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<blockquote data-quote="wakeupcall" data-source="post: 56108" data-attributes="member: 2287"><p>I'm glad we are free to have difference of opinions on this forum...... I tend to agree with the article where most teenagers are concerned. NO, my almost twelve-year-old doesn't fit into the group, nor will he ever, most likely. BUT he is not the norm. I know I'm an older generation than many of you, but I feel like I was VERY mature-thinking when I was a teen. I married at 19 and had a child at 20, and we are still married. I, also, wouldn't have married that same man if I'd been allowed to marry the one I wanted a couple of years earlier.....and he also is a wonderful family man with morals, a great job, community giver, and a huge heart. I have no doubt that he and I would have made it, too.</p><p></p><p>My other children, my son would be 30 (deceased) and my daughter is now 36, were extremely grown up and I could count on them for almost anything from the time they were barely teenagers. I trusted them completely and they never let me down. OK, we instilled that trust, we guided them, but that's part of parenting no matter what. There are those teens who would run amuck, but I would bet that overall, they would step up to the plate and be much more mature than we give them credit for.</p><p></p><p>Okay.......I'll duck now while you all start throwing the rotten tomatoes.........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wakeupcall, post: 56108, member: 2287"] I'm glad we are free to have difference of opinions on this forum...... I tend to agree with the article where most teenagers are concerned. NO, my almost twelve-year-old doesn't fit into the group, nor will he ever, most likely. BUT he is not the norm. I know I'm an older generation than many of you, but I feel like I was VERY mature-thinking when I was a teen. I married at 19 and had a child at 20, and we are still married. I, also, wouldn't have married that same man if I'd been allowed to marry the one I wanted a couple of years earlier.....and he also is a wonderful family man with morals, a great job, community giver, and a huge heart. I have no doubt that he and I would have made it, too. My other children, my son would be 30 (deceased) and my daughter is now 36, were extremely grown up and I could count on them for almost anything from the time they were barely teenagers. I trusted them completely and they never let me down. OK, we instilled that trust, we guided them, but that's part of parenting no matter what. There are those teens who would run amuck, but I would bet that overall, they would step up to the plate and be much more mature than we give them credit for. Okay.......I'll duck now while you all start throwing the rotten tomatoes......... [/QUOTE]
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