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<\/a><\/p>\nDidn’t see that one coming.<\/p>\n
What do you mean you looked? It’s right there!<\/p>\n
This, too, shall pass.<\/p>\n
Do other parents of teens know what they’re doing?<\/p>\n
What’s that smell?<\/p>\n
I don’t want to know.<\/p>\n
But . . . why?<\/p>\n
I know it’s ridiculously unhealthy to even think this, but I’d like to wrap you in bubble wrap.<\/p>\n
Bite your tongue, bite your tongue, bite your tongue!<\/p>\n
I’m so curious to see how this turns out.<\/p>\n
Wasn’t it just yesterday that you were little?<\/p>\n
What in the world were you thinking? Never mind, you clearly weren’t thinking.<\/p>\n
I’m not<\/em> going to miss this.<\/p>\n I’m really<\/em> going to miss this.<\/p>\n You did what?<\/p>\n Where’d my charger go?<\/p>\n Wow! (in the “you’re really impressive” way)<\/p>\n Wow! (in the “I didn’t think you were at that stage of life yet, but here we are” way)<\/p>\n Wow! (in the “I had no idea anyone could be so clueless” way)<\/p>\n Wow! (in the “I had no idea that time could fly by so incredibly quickly” way)<\/p>\n I wish you had even an inkling of just how much I love you.<\/p>\n You May Also Like:<\/strong>\u00a0Why it\u2019s so important to know your mandate when parenting a teen<\/a><\/p>\n Prior Post:\u00a0<\/strong>Roundup of expert advice on common teen parenting topics<\/a><\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss a post!<\/span> Please subscribe to Between Us Parents\u2019 completely safe, spam-free email list in the box in the top right corner of the page!<\/span><\/p>\n Please like Between Us Parents on<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Facebook<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n You can also find us on<\/span>\u00a0Pinterest<\/span><\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0Twitter<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span>\u00a0Instagram<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m the parent of a teen, which I’m often talking to myself as I try to understand the behavior of an adolescent with a still-developing prefrontal cortex. I’ve found that there are a few phrases that come to mind most on a daily basis. In no particular order, here are 21 things I often think […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9425"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9781,"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425\/revisions\/9781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/betweenusparents.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}