Just wondering, what's the general opinion about kids and summer jobs? Is a 14er too young, should they be allowed to enjoy the care-free fun of summer days before becoming enslaved in the work-force like the rest of us? What about 16? If you drive, shouldn't you be paying for your own gas? I feel like I've had a job since I was 5.
My daughter got a text from her boyfriend last night that said: does it feel like we r evn dating?
They live 45 minutes apart and go to different schools and have had a hard time getting together during the flurry of finals, graduation, graduation parties and such. But what did that statement mean, she wondered.
Do you remember getting stressed about finals? I don't remember getting that stressed in high school, but then again, I think I might have paved over the potholes in Memory Lane as far as high school is concerned. Or I was a natural genius.
So I met my daughter's prom date for the first time this weekend. They've been friends for a long time, but it's just rather recently budded into a relationship (yes, she's changed her Facebook status, so it's official). It's two weeks away and I'm wondering about the whole Prom Night thing.
My husband and I have six kids between us, three his, three mine. His are older, and are all moved out now, though his youngest son has one more year of high school and left our household on fairly rocky terms (our rules are too strict, his mom gives him more freedom, etc.). I would say that though we survived the most intense years of having all these kids together under one roof, and there WAS a lot of love in between the shouting, co-parenting six kids in a household that blended two very distinct sets of ideas about parenting and family life was not easy, and it definitely challenged our sense of ourselves as a couple. I know looking back that it's easy to tick off at least ten ways we could have done things immeasurably better. Shouldn't there be a VERY EASY TO USE and highly realistic guide out there, with the most important advice for stepfamilies? Is there one already?
