tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post396844334579196330..comments2023-09-21T08:53:30.803-07:00Comments on Mom of the Perpetually Grounded: U R Gounded....Ms. G. The Wisdom of Mothers..Ms. Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15688062262144014969noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-366513195651228942010-09-04T22:11:41.121-07:002010-09-04T22:11:41.121-07:00I love your Mom's letter. Sounds like what my ...I love your Mom's letter. Sounds like what my mom told me my teen years. However, when my grandma gave me the talk I'd feel really really little. HA! AND your letter was truly a letter from a teen. I'm so glad I went through what I did as a teen now i'm ahead of the game on my kids. Not saying I can stop them but I know what i'm seeing in their eyes. This really hit home from me. My mom use to ask me was I on drugs because of the way I acted. ;-)Help! Mama Remote...https://www.blogger.com/profile/03827756074795953233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-74389782230114538212010-09-04T16:40:02.792-07:002010-09-04T16:40:02.792-07:00Empress: I'm sure your boys would all be "...Empress: I'm sure your boys would all be "approved guys". <br /><br />Liz: I wasn't really all that bad though I became uncanny at not being caught. My husband wasn't an angel either.<br /><br />Sandra: I know, me too! I really have a hard time letting them go but have improved with each one.Ms. Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688062262144014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-7673491500686457032010-09-04T13:58:40.444-07:002010-09-04T13:58:40.444-07:00If only my teen years weren't still so fresh i...If only my teen years weren't still so fresh in my memory (I'm 41), then maybe I woudln't be so strict with my own kids!<br />I love the letter you wrote to your mother. She was definitely rolling with laughter!Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894333322881236627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-40318099425469510272010-09-04T11:52:21.966-07:002010-09-04T11:52:21.966-07:00I was a good kid, but Craig was the sneaky one. I...I was a good kid, but Craig was the sneaky one. If my girls turn out like him, I'm going to need advice like this because I won't know what to expect.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022297670179924365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-62552014152902565122010-09-02T15:22:22.969-07:002010-09-02T15:22:22.969-07:00Oh, to think I will never see the heights of that ...Oh, to think I will never see the heights of that drama, with 3 boys here...<br /><br />Holy frijole....that would make my head spin.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-36349410359375111692010-09-02T13:31:16.481-07:002010-09-02T13:31:16.481-07:00Elissa: I think you will do fine. You have knowleg...Elissa: I think you will do fine. You have knowlege. It can be really hard not to use the tight squeeze but talk, talk, talk. That is all I know for sure anymore.<br /><br />blueviolet: I never risked my rink again but if I wasn't there, chances are I was at the movies ; )<br /><br />Aging Mommy: I was the 5th teenager for my parents. They did a great job. Like I told Elissa. Talk, talk, talk. Even if there are rough patches I think that in the long run they hear it.<br /><br />Bibliomama: I know, we're maniacs ; )<br /><br />Organic Motherhood: I threw out my journals as a precaution. There are stories that my kids hear only based on their emotional maturity and whether I think it is something they need to hear, as you said, when they are learning their own lessons.<br /><br />Ratfacedgirl: Who is really quite lovely...I was very sneaky! It has served me quite well with busting my own kids though. I couldn't believe my mom had kept them. It was like she KNEW!Ms. Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688062262144014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-67620940900770038892010-09-02T06:18:37.591-07:002010-09-02T06:18:37.591-07:00I'm certain I could've never written such ...I'm certain I could've never written such a logical letter in my life, at age 14. (I was too busy shooting the duck:)<br /><br />It's some kind of awesome that you've kept them all these years. I love that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-81935224546746003292010-09-01T20:55:17.996-07:002010-09-01T20:55:17.996-07:00Wow, this is amazing that you had all these letter...Wow, this is amazing that you had all these letters. I wish I had some of my crazy thoughts recorded from those days. Or I guess I do somewhere in one of my hs journals, but lord knows where those are. You are such a great mom! And you really do understand. Unfortunately, like you said, sometimes we all like to learn our own lessons. No matter how hard they may be.Organic Motherhood with Cool Whiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305464822153790948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-10842614233198689912010-09-01T18:35:13.038-07:002010-09-01T18:35:13.038-07:00Good Lord, woman. I don't think I would want ...Good Lord, woman. I don't think I would want to tangle with ANY of the women in your multi-generational family.Bibliomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825424183978181238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-41208460464172887162010-09-01T18:09:22.656-07:002010-09-01T18:09:22.656-07:00Oh I'm not sure I want to think about those te...Oh I'm not sure I want to think about those teenage years. Oh boy, I think the toddler and preschool years are a complete doddle compared to all of this. I guess it's as a parent we start to really appreciate what our own parents had to put up with. I think both you and your Mom have done a wonderful job.One Photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793386254564806126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-57001863180730298792010-09-01T15:20:19.179-07:002010-09-01T15:20:19.179-07:00That cracked me up when you just switched it to th...That cracked me up when you just switched it to the movies!!!!Liz Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13960276167677132860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734054384499566902.post-75647860068823741842010-09-01T12:21:35.334-07:002010-09-01T12:21:35.334-07:00oooh. i am SOOO saving all this and plagiarizing...oooh. i am SOOO saving all this and plagiarizing when i need it! your mom was a genius ;-) <br /><br />i have always been scared of how my own teenage experience would shape the way i parent my own. i did my share of lying about where i was and who i was with and sneaking out and fake apologizing with the "oh, it was awful getting drunk, i so wish i hadn't done it and i'll never do it again" type stuff. does that give me an edge over my (slightly naive) parents? yes. does that make me paranoid that my kids will do the same, so much that i WANT to put the tight squeeze on whenever i think about it? also yes. but mostly i just pray that, as much as i want them to listen to whatever wisdom my years have gained, i will also listen when they tell me "there are complications now too." <br /><br />God help us all as parents.Elissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080322252869480034noreply@blogger.com