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She turns 16 today, our baby girl. Isn’t it “sweet 16” you ask. Anyone who has ever lived with a teenage girl knows “sweet” is not the adjective used most to describe them. Temperamental or moody, sulky or grouchy, opinionated or demanding, but sweet? Not often. While some of her school teachers of the past 10 years might give her glowing marks on citizenship and printed little notes on her report card “A pleasure to have in class,” I have to wonder? Is the girl who sits in their class each day the same girl who grumbles when you remind her to keep her showers under 20 minutes? Is she the same girl who glares at you when you mention that texting on her cell phone 24/7 isn’t a right, it’s a privilege?/Kaisie Brede, St. Maries Gazette-Record. More here.
Question: Who was easier to handle at Sweet 16 — you or your kids?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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JeanieSpokane on February 25 at 9:24 a.m.
I was the epitome of “sweet 16.” Really. When I listen to my friends tell how they were when they were 16, I am shocked. They snuck out at night. Smoked. Hung out with boys. (Did things with boys.) Cursed.
I was honest-to-God the last true Sweet 16 girl left on the planet.
Sparky on February 25 at 10:56 a.m.
Though I may have been a little mischievous and rowdy as a teen. I was a sweet 16 now 17 was a whole other issue.
Liz on February 25 at 11:54 a.m.
oh my daughter for sure. I was an angry miserable beeyotch to live with…I had some pretty nifty anger issues going on there, though. Not completely without reason, but still…
Cis on February 25 at 4:57 p.m.
I love all my sons and daughters…. but believe me…. I rather have 8 sons than one daughter thru the teen years. The homones were raging.. the ups and downs… boys were so much easier.. and I had 4 each
Cindy_H on February 25 at 5:27 p.m.
I was a very sweet 16.
I’m making up for it now ;-)
Cis, thanks for the reminder that there’s a blessing in having four sons.