#raising teenagers

[uptospeed]

I’ve gone from going to bed saying “What the…” to “Namaste All Day” quotes.

Yes, my last name is Speed, yes my kids run (Fast, very fast. For pleasure), and yes, sometimes it takes a spreadsheet to keep everything going.

I have lots of hustle. From keeping up with my adult and teen kids, keeping up in life with a small business, keeping up with society, health, friends, advice and all the creative random ideas that goes through my mind, all while practicing mindfulness and keeping my sense of humor… my hustle is a lot to keep up with. But don’t worry, keeping things Up To Speed is never not insightful or ridiculous. Maybe both at the same time?

Watch, listen, read about how things are on pointe and up to me.

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I had an English teacher my freshman year of highschool who was one of the RARE adults that treated all of his students with respect while at the same time challenging us to do better.

I distinctly remember him telling our class

"You are not as mature as you think you are, but you are more mature than your parents give you credit for"

He also told us about an agreement/rule he had with his own kids. He understood how hard it was for kids to do the right thing in the face of peer pressure. So he had told his kinds that if they were ever in a situation (underage drinking, drugs, whatever) where they knew they shouldn't be, they could call and using an previously agreed upon codeword that was banal and unsuspicious, he would know he needed to go get them and be 'the bad guy'. He would show up, "Uncle Buck" style and get them out of wherever they were. This would allow them to safe face with their friends and there would be no consequences for being in the situation in the first place.

A reply on Reddit from Mazon_Del

"He also told us about an agreement/rule he had with his own kids. He understood how hard it was for kids to do the right thing in the face of peer pressure."

My parents had two parts to this. The first was that my dad was always willing to be the bad guy. We could ALWAYS blame him for not being able to do something we didn't want to do.

The second was that no matter what, if we EVER felt uncomfortable, we could call them at any point of the night and ask to be taken home. There would be NO punishment, even if it was a situation where we'd done something like sneaking out to go to a party we actually WERE told not to go to.

As they said (roughly) "We'd rather be silently disappointed in you and really tired on a workday, than have to attend your funeral."

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My Mom had similar rules with me that she got from her parents. I had a secret word and a script that I could call her and use. "I'm having such a radical time, can I stay longer?" and she would know to instead come IMMEDIATELY and drag me out of there. "Radical" and "rad" were popular with my older siblings peers, and some of my own friends, but I never picked it up myself, so it was hypothetically believable.

I'm glad I never had to use it, I'm not sure I could have pulled it off believable.

Mom's other rules on this front came out when they WERE potentially necessary. My first lover was older than me, had a car, etc. and she set rules for me that it would be pretty easy to work around, but also pretty easy to get caught breaking.

I pointed out how easy they might be to work around if I really wanted to. She shrugged and said (roughly),

"You're more than smart enough to totally evade any rules I set for you if you want to. You're almost an adult. I couldn't pick you up if I tried. It's not my job to keep you out of trouble anymore. It's my job to provide you with every possible resource to keep yourself out of trouble that I can."

And you know what? Actually spelling that distinction out for me meant I used those resources a lot more wisely than I might have if I was busy chafing against them as restrictions.

[the5parkers-blog]

Becoming A Middle School ESE Teacher

One thing that I learned over the summer was that there really is a teacher shortage. After sending out some resumes and applying with the school district, I soon found myself inundated with interview requests. It was both an ego boost and a sad statement of our education system. Anyway, I agreed to an interview at a middle school in a not-so-great side of town and farther away than I wanted to…

[moonlightmagical]

buddy dawn cannot raise himself from the grave.

buddy dawn is not a chosen one.

buddy dawn is a child.

buddy dawn was manipulated by organized religion through no fault of his own, most likely since he was born.

buddy dawn had his throat slit by people he probably considered good friends.

buddy dawn is kristen applebees in a different—worse—life.

buddy dawn is dead, and there’s a good fucking chance helio won’t answer his questions.

[trulyyoursjen06]

I Hope

The older my children become, the more clearly I see my hopes for their lives.  I hope they don’t become trapped in the cycle of chasing popularity.  I hope they stay true to who they are.  I hope they don’t fall into the lure of peer pressure.  I hope they are people of strong character and virtue.  I hope they are kind. Always kind. To everyone they encounter.  I hope they can clearly see…

[littlefankingdom]

Talia introduced Damian to Bruce as "their second child", and now Bruce is mentally panicking because there's another one, somewhere, when this unspoken first child is Jason.

