It’s a trying time in my household at the moment, filled with hormones and demands, mood swings and laughter. I can’t go into the details, but I can definitely pen a verse to get my own angst out!
Gone are the days when a parent
Simply battled with the Teens
These days we have a new breed
Calling themselves the Tweens!Now with the Teens, it’s expected
Hormones raging through
But the trouble with these Tweens
Dear God, I wish I knewIt’s like ten is the new thirteen
And thirteen’s just as bad
Parenting’s never easy
But I don’t like this Tweenage fad!I was prepared for seven years
Of total Teenage hell
But with these Tweens, they’ve added on
Another three years as well!They stomp around in stereo
And fight at the drop of a hat
You cannot have a conversation
It’s just all rude backchat!And if, perchance, things happen
To not go quite their way
You’ll get the silent treatment
Though they have so much to sayIt flows in images and messages
On Social Media sites
Selfies, emojis LOL’s
To put the world to rightsRight now I live in a timebomb
Of tween and teenage tricks
What on earth will happen when I
Add menopause to the mix?Ritu 2018
But I Smile Anyway... 