If you could change your tween's ...

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If you could change your tween's ...
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Tue, 09-19-2006 - 8:24pm
If you could change something about your tween's personality what would it be and why?
I wish Tegan was more open with me and that she would share things with me more readily. I have to drag things out of her even the little things. I don't understand why she is this way. I envisioned having long conversations with my daughter about what was going on in their lives and that is just not the way it is. Once I finally get something out of her then she doesn't hold back at all. It hurts my feelings.
I wish Kelsey were more driven. She is happy just getting by. I would like to see that change and i think it slowly is. I also wish sometimes she was a little more compromising yet that is also something i admire about her. She has only two or three friends because she says the other girls just all want to be like each other. She does not need a group around her to make her feel good about herself. She is not a sell out and she won't hang out with kids just b/c they are popular, she thinks alot of them are not very nice.
What would you change if you held that power?
Kelly
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 4:54pm
i would say talking to me more ...zack is not open at all to me, he will talk to jeremie more





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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 9:40pm
I wish i knew why Tegan is this way. I am an open book. Sometimes i think she believes i will tell everyone what she told and BTW i wouldn't.
Kelly
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 9:43pm
Tegan and Kelsey can be quite critical of each other as well but i guess that is to be expected since they are only 2 years apart. They generally get along extremely well but sometimes they have a day where all they do is bicker and critize each other. It is enough to make me want to run away from home.
Kelly
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 9:46pm
I tend to be a sarcastic person myself. It is a tough habit to break.
Do you guys ever come into Kitchener. I work at Red Lobster on King Street. Alex looks familiar for some reason. Do the kids go to summer camp?
Kelly
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 9:48pm
For the most part this isn't a problem at our house. We have a huge fridge calender that we write everything on so we tend to be on top of things.
Kelly
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 9:50pm
Keep searching he will find his passion. It may take awhile but he'll find it and when he does there will be no stopping him.
Kelly
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 9:54pm
Maybe it is a maturity thing? Once he gets older perhaps he will be able to let go of some of his control issues when he realizes that everything will be ok even if he is not in charge. If you look on the positive side he will never be bullied or pushed around, he knows what he wants and is not afraid to go for it and he has a little bit of his mom in him....smile.
Kelly
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 10:34pm
OMG Mindy!

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Thu, 09-21-2006 - 2:00am
We hardly ever are in Kitchener, we just pass through it on our way to St. Jacobs. Hmm, time for another visit there . LOL

Linda
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Alex (16), Rachel (14), Matthew (12)


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Thu, 09-21-2006 - 3:43pm

That is good. Even when I have written her out a schedule, she still can't seem to handle remembering to do everything that she's supposed to on a normal daily basis and I'm tired of reminding and keeping on top of her all the time.

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