Living with teens...

ha,ha,ha welcome to the most exciting years of your life.. You didn't mention the age(s), but at home I have my 18 year old, but already went through 2 others, I have a 24 and 21 year old and I still worry about them. Especially the 21 year old. My oldest has a family and lives nearby, so I have contact with her, but my 21 year old, lives with a roommate about 45-50 miles away and he doesn't contact me at all..Even though he doesn't have a phone, he has internet, but doesn't reply to any messages that I or his sister leaves him..:( How did I get through? I do a lot of praying, but other than that, I went to many of my friends who either has had teens or they just have that natural wisdom to know what to say..:)

no matter how old you are your mom dont stop worring about you My daughter and I live together and I am with her most of the time but I still worry about her. Have a son in Iraq of course I worry about him and then qanothre one in Tenn and I worry about him. and he is my youngest at age 38. Made it thut he teen years withthem ok but the worries dont stop there sorry but I gyess thats what moms are for hugs

I am a parent of one teenage daughter who is 15 and will be 16 in a couple of months. It sure isn't easy raising them these days. She is 15 going on 21 and then going on 2 LOL. I am waiting to get her raised also so I may be able to live my life again. I will always help her and will always worry about her but I have done the best I can do with her and wish her nothing but the best.

My kids are all grown now and I still worry. Eventually the kids grow up and some even realize that you were right about many things. Funny how parents of teens are the dumbest people and yet within 10-20 they become wise and smart. Sometimes I feel that youth is truely wasted on the young.

It never stops, you just learn to not sweat the small stuff. I survived teenage years, for two daughters, my youngest is 18, my oldest is 25. And I still worry about them both, I think more so now, that we all live in different states, I live in PA, my oldest in Virginia, and my youngest in Texas. But we stay in touch often, with letters, phone calls, and chat. You never stop worrying, but you do learn that they are grown up and have lives and decisions to make, and we might not always think it's the best decision, but you learn to accept that. I can't and won't make their decisions for them, have they made mistakes, oh yea, but then again who hasn't? I know, I have two very smart, level headed girls, that when all is said and done, they will be okay. Of course there were times I thought I'd pull all my hair out while they were growing up!!! lol but I didn't and neither will you. :)

Hi,my daughter is not a teenager and far from being one,hehe.Shes almost 5 years old,so i cannot wait for the teenage years,NOT!Hahaha. Peanutjar:)

You should speak to my mum, I am 36 and she worries about me constantly and just coming out of a 4.5 year abusive relationship she is a right mother hen! But I wouldn't have it any other way, I guess mums all around the world never stop worrying about their children whether they are 4 or 54!

i am a single mom of four children. they are 16, 15, 13 and 11. and yes it is driving me crazy and i still enjoy it. i talk to them and give them their responsibility. if they dont like to talk (sometimes teens do that) i write them a letter then they answer back with a letter. i tell them my problems so they will share their own problems too. teens needs someone to trust. if they tell me dont tell anyone and so i dont tell anyone. i try to think what was my traits when i was a teen and slowly i understand them. we still have fights and mis understandings but thats what makes life bitterly sweet

I was a teenager 5 years ago and I know it's just as hard for the parents as it is for the kid! My best tip would be to be your child's friend more so than their mother. My mother tried to treat me like a child when I felt like I was becoming an adult-so we clashed. If she had just sat down and talked to me and treated me like a friend, I probably wouldn't have rebelled so much. You've got school teachers telling you to 'grow up and act your age' then you've got your parents who still want to baby you and protect you and that is very frustrating for a teenager

I too wonder if I will ever be able to relax:) Things are getting a bit easier with my daughter now. She will be 18 soon, but slowly things seem to be getting a bit easier - but not completely :) But now I still have my son. He is 14 now and to be honest so far it has been easier than what it was with my daughter, but there are still some more years. I just hope that however things happen it won't get any worse than what it was with my daughter :) Then again, I am almost 48 and I know that my mom still worries - just like yours does. SO maybe it will never end .. Oh boy what did we get ourselves in LOL

not so bad with my son - but I have a daughter who will be 13 in less than a month and she is such a challenge to me. obstinate, willful, mouthy - some days I want to just throw my hands up in the air. But, alas, I love the kid - lucky for her that I do too!

Talking from experience miamilady, all I can say is love your kids right now, as much as you can, because time has a way of not ever stopping to wait for anyone! The time when my kids were growing up went by so fast, I didn't take advantage and loved them the way I should have, and now that they are all grown up, I miss that time that I didn't take advantage of! You only get one chance in life to do that so make that effort because soon they will be grown and you will miss it!

I have to agree with you, that living with teens are a real challenge. They love you one minute and hate you the next. What could be right yesterday could be wrong today. I've been there and done that. My daughters are now 21 with a 3 month old daughter and not married. My 18 year old has a long way to go, my prayer is that she can stay on track the next few months and get her high school diploma. Best wishes to you and yours!

My sons are 12 and 16. They are such sweet boys! Yes, they get into trouble every once and a while but, compared to some of the other horror stories I hear, they are angels. I could never imagine life without them. I also have a 27 year old son and a 24 year old daughter. Yeup, I still worry about them all the time. I really don't think it ever ends.

I have a 14 year old and there are times I could cheerfully choke him! I know I will always worry about him and no matter how old he gets he will always be my baby boy! My 6 year old daughter on the other hand seems to have taken a step further - she thinks she is already a teenager - at least his moods didn't start til he was 13 lol xxxx

Once you have a child you never stop worrying whether they are 2 or 200. You just have to deal with it over the course of time. The younger they are the more responsibility you have for them, but as they get older your overall responsibility grows lighter, but that doesn't mean you are free from worrying about them. That is just the way it is.....the cord is cut at birth, but it is only symbolic.

well miamilady i had left teen yrs juzz a year back..lol,20 now,so my mom is always worried about me juzz like she use to do when i was in was 15 and 16,so its all about mothers love towards her kid

i am 26 yrs old now...a lot of my coworkers used to be 40-50 & all had teens & kids in college... they were always stressed out...you would think i could offer some advice, but other than just let them do whatever and make them deal with the natural consequences, there's really little you can do except pray every night for everyone's happiness & safety i can't even imagine how awful high school must be now...i am not in any hurry to see my 2 kids grow up!!!