Ahhh ... the joys of parenthood.Originally Posted by eljean
Do you worry about your child' future teenage life? i mean, you know, do you spoiled them with so much toys? how do you balance your own way of upbringing on your own child when there is a bit of uk inlaws interference,it's maybe so far from now but kids grow up so fast this day one thing you know they are already teenagers,do you worry about if they adopt to much uk culture like you what teens are like here,when they are 16 they think they can do whatever they want or is it just simply down to dicipline,me honestly im scared about it i dont know i will still be able to control them or if my kid will still listen to me,dicipline in the PI is so totally different and i am having a hard time...specially that it's legal to have sex at the age of 16 here, while i remember in PI i still get a curfew at the age of 21
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My daughter will be 40 in just over a week's time. And my son turns 38 in October. Seems like only yesterday that they were just wee tots. I worried a great deal about them THEN ... and I STILL *worry NOW! [fathers *DO TOO, you know!].
But THAT'S LIFE!It's a sure sign we CARE!
though, that children tend to grow up too fast these days ... heavens, some 6-year-olds know more about the workings of computers than ... well ... ME ... for instance. (Mind you THAT wouldn't be difficult!). And as for Sex Education? ... that wasn't taught in schools until pupils had reached Grade V/5th Year at Secondary level ... and then only cursorily. My mum thought it ridiculous that "that sort of thing" should even be mentioned in a classroom full of ... yes ... "impressionable" 16-year-old adolescents.
All I can say IS, "My, how times have changed!" ... and in SOME ways, perhaps it's just as well. "Que Sera, sera ... !!!"
