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1lost1 wrote:

I am thinking here in the not too distant future I should call the girls parents. Zak spends time there and I would imagine she will be hanging out with us. I would like them to know I am home in the evenings and that I will gladly run the kids where they want to go and so on ~ I would think communitcation/ introductions are appropriate. Do parents still do this??? I have alot of kids in and out of the house through the week and on the weekend and it doesn't seem like parents check on this kind of thing anymore. The boys look at me like a lunatic when I ask for specifics as they relate to their travels. So I am unsure how to handle this. I would think her parent's would want to know though when they are down at Zak's house I am home, and also know when I say that I will take them or pick them up somewhere I am good to my word, a safe driver and I will follow through with the curfews and guidelines they have established in their home for their daughter.

I am textbook ~ textbook lunatic is probably closer to describing me than anything out there, but I do try to be a good parent. These teen years are giving my ticker a workout though. Nothing brings home the fact that I am officially middle aged like being a parent to two teen boys. With the baby I can still act as if I am a young pup~ but with these boys I have to face the facts - it mortifies me at times. The things that come out of my mouth I sound just like a parent and I swore in my rebellion years that would never happen. :omg: I just can't believe how time moves so quickly in some respects and how a person changes.

Thanks for the thumbs up, this is new to me and I am winging it so it's nice to know I am not totally blowing it in someone's eyes.

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