Don’t Mothers of Teenagers Blog??

So I have been writing this blog for almost 2 years now – okay, so I took a little bit of a break, then I started working for this company online where I did SEO backlinking – that’s where I do my best to get their website out there to be viewed and I was helping HIM make money.  I have literally seen thousands of blogs!  I know how to find blogrolls, blogs related to your content, etc … but for the life of me, I can’t seem to find more than a handful of blogs from mothers who are raising teenagers.

I did read somewhere that maybe you’re too afraid of embarrassing your teen.  Is this true?  I figured the only way I could embarrass my teen is if I posted pictures they didn’t like of themselves … lol … I actually asked Ashley if she’d be okay if I created a blog and talked about my children.  She was okay with it – she knew what I wanted to talk about – and she’s not embarrassed.  Maybe she’s hoping I’ll hear that I’m doing a pretty good job.  My biggest concern and a conversation I plan on getting into in a much more in depth blog post is going to be about smoking weed .. she does dope and I don’t like it … not for a second .. I don’t care how “safe” she tries to tell me it is – I’m a ‘say no to drugs’ kind of person and I’ll never accept it, no matter how much she thinks it’s fine, it’s not.  Aside from pictures embarrassing them, I don’t have this connected to my personal facebook page because there are a few people I would rather not share this with, but if they find it … well I hope they enjoy it.

This is the time we SHOULD be talking!  There are some sensitive topics that need to be discussed – drugs, sexuality, drinking, driving, bullying, pregnancy, mental illness, suicide … we need to talk about these things … I’ve been through most of them (except the pregnancy thing – *knock on wood).  I thought there’s be lots of blogs about these things .. parents talking to parents .. but there aren’t.  And then people wonder why our teens go astray … we’re too quiet …

I have found oodles of blogs about kids under the age of 10 … all cute and full of great information .. but what about mothers who’s kids are older than that??  I’d like to find you … I’d like to talk to you … I think too often I question the way I parent my teens and I’m wondering if I’m doing it right.  Is there a right way??

I’m going to be an empty nester in a few years … where are you mothers who are getting ready to let your birds fly?  I’d like to find you .. I’d like to talk to you …