Two years ago my son became a teenager. One year ago, I was hit by the beginning of male teenage testosterone going rampant. I did not know what hit me and when I complained to friends and family with boys of the same age, they all agreed. One year later my son is now very much taller than me, much louder, knows much more and has a lot more experience and wisdom than I do. I have suddenly become very old and stupid, almost doddery, according to him. I no longer know when he is affectionately teasing me and when he is being disrespectful and rude to me. I am confused and way out of my depth.
In October 2010, I bought two gorgeous Miniature Doberman's. I was given a book called" The Dog Listener" by Jan Fennels. What a great method she has developed to train dogs. Truly. I followed her method and in two weeks my "babies" were well trained. I am the leader of this pack. They listen to me, love me and trust me as their leader. They even have a space on their puppy mats to wee and poo, and that is where that happens. So good. It's easy to love such well behaved dogs, no problem.
So, this method got me thinking about becoming a "Teenage Listener", about also becoming an expert like Jan Fennels. That is developing a method as the teenage listener so that my teenager can be lovable, well trained, respectful and know the leader of the pack which is me. Well, it's not working. So, I decided to start this blog to see if there were any experts on teenagers who have developed a method to deal with them.
Seeing as teenagers know it all, have all the insight and wisdom needed in our world, perhaps they could put some light on it for us and help us to develop a method that will enable us to understand them and deal with them?
Please join me in this quest to find the answer.
Why do they start smoking when they have seen grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles etc, getting emphysema and dying from the effects of smoking?
Why do they experiment with alcohol so young?
Why do they drink and drive when they are 18 year old teenagers?
The questions are endless. Why do they do what they do when they know it all anyway?
Let us know if you have any answers.
