greenough 1 year ago
I intentionally use current slang in the most mortifying way possible. Preferably when the child's friends are present.
Lauren S 1 year ago
Wait (says an elder millennial), bussin only refers to food tasting good? Not things being awesome?
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Lauren S 1 year ago
I heard we had another one of those “day” things coming tomorrow. 😔
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Jack Smith 1 year ago
guilty. i can only focus on one thing at a time or I'll forget to do *anything* asked of me. then again, I have adhd, so i at least have a reason
S 1 year ago
Pro tip from an adult with ADHD and thus an involuntarily selective memory: get a centrally located family whiteboard and write it down. Will they still forget? Yes. Will there be a place they can check for a reminder when they forget? Yes. Will you still have to train them to check the whiteboard even though it's right in front of their face? Also yes...but it will be less work for you in the long run if you commit to teaching them to always default to the whiteboard.
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Vylnce NA 1 year ago
Yes. Team sports have become an industry to separate gullible parents from their money with the hope their average child will be in the .1% that gets to play in the NFL/MLB/NBA. If they get lucky... They may get a scholarship out of it.
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3 Trash Pandas (She/They) 1 year ago
I feel like I’m being a teenager wrong… I get along really well with my parents most of the time. Should I not???
Virgin Panda 1 year ago
You be you sweetie. There's absolutely nothing wrong with getting along with your parents, sounds like you all have a great relationship.
Load More Replies... Somebodys grandmother 1 year ago
I survived.... I don't know how - but I am know a parent to a grown up 💪💪
Lindy Mac 1 year ago
Grit, determination, fortitude.... and luck all played a part.
Load More Replies... Jill Bussey 1 year ago
My 14 (m) has just found that if we say "you'll be cold," we are usually right.
manu michael 1 year ago (edited)
I feel like the parents aren’t really parenting. Parents have the right/power to tell their kids to do something/ don't do something. (With Consequences or rewards.) When I was 15 I knew everything from skinning an animal ( I had some farm animals), to mixing concrete, Gardening, to cooking, to cleaning the whole house, doing my entire family's laundry, and so on. I'm now 17 with 5 semesters of college done. (will be 18 in like 4 days). I’m shadowing at a psychology rehab center, and have been volunteering within the community regularly. Teenagers are malleable, they’re like clay. If you don’t shape them to be successful they won't be successful. If you don’t put in your effort, they won't put in their effort. On a daily basis, I wake up at 6:00, do chores, exercise, Meditate, make my mother some tea, and breakfast for the whole family, before studying. I don’t understand why teens are called “young adults” yet aren’t proficient enough to take care of themselves, much less talk properly to a person? This generation is too weak, and they’ll have a hard time as adults.
Jared Robinson 1 year ago
A lot of this is bad parenting. At fourteen I had a job, did my own laundry and cooked for myself. Not because my mother wasn't around but because I was raised right and mostly wanted to eat the food I wanted to eat not what was shoved in front of me. And around that age my socks started getting crusty and I'm not going to have my MOTHER deal with my splooge. and if you are doing a boys laundry after age about ten you have touched your childs splooge in their clothes I promise you have.
Papa 1 year ago
Maybe some of these were exaggerated for comedic effect? It's just a thought.
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Catherine Spencer-Mills 1 year ago
My husband told me he was 5'6" when he was 14 and he was 6'1" when he was 14.
Susie Elle 1 year ago (edited)
Last summer I was sitting on a pub terrace reading a book, when a teen and his mother came in to have a drink. He was noticably unfriendly to her, absolutely refused to take off the plastic poncho-type raincoat he was wearing even (which was tearing apart) even though it was 30 degrees outside ("It actually keeps out the heat, mom!") nor his 80's hair metal bandana, wouldn't sit outside even though the weather was lovely and then after ten minutes ditched his mom to sit at a table where a female classmate was at, his demeanor 180 degrees different.
3 Trash Pandas (She/They) 1 year ago
I feel like I’m being a teenager wrong… I get along really well with my parents most of the time. Should I not???
Virgin Panda 1 year ago
You be you sweetie. There's absolutely nothing wrong with getting along with your parents, sounds like you all have a great relationship.
Load More Replies... Somebodys grandmother 1 year ago
I survived.... I don't know how - but I am know a parent to a grown up 💪💪
Lindy Mac 1 year ago
Grit, determination, fortitude.... and luck all played a part.
Load More Replies... Jill Bussey 1 year ago
My 14 (m) has just found that if we say "you'll be cold," we are usually right.
manu michael 1 year ago (edited)
I feel like the parents aren’t really parenting. Parents have the right/power to tell their kids to do something/ don't do something. (With Consequences or rewards.) When I was 15 I knew everything from skinning an animal ( I had some farm animals), to mixing concrete, Gardening, to cooking, to cleaning the whole house, doing my entire family's laundry, and so on. I'm now 17 with 5 semesters of college done. (will be 18 in like 4 days). I’m shadowing at a psychology rehab center, and have been volunteering within the community regularly. Teenagers are malleable, they’re like clay. If you don’t shape them to be successful they won't be successful. If you don’t put in your effort, they won't put in their effort. On a daily basis, I wake up at 6:00, do chores, exercise, Meditate, make my mother some tea, and breakfast for the whole family, before studying. I don’t understand why teens are called “young adults” yet aren’t proficient enough to take care of themselves, much less talk properly to a person? This generation is too weak, and they’ll have a hard time as adults.
Jared Robinson 1 year ago
A lot of this is bad parenting. At fourteen I had a job, did my own laundry and cooked for myself. Not because my mother wasn't around but because I was raised right and mostly wanted to eat the food I wanted to eat not what was shoved in front of me. And around that age my socks started getting crusty and I'm not going to have my MOTHER deal with my splooge. and if you are doing a boys laundry after age about ten you have touched your childs splooge in their clothes I promise you have.
Papa 1 year ago
Maybe some of these were exaggerated for comedic effect? It's just a thought.
Load More Replies... Catherine Spencer-Mills 1 year ago
My husband told me he was 5'6" when he was 14 and he was 6'1" when he was 14.
Susie Elle 1 year ago (edited)
Last summer I was sitting on a pub terrace reading a book, when a teen and his mother came in to have a drink. He was noticably unfriendly to her, absolutely refused to take off the plastic poncho-type raincoat he was wearing even (which was tearing apart) even though it was 30 degrees outside ("It actually keeps out the heat, mom!") nor his 80's hair metal bandana, wouldn't sit outside even though the weather was lovely and then after ten minutes ditched his mom to sit at a table where a female classmate was at, his demeanor 180 degrees different.
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