DAY 92 -- Drive Your Children Crazy

     Kids and Parents Drive each other Crazy ...

It has been my experience that children upon reaching age 14 or 15 become possessed by aliens. They are totally under the control of this insane invasion - something like body snatchers. It happens suddenly and without warning. However, some teens are not affected - and it seems about 1 in 5 remains sane, and can be observed to still be your darling son or daughter. The others, there is not much you can do, but wait for their brains to be released back to their control. Of course during this phase you will need to be vigilent to ensure that they do not harm themselves, get expelled from school or arrested. If you can get then graduated out of high school and safely into college or university, you have a good chance of having your relationship rekindled and your offspring becoming happy and responsible again.

During our Happiness Project - lighten up with parenting is one resolution. Uhuh, easier done with toddlers and those under 13 years of age. How can we lighten up, stay sane and live happily with our teens and young adult children?

In response I found a site that has listed-
42 Things That Will Make Your Parents Crazy

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And REVERSAL is the answer!! It just might work? Drive them crazy and have them have to be concerned about our sanity. hmmmmm

Here is the LIST:

1. Follow them around the house everywhere...

2. Moo when they say your name...

3. Run into walls...

4. Say that wearing clothes is against your religion...

5. Stand over them at four in the morning with a huge grin on your face and say, good morning sunshine...

6. Pluck someone's hair out and yell, "DNA"...

7. Wear a sticker that says, "I'm a retard"...

8. Have 20 imaginary friends that you talk to all the time...

9. In public yell, "No Mom/Dad, I will not make out with you!!"...

10. Do what they actually tell you...

11. Jump off the roof, trying to fly...

12. Hold their hand and whisper to them, I see dead people...

13. At everything they say yell, Liar...

14. Try to swim in the floor...

15. Tap on their door all night...

16.Pretend to have amnesia...

17.Say everything backwards...

18.Give yourself a swirly...

19.Run around with a lamp shade on your head yelling, "the sun!!! it's dying!!!"...

20.Sing at the top of your lungs while running around the house...in your underwear...

21.Have nervous spasms at spontaneous times...

22.Snort loudly when you laugh and then laugh harder...

23.Run in circles...

24.Recite a whole movie 3 times...

25.Pretend to beat yourself up...

26.Chase/bark at the mail man...

27.Wear your pants on your head and your shirt on your waist... tell them you're making a fashion statement...

28.Try and drink out of a glass the wrong way...

29.Super glue your finger up your nose...

30.Talk to a pen...

31.Lay face down and chant like an Indian tribe...

32.Try and climb the wall...

33.Roll on the floor laughing hysterically in supermarkets...

34.Take your ice cream cone and put it one your forehead... say you're a lovely unicorn...

35. Turn the tv on to a station you don't get, watch the static and say you're looking for the pattern...

36.Switch the light button on and off for a while. then say, "ooooh... I get it!!!"...

37.Eat your hair...

38.Whatever they are eating, tell them it looks like a certain animal...

39.Eat anything obviously not edible...

40.Say your pet is mocking you and chase it around the house...

41.When you shower or bathe yell, "I'm drowning!!!"...

42.Try to snorkel in your fish tank...

And if this seems too extreme - maybe this book has some good suggestions. 

Also by Dr. Michael J. Bradley

And know, that the majority of us do make it out alive and still sane. The odd thing is that just when we start to get along again, they leave. And then we miss them.

That is crazy!!

Keep Smiling - it will make you feel better, and people guessing.

...darleen & jan