We scream and shout at each other, we blame and ignore one another. Parents and teens don’t always get along. There’s the “I’m moving out as soon as I’m 18,” which many never do because it isn’t as it may seem. Sometimes we need to take some time and appreciate what parents do for us that we could never do on our own. Unless it is an abusive home – in that case it is best to look for another place to stay. But if it is out of frustration and anger than it’s better to analyze the situation. You’re asked to take out the trash, clean your room, and do laundry. But, they also pay for your living, food and phone bill, and may provide you with many things that many teens don’t appreciate that way we should. It isn’t easy being an adult providing for a child, so take some time and think about why it isn’t working out and see if maybe it isn’t so bad listening to your parents. It makes it easier and better on everyone.
- Stefannie
Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
Trouble With Parents
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Family Approval
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Sometimes we are ashamed, of ourselves and others, but sometimes others are ashamed of us, and deny us. Sometimes they deny us for who we are. Coming out and telling a family member that you are gay or lesbian can be difficult. This can frighten them, as many people don’t accept what is different or unknown to them. Everyone wants to be accepted and acknowledged, but it doesn’t always work out. It can cause hurt and damage from being denied, especially if we feel that we can’t do anything about it. There is always someone there to help you cope; we just don’t always notice it. Family members can be afraid of the unknown, but once they understand that there is nothing wrong, the family can become stronger and things can get better. There is advice and resources to turn to if there is a misconception of one’s orientation. No one is alone ever. Family is meant to stick together no matter the circumstances, sometimes it may just take a while to get there.
- Stefannie
Gift Shopping
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Given that every holiday season I end up scrambling around, buying presents frantically and generally moving like James Bond in the climax scene of a movie where he has to defuse a world-threatening bomb, this year I’ve promised myself to shop early. No longer will I have to settle on getting my mom a cheese grater because Bed, Bath and Beyond had sold out of espresso pots. No more will I purchase a DVD of Shrek 1 for my brother because Shrek 3 had been nabbed already. Starting this year, I will become an early-bird. Now, granted, I haven’t yet gotten anything, but that doesn’t make my strategy any less valid. Soon, very soon, I will go shopping. And when I do, I will amass the greatest, most appropriate, least-disgraceful collection of presents in my lifetime, gleefully wrapping them and anxiously awaiting their dispersal. If you’re shopping for the holidays, I highly recommend this approach. If you have to buy gifts, why not just get it over with? That way you can get what you want and spend time on the important stuff: your own wish-list.
- Will
Be Thankful
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
I would be assuming too much to ask everybody to be thankful of his/her family. After all, what do I even know? Maybe someone has been abused emotionally and physically by their parents and siblings for years. Maybe a boy is cursing at his mother for leaving him since he was two. But we all have a place and a person to be thankful for. It needn’t be connected to us through blood line. It needn’t be a deep connection fostered in years of hardship. It can just be a simple companionship –someone is right here for me at this very moment. Who knows where this person in front of me would go tomorrow, what matters is today. This world is beautiful.
- Phy