Thread: I am so proud of my 13 yr old daughter

Originally Posted by Vee030473

Congrats to your daughter on the grades! Just remember when she acts like the typical teenager,this too shall pass LOL. My kids are far from perfect and I am glad they aren't,but they still get great grades and love their parents and have respect for others.My middle son goes to the soup kitchen during the weekends to volunteer,my oldest son has been helping with Habitat for Humanity since he was 10,he is now 16.Even my 11 yr old daughter with autism,does her part for community; she colors pictures for the ladies in a retirement home and has made close friends with one of them,every Wednesday and Saturday we visit her and my daughter brushes her hair for her. The best advice I got from my mom and dad was dont sweat the small stuff when it comes to raising kids especially in the teenage years. I know my parents know it all,they raised 8 kids. Again congrats to your daughter and you!

Thank you! That is wonderful what your children are doing.

Kids are not perfect & parents are not either. You do the best you can & I know my kids are great kids.


I guess we got passed over in getting the perfect kids who pooped gold instead of poop......LOL!

But that's ok cause I love my kids dearly & wouldn't trade them for anything.

Congrats to your daughter for such good grades and a good attitude! I hope she keeps it up!

my children are not "perfect", I didn't say that, but at the same time, I don't feel that you have the right to say that ALL children act the same way at certain ages.

that's just monkeychit.

My point being, the apple didn't fall from the tree as far as the "know it all" attitude that you profusely proclaimed...I guess you didn't get that from my first post.

My children are good children, and have never tried to push my limits, test my patience or show disrespect to elders.

So I guess you don't know it all either.

Hmmmm, my daughter went through a minor crisis as a 16 yr old (caused by an outside influence I might add) other than that she didn't give me the "typical teenage" attitude you speak of. Neither did my son. I started teaching my children young what the word respect meant. Maybe that is what made the difference in their attitude and the attitude that you speak of.

Neither of my kids was into the "partying" scene with their friends and they respected the limits that were put on them. Nope, my kids were not perfect and I was not the perfect mother. But, your tone is really rather insulting.

So far so good here with a almost 14 year old son. But I am also on his arse cause I know what I was doing at 13!! YIKES