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RJ: funnily enough, when K was younger his father ...

2011-12-30T15:58:26.328+11:00

RJ: funnily enough, when K was younger his father worried about him and how he would cope in the big world. Who knows what jobs will be around in five years? I think in year 10 at school they get more into careers. So, we'll maybe know more then. He does, however, want to do part time work soon. That is a good sign.

Karen: I imagine girls to be hard work when teenagers. Boys just grunt. Girls can be bitchy. Oh, I imagine the last thing she wants to be told is that she is like her mother. Eeeew.

I see so much of myself in my youngest, but as she...

2011-12-29T00:09:34.237+11:00

I see so much of myself in my youngest, but as she is in that horrible teenaged rebellious "I can't stand my mom" stage, she refuses to acknowledge any similarities whatsoever. But it's still there. :)

She comes by it all very honestly.

Now I am thinking like a father. I think K looks a...

2011-12-28T06:10:46.994+11:00

Now I am thinking like a father. I think K looks at it in a practical manner that S should be showing an idea of what he will be doing down the road and if he knows what it takes to achieve that goal. In the work place it is tough to succeed and he is concerned about S's success. That being said, it is rare and difficult for a teenager to know what he wants to be when he grows up.

Gia: Thanks! When you think about it, being young...

2011-12-24T23:34:20.080+11:00

Gia: Thanks! When you think about it, being young and carefree is such a short time. So lazy should be embraced totally. Emotional maturity is definitely more important that cleaning up his bedroom.

RJ: I do see myself in him. And you are right, who knows what jobs will be around when he is ready to work. The world is ever changing as far as that goes.

I think people are just a product of the era. Basic human emotions don't change but the world in which people function does and they adapt accordingly.

Jebaru: I could never have stayed at school longer than I did and studied later in life. Work was a great thing for someone like me. Not everyone wants to do that academic thing.

Your boy sounds like a good young man. What else can a parent ask for.

I try to push my son but I do have to be realistic. I know too many people who were pushed too hard and are quite resentful about it later in life.

Parents just can't win sometimes.

Your son sounds similar to mine, but mine didn'...

2011-12-24T18:14:25.486+11:00

Your son sounds similar to mine, but mine didn't advance as far in his education as I'd have liked. He now works and has a good attitude. I tell myself he has plenty of opportunity to study further if and when he thinks it desirable. I do wish I'd pushed him a bit more but he is far happier in the workforce than he was at school. He too is a decent, thoughtful person, and he has a long-term girlfriend I'm overly fond of (what if they split up - aagh) so something went right. He's potentially going the longer and harder way about his education, I guess, but he does have a brain and I hope something sometime fires his imagination and he puts it to good use.

Yes, it has been a long time since you have posted...

2011-12-22T23:37:31.862+11:00

Yes, it has been a long time since you have posted from work in a playful way.

You posed a question to your son that required some thought and he replied in kind. Very good.

Your son is a typical teenager. I was the same. He does what interests him. Do you see your self in him? There are always some similarities with one parent or another. Some show later in life.

As far as the work force goes, there are more jobs being created each day that were not there years ago. It will be interesting what he chooses down the road, or what chooses him.
There is a natural inclination to test the limits of what a parent will put up with. That will change over time.

As a parent, you do the best you can, whatever that may be, and hope for the best for your son.

There are more choices today then when I was growing up, but they are still choices.

Cute post - you're not slacking at blogging! I...

2011-12-21T15:55:27.841+11:00

Cute post - you're not slacking at blogging! It sounds like you're doing a good job with your son - he's open with you and is emotionally mature. That's way more important at his age than being a bit lazy - ALL teenagers are lazy. Like college kids. I MISS being that lazy, I really do. I bet he'll turn out great