The mother of a teenager can determine the arc and depth of her child’s eye-roll from the movement of air on the back of her neck.

The mother of a teenager repeats everything three times even under anaesthetic.

The mother of a teenager knows that other life exists: yesterday she saw it on a plate under her child’s bed.

The mother of a teenager can stop a train with the movement of an eyebrow, but not her own wild child.

The mother of a teenager is always to blame for everything, even when she is to blame for nothing.

The mother of a teenager knows it is time to clean her child’s room when the door stops opening.

From the way he ties his shoelaces in the morning, the mother of a teenager can tell to the second what time he went to bed.

Especially if the shoes have no laces.

The mother of a teenager knows the answer to most teenage questions: wherever you dropped it.

People like inviting the mother of a teenager to a nightclub, because she is the only one who can shout loudly enough to reach the DJ in his headphones and get a song played.

The mother of a teenager dreams of grandchildren — they will grow up and avenge her on her own children.

The mother of a teenager knows how to vacuum a room and dust it in such a way that she is not caught and the chaos stays exactly where it was.

The mother of a teenager sometimes wants to throw him out of the house, but first to feed him properly and tell him to be home by nine.

The mother of a teenager repeats a request three times in a calm voice — not so that she will be heard, but to warm up her vocal cords for the load ahead.

The mother of a teenager is capable of getting through to a switched-off phone with no SIM card in it.

The mother of a teenager now knows how she should have raised him, but it is already too late.

Add your own points to the list 🙂

And in the meantime we remind you that enrolment is open for our group on working with children, teenagers and parents.

If you are interested in working with children and families

If you want to know and understand your children better, and yourself in your relationship with them

Or even if you want to make sense of the relationship with your own parents

WE INVITE YOU TO:

The training and therapy group on facilitating child–parent groups “My Family and I” with Viktoriia Varha.

You can see the details at this link.