Mental Health... With a Fouteen Year Old Daughter

Give 'n Go ^ | 11-17-2007 | J. Martini

[joeystoy]

Since so many blogs deal with hygiene of the mind, body and spirit it's difficult to get through even a few without being brought to the brink of self destruction by tales of obsession, compulsion, emotional angst and exasperation.

As the father of a fourteen-year-old daughter I often sink into self reflection about the meaning of life; whether life has any meaning and the most important existential question facing fathers of adolescent young ladies:

Is life too short, or is life too long?

[joeystoy]

Last night Little Angel and my wife argued for an hour about whether she could have a sleep-over. By 9:30PM the plans had fallen apart. She and all her friends slept in their own beds in their own homes after arguments with their own parents.

[Tax-chick]

Fourteen is as bad as it gets. If you’re doing the job right, they’re human again by 16.