Day 11 ~ Teenagers

Not long ago my son and I would refer to them as "crazy teenagers" if we caught them doing something funky on the street. At fourteen, he's now one of them. I struggle with him seemingly doing what the herd dictates. I hear that it is normal--they need to feel that they belong. But I didn't have that problem growing up, so it is hard to relate. My main challenge at the time was socializing with boys. Coming from an all-girls Catholic school, I felt uncomfortable around guys. I couldn't act natural. I would have so liked to have gone to a coed school. Ironically, my son didn't want to have anything to do with girls for the longest time (he has moved on to ignoring them, which is progress). So in my twenties, I had to learn how to interact with members of the opposite sex, while he will have to work on finding his own voice.