Comments on: Mom Strikes Back! http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/12/mom-strikes-back/ On life, learning, love, and laughter. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:01:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/12/mom-strikes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-953 Chris Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:56:18 +0000 http://www.mikepottersblog.com/?p=1450#comment-953 I'm proud to say that's my boy (Ronny, but his real name is Aaron). No wonder he's respected as a leader in the youth group. I’m proud to say that’s my boy (Ronny, but his real name is Aaron). No wonder he’s respected as a leader in the youth group.

]]> By: Ronny http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/12/mom-strikes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Ronny Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:38 +0000 http://www.mikepottersblog.com/?p=1450#comment-942 Well from my just coming out of my teen years I would say I will have to side, strongly, with the mom's view. I never had all of the views the teen had and the few I did were just me being selfish no doubt. I liked the mom's response, and I did enjoy reading the teen's rant too, what would life be without a bit of laughter? Well from my just coming out of my teen years I would say I will have to side, strongly, with the mom’s view. I never had all of the views the teen had and the few I did were just me being selfish no doubt.

I liked the mom’s response, and I did enjoy reading the teen’s rant too, what would life be without a bit of laughter?

]]> By: jk http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/12/mom-strikes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-940 jk Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:28:16 +0000 http://www.mikepottersblog.com/?p=1450#comment-940 I may have been a little bit strong with my comments on the first post. Without having children of my own I probably will never fully understand the point you are trying to get across here. I apologize if any comment on the previous post offended you Mike. I guess I was trying to say something like Natros said above...but did so in a much less elegant and well-thought out way. I may have been a little bit strong with my comments on the first post. Without having children of my own I probably will never fully understand the point you are trying to get across here. I apologize if any comment on the previous post offended you Mike. I guess I was trying to say something like Natros said above…but did so in a much less elegant and well-thought out way.

]]> By: Natros http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/12/mom-strikes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Natros Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:05:24 +0000 http://www.mikepottersblog.com/?p=1450#comment-937 This rebuttal strikes me as being unnecessarily snarky, essentially stooping to the level of the original teen's article. Taken together, I think both articles simply reinforce the notion that parents and teens are necessarily enemies: neither party seems willing to treat the other with respect, and as a result, I think both salvos are likely to fall on deaf ears. Personally, I'm sympathetic to the mom's reply; I see a number of ways in which my parents probably were "right" now, and I think a few more years of perspective will probably change the teen's argument. Still, I don't really think this article adds anything more to the conversation but sarcasm & superiority, which were probably among the teen's original complaints to begin with. Is there any way to frame the parent-teen relationship that doesn't make it a competition or a zero-sum game? This rebuttal strikes me as being unnecessarily snarky, essentially stooping to the level of the original teen’s article. Taken together, I think both articles simply reinforce the notion that parents and teens are necessarily enemies: neither party seems willing to treat the other with respect, and as a result, I think both salvos are likely to fall on deaf ears.

Personally, I’m sympathetic to the mom’s reply; I see a number of ways in which my parents probably were “right” now, and I think a few more years of perspective will probably change the teen’s argument. Still, I don’t really think this article adds anything more to the conversation but sarcasm & superiority, which were probably among the teen’s original complaints to begin with. Is there any way to frame the parent-teen relationship that doesn’t make it a competition or a zero-sum game?

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