Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Teenage Lizard

No, I am not talking about Jim Morrisson, the Lizard King. Demi and I were watching TV just before bed and caught a comedian's stand up act on HBO. He was commenting on his struggles with his teenager. The analogy was that of a lizard. A lizard will roll it's eyes back in it's head and hiss at you when annoyed. Same with a teenager. Caz has this down pat. He's ready to turn 13 in April. Almost every request, comment, or question gets the lizard response.
Apparently the solution is to turn the family system into a beehive. Bees stick a supply of food into a cell with the pupating larvae and wall it up until it becomes an adult. Some days, that sounds like a very good plan.

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