Teenager

May 16, 2008 / Uncategorized / 10 Comments

Today I saw a picture of Kiki three years ago. I remember at the time the picture was taken, I thought she was getting really big. Now I look at that photo and she looks so small. Kiki has gained nearly a foot of height, slimmed down, and developed curves. My little girl has turned into a teenager. Thus far parenting a teen has been pretty easy. Of course I’ve only been doing it for less than a day, so I’m not going to rest on my laurels.

Parents are frequently frightened of the teen years. Perhaps I should be, but I’m not. I like that Kiki is growing more independent and responsible. I like that we can have increasingly complex conversations. Yes we’re going to have some struggles as Kiki strives to create her own identity as separate from our family, but mostly I think it is going to be fun. Babies and toddlers and preschoolers are cute, but teens can play games that I enjoy playing.

Kiki is now a teen and the adventure has only begun.

10 thoughts on “Teenager”

  3. anshackles

    Some of us noticed :-). There was a hint posted in LJ a bit back, and I sent an e-card – mind, the e-card thing remembers these things too: I noted when sending it that I’d sent one the previous year, about the same time.

  6. anshackles

    Well, so am I. It was a hint along the lines of “I have 2 birthdays to organise”, one for Howard and one for Kiki.

    As hints go, it was fairly obvious.

  8. cymrullewes

    We had Goose’s 13th birthday party today. We had 3 boys and 5 girls. We sent them in the backyard to play with boffers. We had cake (but didn’t eat a bit of the ice cream I bought. :-p) and pizza. And the first thing I did this morning as I was cleaning the kitchen in prep of laying out food was to play the tape I made of her at 18 months when she was first starting to talk clearly.

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