Can anybody tell me WHEN kids start to act mature?
05-12-2010, 03:53 AM
#32
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,375
Originally Posted by lalaland
Raising teenagers is like trying to nail jello to a tree.
Well, my teenager just turned 18 and I see a light at the end of the tunnel. She's still scatterbrained, misses deadlines, has a way of looking at things a little backward, but at least I have the confidence that she will figure it out. For a while there, I was beginning to wonder....
05-12-2010, 04:18 AM
#33
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Barnesville GA
Posts: 3,181
My daughter is 35 and still not grown up. I live with her which I am sure makes it worse. Oh she goes to work everyday but clean house or realize that if you own a house it takes work to keep it up Not happening she would rather date when she isn't working. My DGD at 16 is more mature than her mom.
05-12-2010, 06:48 AM
#34
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The middle of an IL cornfield
Posts: 7,014
I'd say it depends on the kid. I have a 22 year old that is about 15, a 17 year old that is about 12 and a 14 year old that is about 45.
Last year at a family funeral I sat two rows behind a couple of my cousins -- twin boys. At one point during the funeral, I look up to see one of them pulling the others arm hair. These boys are 57!!
Some days I think siblings bring out the worst in each other.
Last year at a family funeral I sat two rows behind a couple of my cousins -- twin boys. At one point during the funeral, I look up to see one of them pulling the others arm hair. These boys are 57!!
Some days I think siblings bring out the worst in each other.
05-12-2010, 10:21 AM
#35
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Orchard Park, NY (near Buffalo, which is near Niagara Falls)
Posts: 3,884
I think you're absolutely right. Ever since we told son #2 that he could have his own room, up in the attic, they have been arguing more.
Had I known...
... maybe there's something to be said about HAVING to get along, in close quarters.
I don't think I will ever understand!
Had I known...
... maybe there's something to be said about HAVING to get along, in close quarters.
I don't think I will ever understand!
05-12-2010, 11:02 AM
#36
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: SC
Posts: 1,309
4 girls and 2 boys here. The oldest girl is 21 and she is finally to a point I can stand being around her. I will even admit to enjoying her company lol! Now the 19yo is in the uh-human stage. The 13yo is still human but I see approaching sign of un-humanness coming out. Somewhere around 20 is when oldest dd changed back into a person......lol!
05-13-2010, 07:08 AM
#40
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Missouri
Posts: 168
Our 46 year old daughter told me the other day how much she learned from her dad and I and she hopes her kids learn as much from her, she said I know you have waited a long time to hear me say that. Thought that was sweet but she has always been a sweet girl
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Ditter43
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
55
05-26-2013 06:11 PM
Prism99
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
32
01-28-2012 04:51 PM
k3n
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
7
08-05-2009 07:08 PM
