My children are teenagers now. When people hear that I have two teenage girls I receive a variety of responses in the spectrum of ignorant to horrific:
"Oh dear, that must be tough."
"You're in for trouble."
"No wonder you look so old."
"That explains the twitch."
"Are they available?"
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| *insert misogynistic paternal objectification line here* |
Honestly it's pretty easy. They are good, well behaved, and don't get into too much trouble because of the sucking power of entropy. Seriously they frighten me with their lethargy. More than once I've checked to make sure the Carbon Monoxide detector is working.
I understand. They are growing. Lady bits. And it must be exhausting doing that AND walking the 3 blocks to school.
I try to keep them mentally engaged. This is so they:
A) End up smart.
B) Have less time to plan a violent coup.
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| How I imagine them starting |
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| How I expect to find my home each day. |
I tried getting them to research books. To find new facts. To learn something new every day. And we learned something very important: Nagging wears Dad out.
My older daughter has a penchant for persuasive argument. She will likely be a lawyer or politician someday. And I thought the redhead was the souless one...
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| Also, it is rumored a new freckle appears each time a soul is consumed. |
In a brainwave of what I call "Genius" but what others call "Odd" I formed a debate club. I put 5 questions down for them to research, they each pick a unique stance, then debate it. I choose the winner by who has the best argument. I put 5 questions down to remind them life isn't fair.
They have become excited by this game. The first debate featured two answers that my older nearly won on, despite being 100% bullshit. Ya, politics is in her future.
Each debate causes the girls to become quite animated. I mean loud, not that they suddenly transform into extras from "Ouran High School Host Club".
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| The anime addiction starter pack |
The younger hasn't quite caught up in some ways. During the debate on "How should we generate electricity" she forgot the word "Windmill" (Her answer) and it went something like this:
"You'll have pinwheels in the sky. If it's in a valley you have bigger pinwheels in the sky. You can have pinwheels in the sky over desert, pinwheels in the sky over the ocean, everywhere pinwheels in the sky!"
So in a way it's a success they are researching. On the downside I get to relive the 2016 presidential debates. You win some, you lose some.
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