Ah, the teenage years!
My girls have both entered their teenage years. Yet, they are so different from each other. In conversations with each of them this past week, I became aware of moments when I frustrated them. And I was reminded of something that my husband warned me about a while ago. He advised me to tread carefully with them even when I have strong opinions because I need to protect and preserve my relationships with them so that they might here me when I need them to--and when I want them to. Last week, my oldest daughter and I went to a college fair. Those kind of things are fascinating to me and aren't intimidating at all. My daughter on the other hand, was a bit overwhelmed. But, I plowed on ahead. I learned some information that I needed to know to help me select her courses for high school that I hadn't known before--even though I had already done a lot of research already. The most helpful part of the night for my daughter was a table we ...