[noxcheshire]

Back again with Danny being adopted by other batfam members.

But this time I thought of the absolute comedy of Damian, tiny squirt and five apples tall, deciding that he is now a father to a grown ass teenage Danny.

It was an accident and had never been his intention to adopt another being.

But it had been placed into Damian’s head that in order to be a potential Batman he had to have his own Robin. And the only way to have his own Robin was to have a child, similar to the way that Father would pick up the various children and teenagers amongst them.

Damain had a very specific list of requirements for his potential child-Robin. Danny did not meet any of those requirements, and yet here Damian was having forged papers for the now Daniel Al Ghul-Wayne, and beginning the treacherous affair of introducing his son to the family.

Danny twisted his new shirt sleeve with a frown. It was a nice green silk that complimented the little green that resided in his son’s eyes. Damian wished to bring out the many carefully crafted features of Danny that could match to Damian. Having his eyes pop, wild hair brushed and losing the battle to nervous hands, would have to do.

At least until Damian taught Danny his mother tongue and began the care of his culture and soon to be heritage.

[thebibliosphere]

I feel like I've complained about Tim's email situation in Gotham Knights before (edit: I have), but the truth of it is just so funny.

He's signed up for so many podcasts, video game streamers, and random news alerts; it's just a constant barrage of data going straight into his constantly whirring brain. Hell, he even floats the idea of the Batfamily having their own podcast as a way to correct misinformation about them (which Jason shoots down instantly), and it's made me realize something.

Timothy Drake would be a YouTuber.

In this universe specifically, Timothy Jackson Drake, the heir to Drake Industries and the foster son of the late Bruce Wayne would be a YouTuber.

Think about it. It'd be the perfect cover. Who would ever suspect that some 16-year-old nepo baby with a YouTube channel could ever be Red Robin? You'd have to be mad. I mean, look at him.

Red Robin just dropped out of literal thin air and garotted someone four times his size, and you expect anyone to believe that's the same kid who does 24-hour Minecraft charity streams and occasionally drops 6-hour video essays (his last one was on Lex Luthor's illegal bit mining operation on the moon)?

That kid?

You think that kid is Red Robin?

Ch'yah, okay, sure. And the Joker is funny 🤡.

[sticker-star-sketchbook]

(raising your mystic kid au -- episode one - part two)

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spotify will be like are you a HARDCORE PUNK do you HATE THE ESTABLISHMENT and want some songs to BEAT UP COPS TO? listen to our PUNK PLAYLIST! and the playlist is like. welcome to the black parade

[gummybearstastelikesadness]

When Danny enters the Fenton portal for the very first time, he still trips and shocks himself but at the same time damages the inside of the portal enough that it can’t sustain itself past the point of changing Danny’s molecules.

The electricity and damage done to both Danny and the portal isn’t something Danny, Sam, and Tucker can cover up and his parents find out immediately. They’re more concerned about their son then the portal (they have the blueprints for the portal and can rebuild it later but can’t replace their son if something happened to him) and go through a lot of things emotions regarding the existence of ghost human hybrids.

Danny’s new biology could easily be passed as meta human traits. Unfortunately President Lex Luther had just recently passed laws against meta humans. Meaning they can’t risk people find out about Danny’s new powers, at all. The Fentons decide that Danny should live with one of Maddie or Jacks relatives off grid until he can control his new abilities better.

luckily Jacks sister, Martha, and her husband have experience with a super powered child and after their son moved to the city could probably use a hand on their farm. All Jack needed to do was call.

[gayjaytodd]

Clark, visiting Wayne Manor for the first time: uhhh, who's in charge here?

Bruce, sighing deeply: usually whoever yells the loudest.

[sweeneydino]

"If I must die, then we will die together" - 2012 Splinter pretty much.

Yo, fuck this version of Shredder specifically, like jesus fucking crispies dude wtf. Can someone analyze this man or something he's scaring me.

Bro said "and I took that personally" when splints wanted to care for his daughter and live in peace with his family, gyad damn.

WHY DOES HE HAVE ALL THOSE PHOTOS--

I actually hate this man- I must have more. I am curious

[shardkn1ght]

I finally finished the next part!

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