TheBanyanTree: The dark art of raising a teenager

[Sally Larwood]

He is so lucky, having you for a stepmother, Anita.  You'll get through it and I have confidence so will he.  In the meantime, he's so lucky his dad chose you.

Sa l xxx

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On 29/11/2011, at 6:38 PM, "Anita Coia" <anita at redpepper.net.au> wrote:

> Oh dear.  I didn't know whether to laugh or cry reading your wonderful
> responses.  Thank you so much for sharing them.
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> I did like the idea of imagining he has been temporarily overtaken by an
> alien, but it might be hard to keep that in mind when one of his four
> parents or his older sister or sister's friends or his friends or one of the
> many caring teachers at his school is picking up the pieces of something he
> has forgotten or neglected that has impacted on other people.  I suppose
> when he is left to fend for himself and also deal with other people's
> reactions, he might work it out.  
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> Julie, I too have given up on the diet angle. If he wants to drink Coke and
> eat MSG-loaded packet Mee Goreng noodles for the rest of his life (largely
> because he can't be bothered cooking, even though he CAN), well, so be it.
> Apologies in advance to the taxpayers who will be subsidising the medical
> care required as a result.  And apologies to his future wife (or wives) - we
> have all tried very hard!
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> Teenagers - punishment for the sins of our own youth.  J
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> Anita
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