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Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

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Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

Teenagers

3 teenage girls anyone?

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BibiThree · 20/09/2008 21:31

Now I know I may be worryng about this prematurely as my dds are 3, 1 and 1, but oh my - what is it going to be like when they're all teenagers at the same time?

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FAQ · 20/09/2008 21:33

in reponse to the title

"no thanks"

I@m just hoping I kick DS1 out of the door when he's 18 off to University or something - otherwise I'll have 3 teenage boys in the house - 19,16 and 13 - urghh all stages of teenagedome all at the same time.

WendyWeber · 20/09/2008 21:35

They won't all be awful at the same time - hope that's a comforting thought

misdee · 20/09/2008 21:35

i will have 4 teenage girls at once.

dd1 will be 19, dd2 will be 17, dd3 will be 15 and dd4 will be 11. i know dd4 wont offically be a teenager, but am still dreading it.

am thinking i may just move out and leave them to it lol,.

eandh · 20/09/2008 21:35

God I'm dreading the 2 of mine being teenagers, plus the fact the street I live in has a total of 6 girls all born around the same time I hav visions of clothes, make up and hair straightners flying from house to house

Bibi - just had a look at your pics they are beautiful girls!

BibiThree · 20/09/2008 21:36

but the dts will be surely? dh is worried about the boys that will be calling, i'm worried about the moods and the door slamming
they're not all like that are they?

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WendyWeber · 20/09/2008 21:37

It'll be reight, misdee. dd1 will test out all the boundaries for the others (actually from what I've heard of dd2 she might be an accomplice ) and then when the other 2 come along you'll be horizontal about them.

BibiThree · 20/09/2008 21:38

thank you eandh

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WendyWeber · 20/09/2008 21:39

I haven't got 3 girls - or twins come to that - but have had 3 teenagers & honestly, only 1 was ever horrible at once & the others would sympathise with me about it until it was their turn

misdee · 20/09/2008 21:39

actually i think dd3 might be the one to worry about WW. she is a monkey of the highest order.

eandh · 20/09/2008 21:39

its the thought there is a possibility 3 of 4 weeks that one of us may have PMT thats worrying dh!

ChacunaSonGout · 20/09/2008 21:42

agree WW and i am only at one end of it mine are 16,almost 14 almost 12

i feel in the thick of it!

random · 20/09/2008 21:42

I have survived 2 teenage girls both now in their twenties and lovely ..now have a teenage ds it ain't all bad ..some bad times but some fantastic times too

WendyWeber · 20/09/2008 21:44

Well yes, DD3 does always sound like a pickle But your standards & expectations will change as they all get older & you may well find that she will be easier to cope with as a teenager than the older 2 - that has happened with mine (although the younger 2 are boys, that may make a difference I spose)

WendyWeber · 20/09/2008 21:46

That was to misdee btw

Chacun, you are in the thick of it! (Sounds as if you are coping fine though)

KateF · 20/09/2008 21:46

OMG I have just worked out that when dd3 becomes a teenager dd2 will be 16 and dd1 17. That's three years of them all being teenagers! Mind you I think dd1, at nearly 9, is one already. Today she told me that her strops and tantrums are all the fault of herr "horrormoans"

mumeeee · 20/09/2008 22:11

I have 3 girls aged 21, 18 and 16. The 21 year old is now a mature young lady.

chipmonkey · 20/09/2008 22:23

The only comfort that I have in having 4 boys ( and do be gentle with me, it is my only comfort!) is that I won't have a gaggle of teenage girls at any time. Will have teenage boys who apparently just veg under a duvet and I think I can handle that!

ChacunaSonGout · 20/09/2008 22:31

Wendy i am going to see your creator at the literature festival

WendyWeber · 20/09/2008 22:32

I heart Posy give her my love

WendyWeber · 20/09/2008 22:36

chipmonkey, boys are actually very nice on the whole. One of mine is so chatty he's almost as good as a girl & they are both huggy as well, although DS2 (15) went through a stage of recoiling & still won't touch in public

ChacunaSonGout · 20/09/2008 22:37

when i went to buy the ticket there was 1 left so i shall go alone...dp probably delighted

I am a little excited!

ChacunaSonGout · 20/09/2008 22:38

ds's are easier ime chipmonkey so fear not

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LollipopViolet · 21/09/2008 14:14

We're not all terrors, honest! I may be sarcastic at times but generally I get on with my mum. I don't slam doors either.

AuntEm · 22/09/2008 22:02

at horrormoans. I think I have these too.

sweetkitty · 22/09/2008 22:09

I think we will have a support thread in about 16 years time,

When DD1 is 18 I will have DD2 16 1/2 and DD3 14

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