hree children. But lately she has had to work relentless to stay in touch with her oldest, a 16-year-old. She drives with him to his baseball games and takes skiing vacations because he loves them."(Shellenbarger 2)"You may try to have a meaningful conversation with him, and he may blow you off three times, but you have to keep trying. You can't let your feelings get hurt," says the First Tennessee Corp. executive."Ms. Tucker says she lost more time at work since her son became a teenager than when he was younger. Though she doesn't let her work suffer she stays home a little late very morning to fix him breakfast and spends time at his school. The Littleton shootings, she adds, have made her more aware of staying in touch, being closer, giving attention, watching the moods."(Shellenbarger 2)Vo 5"Parents must assert their need for flexibility on the job to maintain that delicate balance. You can't be too tired, you can't be not available to them when they're ready to share. You have to put them above your sleep or your own plans."(Shellenbarger 2)Kids are meant to be immature people. Kids have full of energy in playing games. Kids are more aggressive than any body. Kids are never prepared when they face the real life."Defeat strikes the young the hardest because they least expect it"(Abraham Lincoln)Parents should be the good models for children to follow. This explains why most of the violent criminals had a bad family background. According to the results of an informal survey that I committed on the Internet, 6 out of 8 underage teenagers said they smoked because their parents did.The father abuses his wife, and the mother abuses her child. Her child will eventually go on and pick out on their classmates. Separation could also change a child's life. In my family, my father has never hit my mother even once. Honestly, my parents are the most important persons in my life. I've learned from my Dad how to protect my sister and support th...
