tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post7844601651627540891..comments2023-10-04T12:17:48.643-04:00Comments on The Rocking Pony: The Role of MomKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037928148778848386noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-89361761053231947492007-10-23T03:56:00.000-04:002007-10-23T03:56:00.000-04:00Very very true! My parents had 9 kids. My dad sai...Very very true! My parents had 9 kids. My dad said by the last one he'd figured out we were going to do whatever we dang pleased no matter what he said or did, so why bother? Every time something happened with the baby brother, He just thought, thank goodness this is the last time I have to go through this stage! Parenting teens is not for the faint of heart, but I actually like it more than a roller coaster ride most of the time.Shelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851446861098955538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-7273861179855343492007-10-22T23:29:00.000-04:002007-10-22T23:29:00.000-04:00so true! I wish there was an instruction manual so...so true! I wish there was an instruction manual some days!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02441176684416139172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-21542453490805351432007-10-22T15:57:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:57:00.000-04:00So sweet....we agree....where are those instructio...So sweet....we agree....where are those instructions...we ask ourselves this many times!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the laugh!<BR/><BR/>smiles, kari and kijsakari and kijsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047434064728375340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-41804657828804407232007-10-22T00:46:00.000-04:002007-10-22T00:46:00.000-04:00Cute post! Makes me a little nervous about having ...Cute post! Makes me a little nervous about having kids some day - but I know that God will provide!<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for entering last week's giveaway! GREAT new giveaway at my site this week - product worth $175! Come check it out!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for spreading the word!Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259917870020723170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-72907400936674512602007-10-21T20:28:00.000-04:002007-10-21T20:28:00.000-04:00My 9 (almost 10) yr old daughter is going through ...My 9 (almost 10) yr old daughter is going through the moodiness, hormonal stage. It is driving me NUTS!! I can't wait until she gets her first period so that instead of everyday all day hormonal craziness - I at least know when I can plan it. I used to want all girls - seeing as how my oldest is a boy and drove me nuts while young, and my daughter was so easy going. <BR/>Then I realized - all my girls will be hitting puberty one right after eachother, and my house will be the hormonal house from hades. AARRGGG - what have I done, LOL.<BR/>~JenniferJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050466263238656666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-77695469087933934222007-10-21T20:13:00.000-04:002007-10-21T20:13:00.000-04:00Cecily, that is so true. I'm working on talking m...Cecily, that is so true. I'm working on talking more with my kids too. And talking to her as an adult rather than a kid. It's a hard thing to do as a parent. But it is certainly key to a more open relationship.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037928148778848386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-25717544383340005902007-10-21T19:59:00.000-04:002007-10-21T19:59:00.000-04:00Love your banner. I enjoyed visiting your site.Br...Love your banner. I enjoyed visiting your site.<BR/><BR/>BristolBristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801010028757405917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-7370006179975058832007-10-21T18:46:00.000-04:002007-10-21T18:46:00.000-04:00Yes, but by the time Isaac is 13 (he's about to tu...Yes, but by the time Isaac is 13 (he's about to turn ten), you'll be an expert! <BR/><BR/>This summer my 15 year old niece came and stayed with us for a week. I learned some things during that time. <BR/><BR/>She was attending a youth group at the university close to us every day, and every night after I picked her up we'd giggle and laugh about boys she met and friends she'd made. I told her dorky stories about things like my first kiss and boyfriends. She talked to me about the boy who broke her heart last year, and the guy she had been flirting with all week at the conference--you know all the stuff you'd talk about.<BR/><BR/>I made a comment about how she must have heard stories like this from her mom, and she said no. She didn't know any of that stuff about her mom and her mom knew nothing about the stuff she told me (I asked my SIL when she called me to see how she was doing). <BR/><BR/>Their relationship is cruddy. They are <I>always</I> fighting, and don't understand each other at all. I'm not saying that it's the only reason, but it was a good reminder for me that if I want my kids to talk to me, I have to be willing to talk to them too.Cecily Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833641996572085518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-49038771659662035742007-10-21T12:55:00.000-04:002007-10-21T12:55:00.000-04:00Don't come to me! My daughter is fast approaching...Don't come to me! My daughter is fast approaching 13 and I'm scared to death. She's already breaking me in with moodiness, friend issues and the like. I need instructions!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037928148778848386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-21448316745153607812007-10-21T11:18:00.000-04:002007-10-21T11:18:00.000-04:00Very well said!I so want some instructions! Since ...Very well said!<BR/><BR/>I so want some instructions! Since all of my kids seem to have <I>really</I> different personalities from the word go, what works for one, won't work for the other. I get confused.<BR/><BR/>The fact that Isaac is floating closer and closer toward teenagerdom frightens the living heck out of me. <BR/><BR/>When it happens, I'm coming to you for advice. I'm just warning you.Cecily Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833641996572085518noreply@blogger.com