Parenting a teenager can make you feel like you were dropped into an episode of the Twilight Zone. It can feel like you are living on a different planet than your teenage child and in some ways YOU ARE!
This picture is of my oldest daughter who dressed like a robot to deliver a report for school. She put the entire presentation on her iPhone so she could deliver the report in a “robot voice”. I love this picture because I know how hard she worked on that presentation.
If you are feeling the stress that comes with raising a teen, you are not alone. Here are some of my favorite moms who are knee deep in the wild stage of parenting known as raising a teenager.
Five Lies Moms of Teens Tell – Barbara Greenberg at Huffington Post
Notice to Staff and Stakeholders: Reorg – Ann Handley
The College Drop-off: Can We Cut the Crying Parents Some Slack? - Ann Handley
At a Loss for Words - Ann Handley
The Shampoo Thieves – Momfluential
Stupidest Sexy Costumes for Halloween – Momfluential
Becoming THAT Mom Again – This Full House
Don’t Mess with Mother Nature, She Probably Has Teens – This Full House
Did We Not Learn Anything From Footloose? – This Full House
In Defense of Skanky Little Girls – Jessica Gottlieb
It’s 10pm, Where is Your Child’s Cell Phone? – Jessica Gottlieb
It Sounds Like You Live With a Teenager – Jessica Gottlieb
Tween Compliments Adult: Hell Has Officially Frozen Over - IzzyMom
In addition, moms who have awesome insight into the teen brain:
Wendy Piersall (@emom on Twitter)
Beth Rosen (@bethrosen on Twitter)
Amy Zimmerman (@amyz5 on Twitter)
