10 GOLDEN RULES FOR THAT HAPPY HAPPY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR TEENAGER….
1) Admit you were wrong even if you know you were right….
2) Then apologise for being right even if you know it’s wrong….
3) Accept that they know everything and you know nothing…
4) And, even if they do nothing pretend that they are doing everything they can- which is nothing…
5) Don’t seek out their company- they will find you when they are hungry or poor…
6) Avoid the “talk”- you know, the one about the birds and bees. They are better informed and don’t want to hear or talk about it with you…..
7) Never try to be their friend! Dictator-fine! Tyrant-they can handle that! Nag- that’s comforting but friend!!! Dude, get a life of your own - seriously…
8) Dress like a mum when their friends are around or throw an apron over that mini and go bake a cake. Mum’s should never be seen or heard, hence the old expression-“Mum’s the word…..”
9) Resist the urge to re-decorate their room till they have flown the nest. What seems like chaos is actually a highly thought out military manouever to repel aliens- that’s you!
10) And finally- as the good book says-“And this too shall pass.” You however might fail to keep your sanity till they grow up, but that’s another story. Watch this space…..
Nimmou Nilakantan
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