Category: Teenage Times

This section of my blog is dedicated to asking ‘thought provoking’ questions about our teenagers. Times have certainly changed and attitudes of parents vary greatly. We are tested by our teenagers each day as another boundary is pushed whilst having to face the scrutiny of other parents.

This forum is here to inspire some ‘interesting discussions’ about raising well adjusted teenagers. I am sure there will be debate and differing opinions, but I think that is healthy and we may just learn something. I will cover topics such as alcohol, drugs, language, manners, homework, sex, driving, rules, gossip, parties, social media and more…….

Bringing up a teenager is tough and we can never get enough advice. Have your say on the tough questions…..Just post your comment in the box below.

Family Teenage Times

What Comes First?….The Chicken or the Egg?

June 5, 2015July 4, 2016 Brettchicken, sex0 comment

After the recent episode with our frisky 12yo son Max being caught ‘manhandling’ the girls at school with hugs, I am not sure that a sex education lesson two days later is appropriate!:-) I am also reminded of the time back at Max’s old primary school when we attended a sex education night as a family. Max was very enthusiastic this night with the Q & A section and would shoot his hand up as high as he could almost begging to be asked to answer each question. The educator…

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12 Inches of Temptation

June 3, 2015July 4, 2016 Brett30cm, hugs, max0 comment

Our youngest 12yo son ‘ Casanova Max’ is up to his old tricks again. We received the text below from Max in regard to breaking Rule 34a of the School Student Code of Conduct. Max had breached the 30cm student ‘exclusion’ zone by stealing hugs at lunchtime with one of the young ladies. I like the way he pleads ignorance to breaching the rule when less than 24 hours before he told us the rule and was proudly boasting of 4 hugs in a lunch session. We are getting real value…

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No Need for a Love Coach

May 19, 2015July 4, 2016 Brettlove coach0 comment

Last night my youngest son ‘Casanova Max’ (12 yo) was asked to the movies (pitch perfect 2) by his new girlfriend of 3 days. He was double dating some ‘denim short wearing’ young ladies ( it was 3 degrees!!!) with his mate from school, plus one extra boy tagged along. After I dropped the kids home we had a family de-brief at the dinner table. Tanya asked Max “Did you kiss your new girlfriend?…He said “My mate kept trying to get me to kiss her, but I didn’t”. I thought…

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Tough Love for the Modern Teenager

January 23, 2015July 4, 2016 Brettalarm, bed, kids, late, teenagers, waking up0 comment

TOUGH LOVE in the Partington Household today! My teenage boys have been sleeping in up till midday through the holidays. We thought we needed to get their body clocks ready for school next week, so we had a practice at getting up at 6.30am today so they can catch the bus by themselves. As expected, both boys slept in till 8am(when their bus would be leaving) I decided to teach them a lesson. I burst into their rooms with a megaphone, sounding an ‘air raid ‘ siren at full…

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Do you approve of teenage sleepovers?

January 21, 2015July 5, 2016 BrettAlcohol, drugs, feral, Issues, kids, security, sex, Sleepover, teenager0 comment

“Nothing good comes from a sleepover!”. This is the mantra that I tell my two boys everytime they ask if they can stay over at a mate’s place. Can someone please tell me what the purpose of a sleepover is and why as parents we allow them to happen? I don’t know about you but my boys come back the next day as tired, snotty little ferals with a whole heap of gangster attitude that us parents have to put up with for the rest of the weekend. What are…