2014 is the year I have a teenager. I feel like I already have one. One of the things I notice most about having a teenager (almost) is - Oh how the tables have turned! I was once the teenager who had parents who did not know anything, but now I am the parent who does not know anything. I was once the teenager who had parents who did not understand, and now I am the parent who does not understand.
I have a tendency to tell my almost teenager to stop talking, pardon my language, to tell him to shut up.
Why? Watch the first episode of the Cosby show.
He says things that make no sense.
Some of you reading already know this - I am the one who needs to shut up. One of my worst faults is not shutting my mouth. So this year in 2014 - the year of the teenage fatherhood, I seek first to understand, not to be understood.
I am setting as a big goal to actually listen to my teenager in 2014.
What is your ides for 2014?
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