What to Teach Your Teenager BEFORE They Enter the World

I dunno about yearly on the washer hose, gulp, maybe those with more expertise might have an opinion.

the title of this thread makes no sense

a teenager, by definition, has been around in the world for several years.

I'm probably not the first to point this out, but really if you are going to start a thread, think about it first.

What should we tell parents before they enter upon the world of child rearing?

That's a huge one!

Parents should teach their children not to be tedious dipshits.

By the world she doesn't mean birth, dip weed.

She means entering the world as an adult.

pity she couldnt say it

never been called a dip weed before. Thanks...doing some research here.

Excellent phrase will use it immediately. Dip Weed. Thats great!

I didn't want to be TOO mean. :wink:

Thank my brother for that one. He was an inventive kid.

oh that was you Bella

well I'm only being deliberately pedantic.

And i guess I'm being deliberately childish.

It's a little monday fun.

no matter how much your parents love you they will eventually tire of your shit... so get it together...

Monday's nearly over here, thank God.

But I've been thinking what I would tell a young teenager. Probably nothing. Unless he/she asked. The problem is the ones who might ask are probably smart enough to get by anyway, and the ones who dont ask for advice wouldnt listen if you told them.

This is a difficult question. I really dont have much of an answer. Except I would say read read and read again.

My older brother and I shared an apartment for two years, before he got married. It was cool most of the time but he wasn't crazy about my men sleeping over. He admitted it years later and right or wrong, I was old enough by then to appreciate his sensitivity.

Anyway, here's my list:

1. Life is not fair

2. Tell your daughter to have her brother clean the bathroom if there is only one. And teach him how to do it properly. And you know what I mean.

3. Stick up for one another. Do not let anyone come into their home (girlfriends and boyfriends) and tear them apart. As long as they live together, present a united front to the world.

4. Do not automatically take on gender-specific roles in the house, even if you were raised that way. (sorry Squinney but it still sometimes happens...)

Those are the first four. I'll probably have more.

5. When you meet a dip weed, pass them by.

The gender specific roles are actually an issue in the opposite direction. Ky refuses to do things thought to be "womans work" if she thinks it is being assigned to her just because she's female, and she won't hesitate to tell you off about it. Seth cooks and does his own laundry... he'll probably end up doing hers too. Both tried to refuse the ironing board and iron I insisted on giving them. I'll check it for dust in a month or so.

Don't loan Money to anyone.

Give whatever you can spare as a gift.

Good advise. I would add "take personal responsibility" for whatever you do.

"Don't loan money to anyone"

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"Give what you can spare as a gift."


That is SO the conflicting views they've been presnted all of their lives. I don't loan and Bear doesn't gift. We were raised under different circumstances entirely, so I get the differences in views. Just funny to see them follow each other here.

i wish somone informed me of that before i applied for 15 credit cards in one day.

fuck credit by the way. im never gettin a credit card