My sister who reads lots of parenting books says that it works best with teenagers if you try to defuse a situation with humor, preferably written. I tried it. It worked. See more here.
Quote of the Day:
"We will be chite and bite the kite."
--Ben and Steven, who have been exposed to some Dutch but not enough, trying to come up with rhyming words
"chite," or as we always pronounced it, "Kschiiiet," is an all-purpose adjective meaning "proper, as things ought to be"
This one I must try.
ReplyDelete