Not Too Rude, Not Too Tame, 'Jake The Fake' Is A Just-Right Read
It's full on tween in this house right now, and sometimes I spend a lot of my day wanting to cry.
I know the tween brain's development is responsible for the narcissism, the rudeness, the defiance, the DAWDLING. I know tweens are at the mercy of their developing brains, and that this is a crucial time, I know it, I know it, I know it.
And I know it's my responsibility to get my kids through it. (Hence, the crying.)
One of my son's driving influences is his overwhelming desire to be funny, just like his dad. Oh my goodness, he wants so much to be funny, and an unfortunate side effect of tweendom is, but when I have my own little Calvin at home, I realize there's a reason Calvin is so often our INNER voice. Oy.
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