Posted by AuntieMel on March 16, 2005, at 12:21:12
In reply to Re: status and teens, posted by stresser on March 16, 2005, at 11:47:49
Are you sure we don't have the same kid?
We had moved to one area when my son was small because the schools were better. When my daughter got to high school age (they are 10 years apart) the area, apart from my neighborhood and a couple of others, were darned scarey.
We went to the parent's meeting for new freshmen and out of a possible 1200 (right, big school) sets of parents there were maybe, if I stretch it, 200 sets of parents there.
The next week we went house hunting. The week after that we had a contract on a new house.
She went from a school where she had as much as or more than most of the kids to one where she was in the middle. Major adjustment.
But she has seen lots of folks with a lot less, and she has traveled (her first overseas trip was to Poland when she was 12) so she does at least know she's lucky.
It didn't stop the drama or get the clothes picked up, though. Now she's at college and the living room and kitchen stay clean but her bedroom is just like home except it's smaller so the pile is deeper.
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