«I just thought it was so sweet and considerate that he would give me the ‘street cred,’ as they say. Any of you that have pre-teen kids know how precious those points can be as a parent.»

Whoever said parenting gets «easier» was grossly mistaken. It only gets harder! Nobody ever talks about the difficulty of having to figure out how to parent and teach your kids as they reach the age where their brains are literally wired to do the opposite of what you tell them… It’s all about the terrible twos, but what about pre-teens and teens? It’s more than just «a phase,» these moments help create the adult they will become. So, it is most definitely not any easier.