tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post7571849956952310624..comments2023-12-21T00:50:08.573+11:00Comments on "No reading at the breakfast table": 3 tips for parenting a teenage girl (from Steve Biddulph's 'Raising Girls')Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17557633180012575687noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-6192307143041800222013-10-26T07:32:46.814+11:002013-10-26T07:32:46.814+11:00Hi Taara Yes I was thinking about that with Rowan ...Hi Taara Yes I was thinking about that with Rowan the other day. I remember when we were dorm parents we'd often find a few girls just sitting in our lounge room having a bit time away from their friends. And it was intense for me - heaps of fun too - but hard when there was conflict. I had some lovely A level friends who'd I often visit just to escape the peer group stuff. Certainly different to being able to come home each afternoon!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557633180012575687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-45364207065184539492013-10-25T22:08:19.268+11:002013-10-25T22:08:19.268+11:00We are quite far away from the teenage years, but ...We are quite far away from the teenage years, but I thought your last point was interesting - especially as I compare it to a boarding school experience as a teenager! Even our "out of school" friends were in school with us. Taarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035109837441136992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-87729274213107012552013-10-25T21:45:26.812+11:002013-10-25T21:45:26.812+11:00Bernadette: Your quiet space may have been with a ...Bernadette: Your quiet space may have been with a book. I was always up a tree or swimming in the ocean. <br />I hate craft, I just can't stand mess but my daughter really enjoys it. <br />As does my boy, but he needs a goal. A purpose to it (like me). My girl is happy to just fiddle and see how it turns out. -ChezAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-35733287683858960632013-10-25T14:52:53.386+11:002013-10-25T14:52:53.386+11:00Sorry Bernadette :( Wasn't meaning to cause i...Sorry Bernadette :( Wasn't meaning to cause issues but glad you got it off your chest ...!! I know you don't like him but I have found this stuff helpful in just thinking through some of what I'm facing. As with all parenting things you take what you like and ditch the rest. I do agree with you about the testosterone thing though - I'm over that too. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557633180012575687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307360448382903712.post-21740431941552243222013-10-25T13:01:35.679+11:002013-10-25T13:01:35.679+11:00Oh jenny I can't tell you how much I disagree ...Oh jenny I can't tell you how much I disagree with this man. His stuff on boys is just awful and stereotypes are his favourite thing. As a girl , a quiet space to do craft would have been hell for me . He never ever sites studies, his claim that boys have a testosterone surge at 2 or 5 is just rubbish absolute rubbish that any scientists will prove is incorrect but he has swarms of parents blaming this surge on their boy's behaviour. I only hope his stuff on girls is better researched than " I have spoken to people ". Ahhhhh that feels better...bernadettenoreply@blogger.com