What’s up with perpetual construction on the freeways? Orange barrels dented and thumped from months of standing guard as the watchmen for the never-ending asphalt trucks and busy workers. Don’t they ever rest? Nope.
Freeways are high maintenance – so are some dates. Have you ever noticed how a particular boyfriend or girlfriend seems to be “under construction” for months, even years at a time? What’s up with that? Every few feet there is another blatant warning that you will encounter a slowdown or bottleneck in the flow of your teen's dating relationship. Your find your child exhausted from a constant state of “alert” and white-knuckling for hours on end. You wonder if they have ever realized it’s just not the way the trip was supposed to be. Day after day you hope it will end.
Here’s the good news. There is always another way. Always. Your teen does not have to go down that road. Sure, that was the plan but you don’t have to wait until they have close encounter with rebar and wire mesh protruding from broken concrete before urging them to take the first exit. You can help them pick another route. Really, show them a better way – pull out the scenic maps and glossy brochures that they might not know exist. Don't assume your child knows there's a better, smoother, quieter option. It probably wasn't on the triptick.
Thoughts?
Lisa j
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