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TANNER'S MOM |
Posted: Oct 11 2006, 06:32 AM
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Platinum Member Group: Moderators Posts: 6,385 Member No.: 824 Joined: 15-October 04 |
It made alot of sense to me..
Children Are Dogs - Teenagers Are Cats (Author Unknown) Just realized that while children are dogs ... loyal and affectionate ... teenagers are CATS. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it. Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat... When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of dogging your footsteps, it disappears. You won't see it again until it gets hungry... then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you're serving. When you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you, then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before. You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it. It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed. It won't go on family outings. Since you're the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave. Only now you're dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result. Call it, and it runs away. Tell it to sit, and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away. Instead of continuing to act like a dog owner, you can learn to behave like a cat owner. Put a dish of food near the door, and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too. Sit still, and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it. One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, "You've been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you." Then you'll realize your cat is a dog again. -------------------- |
lisar |
Posted: Oct 11 2006, 06:35 AM
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Yes it is I.... Group: Members Posts: 11,727 Member No.: 1,760 Joined: 20-April 05 |
Okay it is true. I never thought of it in that way though.
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TheOaf66 |
Posted: Oct 11 2006, 08:07 AM
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The Alpha Male Group: Members Posts: 4,988 Member No.: 3,764 Joined: 23-May 06 |
very interesting way to put it
-------------------- Troy, Married to Jennie (Boo&BugsMom), Dad to Tanner("Mini-Me") and Aiden ("Boo Boo").
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A&A'smommy |
Posted: Oct 11 2006, 04:50 PM
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Praying For Spencer Group: Moderators Posts: 29,769 Member No.: 243 Joined: 11-August 03 |
that does make a LOT of sense even though I don't have a teenager I do remember being LIKE that as a teenager!!! TFS I will try to remember those things when I have a teenager!!!
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luvmykids |
Posted: Oct 11 2006, 07:58 PM
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Diamond Member Group: Members Posts: 19,113 Member No.: 3,038 Joined: 3-January 06 |
Oh geez, that was me to a T. I'm going to have to save this one!
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