Skip to main content  Teenage Rebellion: An Unschooling,
Respectfully Parented Perspective  Share | Submitted by Idzie
Desmarais on Mon, 2012-01-30 15:33  There seems to be the almost
universal belief among North American parents (I'm sure this is
a phenomena found elsewhere as well, but I'm just talking about
what I've personally seen) that their kids, whether these are
theoretical future children or actual kids, and whether they
have yet to reach their teen years or not, will hate or at the
very least dislike them. Teenagers hate their parents: everyone
knows that.  My mother has told me that when my sister and I
were small, she used to say to my father that he had to take
over primary parental duties once we hit our teen years. She's
told me that she loved being a parent, and loved spending time
with us, right from the get-go, but being surrounded by warnings
of "wait until they become teenagers!" she always thought that
would change when we got older.  Out for a Fall walk in 2008. We
so obviously hate eac