I have two dc 13 and 16. At the present moment there are 6 teenagers in my living room. I am in my office which is a room in the house and I can hear every word they are saying. The other 4 kids live in the next streets to us.
There has been some fantastic negotiations regarding swopping/loaning x-box games
There has been an in depth discussion on the best popcorn flavour
There has been discussions on why their birthday is memorable, ie one is on Valentines day and one is on St Patricks day. The other 4 have boring birthdays apparently
There has not been one swear word, but every second word is that something or other sucks 
And the most shocking one of all - they have all been here a couple of hours now and I offered them something to eat. Not one of them was hungry 
The only conclusion I can come to for that is that I must be a really awful cook
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highlighta · 15/07/2015 15:47
What a great thread!
I too was very proud of my teenage DDs and their friends. I get so angry when teenagers are protrayed as selfish, entitled beings. Of course they behave like that sometimes usually with their parents and siblings but on the whole, the teenagers I've encountered were lovely, bright, interesting, caring people.
I did have to laugh at whoever mentioned that getting through the hormonal storms was the end of things. It's just the start.......
Add into those hormones, school and exam pressures, friend issues (Y8 and Y9 were particularly memorable
), thoughts about their future and what to do, etc etc etc, the "teenage years" go on for a very long time.
Great thread! Teen eaters do get such bad press, especially boys 
mine are 13 & 15, great company, love coming with us to family events, festivals etc and are very good in adult company. Yes they take themselves off to their rooms for hours at a time but eventually come out searching for food. They're loving and kind and lazy and messy but then again, I was messy and lazy as a teen.
Life is pretty straight forward with them at the moment.......
Fingers crossed it remains that way.
eventually come out searching for food.
Yes! ( Reminds me how we found the lost hamster all those innocent years ago )
I love this thread (although haven't got through it all yet). I'm currently expecting my first, a boy, and I have to admit, I've always had a bit of a fantasy about being a parent to teenage boys, probably because I just loved being part of all that banter and fun with the lads when I was in sixth form. We were just one big gang, girls and boys together, there wasn't much rowing or sexual politics (although we did get drunk and snog each other, all purely as friends of course).
I have never wanted to be a mum to young babies or children (although as I get older I can kind of see the appeal and I'm sure I'll think my own is the most adorable being ever), and am really looking forward to my son and any future siblings growing up. I'm just hoping we do as good a job as you lot seem to have done, and that they become articulate, intelligent people with interests, hobbies, aspirations and wit. That would make me very happy indeed and this thread gives me hope that the teenage years could be a very good time indeed (although I will have to be fully prepared for the grunting/strop years too!)
Minx -he's finding his feet and trying to keep up with peer pressure(which is way worse than ever before) My sons 16,taught me how to prep a carpet for laying(school work ex) this weekend.Which was wonderful,as i've had the 'one Ugh or two 'response for the last eighteen months.I even apologised to my father for my teenage years at one point
Not too sure Carla, my dd is 13 so I will tell you in a few years
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