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I am a not yet 55 year old woman married for 25+ years, 4 kids, 1 dog and 1 cat. The kids are beginning to leave home. One is launched, one is in college and 2 are still at home. As a couple we are entering the final stage of our parenting journey: the teenage years and beyond. We are starting to dream and think and plan for those years when the house is quiet and it is just us once again. Please join me as I explore what it means to grow older with adventure and grace.

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Wednesday
18Jun2008

Parenting Teenagers: My Own Personal Tech Wizard

I have spent hours staring, pondering, sweating over not being able to get the BlogHerAds code to run. I e-mailed the help department (twice).

The kid comes home. I bribe her with dinner out. She counters with dinner out and a ride to youth group.  I agree provided she preforms. Two minutes later, the code is running. She says the code looks like what she uses on neopets.

 She is thirteen, she breathes in code.

I am in awe.
 


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Reader Comments (7)

lol, you are so funny! any advice for me on raising a 15 yr old teen daughter? Sometimes I look at her and think, who are you? Where's my daughter!

June 18, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterGina

I can totally relate. My 11 year old son picked up an iPhone, had never touched one before, and in about three minutes, had logged in to Google Earth and pulled up a satellite image of our house. I was like how did you know how to do that?? lol

June 18, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth

my son is only 4 but i can relate to your post. my baby knows how to use the pc and all of its hoolabaloo without blinking an eye, i don't know if i should be happy or scared *smile*.

June 18, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermaggie

That's funny! My 12 year old said the exact same thing to me, it looks similar to what she's done on neopets!

June 18, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLynne

That's a cute story that I can relate to -- it's the computer kids generation.

June 19, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterNanjoDogz

lol! Awesome! I love those techy folks a lot. Some can be very very nice!

tony

September 3, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTony Tovar

Does anybody have any advice in raising a 15 year old that is boy crazy! Its all she thinks about. She's a cheerleader for the high school and she tells me she loves it, but when it comes time to try to raise money, she doesn't bother - very irresponsible! What is a mother to do????

January 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSusan

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