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The Little Lilypad is a lifestyle blog mostly written by a mum to two beautiful, cheeky and entertaining daughters. It is sometimes written by the Man on the Pad or by one of our baby bloggers. Occasionally we accept guest posts too. There is frequently talk of sustainable living, saving money, lifestyle and travel. It is hopefully helpful, sometimes funny and always honest.
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Life .... with teenagers

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I am delighted to share this guest post from one of my beautiful friends who is contemplating life with teenagers.

Life.....

I am the mother of two wonderful children (most of the time they are wonderful but sometimes......). My daughter is 14 going on 21 and my son is 12 with the attitude of a 13 year old as he is nearly a teenager, so he keeps telling me!!!!

Life can be a struggle for all of us most of the time. My son was off school poorly a few days ago with a bad tummy. I am lucky that my husband and I own our business and I have amazing people that can look after my job when I'm not there, but not everyone is fortunate. I remember a time when I would have had to ring in sick(but then you lose money for being off sick!!!) or use a day of their holiday which we usually save to spend time as a family.

Life.....

Having two children in their teens (well nearly!!), can also be a struggle, they both want to be somewhere different at the same time. Our weekends are never our own these days, with one of us dropping one child somewhere and the other dropping the other child. Then, of course there's the picking back up of the children who always want to stay at their friends for that extra 10 minutes!! 

I do miss my children on a weekend (although I have to admit I do enjoy the peace and quiet of no arguing), and my hubby & I are now able to spend more time together although most of our conversations are still about the kids. 

It's a wonderful but trying time watching your little babies turning into adolescents (all hormones aside). But my advice, for what it is worth ....

Relish them whilst they are young and can't answer you back, spend time with them, enjoy walks in the sunshine and splashing in the rain. As your babies grow up, they do mature and hopefully become the adults you wish them to be.

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  1. ronnie is nearly 6 already and i just know in the blink of an eye he will be 16, scares the socks of me!

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  2. i feel the days whizzing by as my son is now 10 making the very most of it

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  3. Thanks for sharing, yes times passes too quickly an I need to remember to treasure these young times. Mich x

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  4. ah yes. I am with you on this. I too have teens. One has moved out now, one is still asleep (yes at 3pm on a saturday afternoon) and one is at work. Love the quiet but also miss the hubbub of three small people that used to charge about!

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  5. Is it wrong that I'm already slightly scared about my life as a taxi driver when my two reach their teenage years???

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  6. It's odd for me as I have 5 teens now but they don't live with me - so I hear and see some of 'real life' with them, but not much of it - maybe it's slowing preparing me for it?!

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  7. I can't even imagine how life will be with two teenage girls...pls god keep that tome as faraway as possible! and thank you for the advice at the end. beautiful. sometimes is hard to remember they will grow fast and that we need to enjoy it as much as possible!

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  8. Thanks for the insight as to how it's going to be. Can't wait!

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  9. Gorgeous photo and lots of wise words, always nice to read guest posts from folk who don't blog regularly. You'r lucky to have a 12 year old going on 13 though, I feel like I have a 5 year old going on 13! x

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  10. It is a lovely message but let me say that they are still young enough to enjoy. My oldest is driving now (scary) and my next son is a couple of years off being a teen. I know what you mean about dropping off and picking up (I have 2 younger ones too). But we try to find things as a family that they will all want to do (we are doing family canoeing for example next week), before the oldest leaves home for uni (scary).

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