We Have A Teenager

A lot of negatives have been written about teenagers. But I just want to say there are a lot of positives too. Heather is 13 this year, so as parents we are of course concern about the many influences surrounding her. But we never bargained for the influences that she has on us.

In the car, unconsciously we begin to play Taylor Swift’s and Jonas’ Bros songs and we would be tapping away .

Fashion wise , she would help me look thru clothes in the stores. What is cool and not so cool. Absolutely nothing to do with the weather. She is especially particular about daddy’s dressing. Philip likes to tease her. He would tuck in his shirt, pull up his pants and belt them high up and pretend that he is going out. Heather would freak out!!! DADDY . You look so dorky!!!!!

On the other hand, she loves to tease him too. Last week, I bought her a ¾ top and it is supposed to be worn with tights or jeans. She naughtily wore it on its own and paraded in front of Philip, cheekily teasing, “ Look dad! Mom got this for me from KL.” Philip must have gone pale coz he bounded up the stairs looking for me asking why I got her such a short dress!!!


Recently I had to change my specs so we trotted to the optometrist and she had the final say in the spec frame…. insisting that the one she chose is trendy. So I took her advice!!!!

We have a lot to learn from our teens. As parents it is our duty to guard and teach them but we should also have the joy of letting them influence us.