Sometimes a mother has to have a nuclear meltdown. A complete manic freak attack. Just once in awhile. To remind her family that she has feelings. To remind her children that she's not an automated fridgin Energizer Bunny that can go and go and go. And never get tired. Never get run down. Never stop.Yes,… Continue reading What happens when a mother has a Meltdown?
Category: teenagers
The Curse of Daughters
May you grow up and have a daughter who is as horrible as you! Ha ha ha!"She makes me so mad that I just want to tear her face into little bitty pieces like a tissue." A while back, this is what a dear friend said to me about her teenage daughter, as she vented… Continue reading The Curse of Daughters
How to Teach your Children about Profanity.
What words are in YOUR rubbish bin?My little sister has noticed that I'm swearing alot on my blog. The BEEP BEEP words have been steadily increasing and she's a little concerned...I didnt know this, so i went right away and did a quick scan. Ouch. She's right. A lot more nasty language has been creeping… Continue reading How to Teach your Children about Profanity.
I’m Seeing Red.
Sometimes I feel like the (fat) Little Red Hen doing all the work to make bread while lazy bums do nuthin but gather around when the food is ready. Which is SUCH an unexciting, uncool fairytale character to feel like. I wish I could say I felt like the sexy version of Little Red Riding… Continue reading I’m Seeing Red.
Where mothers fear to tread.
"And this too shall pass away...even Bieber-fever..."My daughter just turned 13. Which means she’s one step further into that zone where mothers shall fear to tread. It’s called – “I’m a young woman on the brink of adulthood and you don’t know shit.” I used to live in that zone. A scant few years ago…ahem… Continue reading Where mothers fear to tread.
Family. Why we need them.
My mother-in-law is a wise woman and every now and again, HRH likes to quote nuggets of wisdom from her. Especially at tense moments with his children. Like when JB is giving us attitude because we wont let him go ‘hang out’ with his new friends at the mall. And it is so unlike JB… Continue reading Family. Why we need them.
It’s gotta hurt.
Like a kick in the butt...JB was a BAD boy and got put on detention yesterday at his high school. He had chosen to turn his nose up at wearing the regulated black school shoes and instead he wore some other pair of sloppy footwear. "Everybody else does it!" he whined.But some dutiful prefect busted… Continue reading It’s gotta hurt.
You wanna be Angelina Jolie?
The other day I discovered why Angeline Jolie gets paid so much. And why she always always looks incredibly hot on screen. The other day I was a bit extra on a tv commercial. I had to smile and smile and smile and smile and smile. And then smile some more. An 18 yr old… Continue reading You wanna be Angelina Jolie?
One day…
A long time ago I used to teach English to teenagers at Robert Louis Stevenson School here in Samoa. And they used to teach me lots of other far more valuable stuff. Like how NOT to win a popularity contest with teenagers. (dont tell them off in front of their boyfriends from St Joe. Because… Continue reading One day…
Lani Wendt Young 