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Teen parenting sucks

Adorable Child and her friends frequently tell Polimom stories about incidents and interactions in their middle-school (and high-school) worlds.  Sometimes the stories are funny… but far more often —...

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Are you *sure* that's what you want?

Adorable Child was crushed at the beginning of this school year.   Although she spent much of the summer at various volleyball camps, and practiced those skills at every opportunity,  she didn’t make...

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(Non) Hiking with teenagers

Adorable Child has a friend visiting from up North for a couple of days who has never seen an alligator “in the wild” (her words). Now, we have alligators all over the place here.  I see them in the...

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Gossip Girls

For the record:  I wouldn’t go back to these years for any amount of money. No way.  No how. The post Gossip Girls appeared first on Polimom Says.

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"Don't talk to anybody, Mom"

Adorable Child just called from school.  It seems that she needs me to rush right up there (*snort!!*) to sign a form.  (It’s the last day, Mom!) Sorry, AC.  Can’t rush up there right now. So she says...

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Enterprising young people

Adorable Child stayed at a friend’s house last night, so she doesn’t yet know what’s waiting for her here at home. Polimom and Dear Husband, otoh, have known about this since 4:30 am, when the doorbell...

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Life's little (texting) hazards

So.  A teen girl is walking along a sidewalk, blithely texting — and therefore not paying the slightest attention to where she’s walking.   (You just know this isn’t going to end well… right?) I have a...

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Tasering the Kids

Wow.  From Ozark, Arkansas: According to a police report, the officer was called to the home by the mother and witnessed the child kicking and screaming. The officer’s statement said the girl’s mother,...

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Conversations with Teens

The other day in the car, Adorable Child, her friend, and I were talking about American Idol this season.  We all agreed that this year’s not worth watching (AC and I aren’t following it at all), and...

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Some promises for my daughter

I promise… to stop yelling at you. In return, you must promise to stop arguing every time you don’t get your way. I promise… to drive you to your various medical appointments. In return, you must...

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