Nice thread about preteens and teenagers

[velourvoyageur]

Heard a few too many less than positive comments about teenagers recently, and we know deep down they're lovely...so thought maybe a place for some not-so stealth boasting after end of year exams, GCSEs, AS and A2s etc could be nice :)

My cousin is nearly 12 and he's a lovely funny caring sort of chap - he's friends with everyone young and old. He's grown up so much lately and is fab company. And after being warned several times he was going to be held back, he got his report back recently and he's going up a year with the rest of his class in Sept, he's very chuffed.

Over to you lot!

My lovely amazing soon be to 11 cousin got a message on Facebook containing a photograph of women in knickers and heels, his friends had then said they should all sleep over somewhere and invite the girls to dance for them, cue lots of yes lad responses, one asks my.my cousin is he coming? My cousin says no, they ask why? He said because that's just nasty and horrible.
I am so proud of him for not.going along with the crowd and standing up for himself and something he.believes!

My wonderful stepson is a pleasure to be around, worked really hard for his GCSEs and is funny and clever and helps out around the house.

I couldn't be prouder of him.

My oldest is 14, and today, as we walked to the shops, he asked how my day was, and gave me advice on something I was worried about. He is lovely.

My 12 year old gives great hugs and cuddles and is always up for watching crap TV with me. We engage in deep analysis of Real Housewives

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I know I have a few years left, and shouldn't count chickens, but the toddler years were the ones I have found hardest so far.

My dd is only 5 but I work with teens. They are funny, kind, charismatic and intensely loyal. I love them all dearly and mourn quietly when my oldest students go off to university every year only to welcome in a new set of interesting personalities the following September. They're just so full of life and opinions, it's a privilege to spend my days with them.

My 2 are lovely.
ds 19 didnt get his results he wanted last year and really worked hard this year partly self educating and going to school as a guest. He just had a major disappointment when his gf was taking seriously and had to cancel their holiday. He has been lovely to her and made her a lovely surprise pucnic yesterday.

My dd 17 has volunteered with an SN club since she was 12. Every one says she is lovely and was nominated for YOPEY. She did her work experience last week and she did so well they said they will make an apprenticeship for her, she has interview next week

Teens are funny. When I hear mine chatting with their friends and making each other laugh, I get real nostalgia for that camaraderie

Oh and ds loves a good chick flik and dd loves a good musicál. They are good company

Not sure if counts because he's basically an adult, but my brother who's 19 is absolutely the loveliest, funniest, most caring man I know (besides DP!). He is so thoughtful, but not a wimp or wet flannel at all, he's just awesome and I'm so proud

My 14 DN has a cousin suffering from cancer. She organised a balloon launch at school to go towards fundraising. She helped do the organisation the local news got involved and she took no credit. My other DN 17 is working and it's lovely to see her learning the skills of the workplace and how she has matured since there

This is such a lovely thread.

velour I will! I feel quite tearful but happy too for her :-) the lad is absolutely lovely and they're going to see Minions

What a lovely thread. They all sound so fab. Teens often get such bad press, and while I've come across some pretty nasty and bitchy behaviour at school, in general I think they're brilliant and lovely.

Not teens, but preteens

Ds is a preteen 11yo - and still so cuddly and affectionate - I remember being worried he'd stop hugging me when he started primary school - and now he's off to secondary and still loves nothing better than to snuggle on the sofa or have a big hug if he's feeling low.

Him and his mates can make me roar with laughter now - it's amazing seeing these little toddlers you remember suddenly come out with really clever, self deprecating, warm lines - they are a lovely bunch of lads!

Ds is also starting to get politics/social engagement - and I love seeing that sense of outrage at injustice and the desire to fix things, that I remember from my teenage years.

I'm a teacher and I teach so many fantastic teenagers. So many kids say 'thanks Miss' after a lesson and who are extremely polite, considerate, interesting human beings. Yes you get the odd outburst or bit of rudeness etc, but generally, I find most teenagers delightful!

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I've just returned to work as a secondary school teacher (mixed comp) after 6 months off with a complex triple leg fracture & dislocated arm. The students, aged 11 - 18, have been absolutely amazing, despite my self-consciousness about my limp & weight gain. Just delighted to see me, polite, helpful, caring & a great laugh. After my months of seclusion at home, it's a real pleasure to be with them and enjoy their company. Yesterday, in the extreme midday heat, a Year 9 boy who'd just lumbered down three flights of stairs en-route to his next lesson, turned straight round & went upstairs again without question, to take my colleague's keys up to her without a word of complaint, saying: 'Great that you're back Miss'. :)

I teach teens and they are a fantastic, lovely, funny bunch of people as you could ever hope to meet. One girl even told me at the end of my lesson how nice my dress was today

My DSis is 15, and the most incredible person I know.

She has ASD and a very severe speech and language delay as well as general difficulties with learning; she has gone from being able to speak 10 words at age 5, to about to enter year 11 at her mainstream secondary, with a predicted grade C in Art GCSE!

She is the most wonderful, selfless, innocent person. I'm not exaggerating when I say she has touched the lives of everyone who has met her. She will make herself unhappy to make others happy, and is just a little ball of cheer

She is a brilliant auntie to my DD, in fact my favourite memory is face timing her from the hospital bed with newborn DD, and watching the tears of pure joy pour down her face as she told me she loved her, and thanked me for giving her a beautiful niece.

(Even if she does drive me mad reciting the entire script of various Disney films!)

DS is 10 and one of the younger members of his swim team. At the weekend a lot of them competed in local championships. The teenagers were supportive of the younger ones, cheered their medals helped brush off the less good swims. A super bunch.

DS1 brought 3 other post A2 boys home with him last week for 3 nights. They were utterly charming, and mortified that they hadn't bought me chocolates.

DS2 has just left prep school. His year was the best year ever (according to their HM). They are a brilliant bunch.