DH works all the time. He's home maybe two afternoon/evenings a week with me and our two teens. He thinks we should all be on our "best behaviour" and not have any sort of arguments or say anything that might make him have a bad time or cause stress. So if one of the kids starts sassing me or they start arguing with each other - he refuses to say anything to help resolve it. He just says - "Just drop it. I don't want to hear it. I'm trying to have some good family-time." He doesn't want to help me deal with any of the crap I hear and deal with on a daily basis. Nice.

I'm the op w/ the SO who has the "teen"porn. I know that's a very common theme in porn. My dd's aren't even teens yet. It's just some.weird remarks about how they're going to be knockouts that really creeps me out. I will never be able to.move on.

My SO wants to get serious & live together with me & my children. I just can't because when he showed me his porn collection, there was a dvd entitled "tight teens". I made a remark about it & he said it was part of a bundle he purchased. He is such a kind, caring, trustworthy man, but i just can't get that out of my head. I think i'm going to break up w/ him. I don't know if i'm being silly, but the safety of my dd is more important than anything to me.

Because 2 of my girls went to live with their Dad, I am happy to have mine this Mother's Day weekend. I love my teens! Pizza, bad movies, and gossip for two days? Yes, please! (After I take DSD11 to the amusement park)

You complain that your kid is going through his terrible two's. Try having two kids going through thier terrorist teens!

I'm so thankful that I don't have little children any more. My kids are teens and it's GREAT! Little kids annoy the hell out of me now. Give me another 10 years and then I'll be ready to deal with them again. As grandkids.

There's a pertussis epidemic in my area, it's affecting mostly older children, teens, and adults (including my husband's coworker). It's not unvaccinated children spreading it, it's under vaccinated people spreading it, period. The health department and vaccine manufacturers have just as much guilt in the spread, it's nearly *impossible* to get the vaccine here, and they're charging $150 or more out of pocket.

I have worked at a daycare for 10 years now. I have teens of my own. I can truly say, parents are getting more ridiculous/stupid/paranoid as the years go by. Please, put down the baby-instruction manuals. Parents have managed for thousands of years without them. You can't go by the book with a baby. It just doesn't work.

Many years ago, before he had kids, a male relative of mine thought I was too hard on my kids. Now I have well behaved teens/preteens and I have a great relationship with my kids because I disciplined them and had bedtimes etc. Now that he has kids, he's learned the hard way. But he's learned so that's good. I knew he would so I was never really upset with what he said about my parenting. I just took it as someone who didn't know.

Saw on the news the other day, a 14 year old boy "raped" a 12 year old girl in the school bathroom. I put rape in quotations because of his age but the story also said it was consensual. What?? I have a 12 year old nephew and this scares the crap out of me. I'm sure he is wondering about girls and how his body is changing, but would he know what sex is? How do these two teens know? I just can't get this story out of my mind...