Teenage Communication

[Rodgera]

Our 15-year-old son asked me to drive him to his friend's house.
Once we were in the car and several minutes had passed in silence, I
attempted to open the lines of communication.

"Did you have a nice day at school?"

"Yep."

"Any homework to do?"

"Nope."

"You got your hair cut"

"Yep."

"This is a monosyllabic conversation isn't it?"

"Yep."

"You do know what monosyllabic means?"

"Yep."

"Well, tell me." Aha, I thought, now he has to give me a dictionary
explanation.

With a mischievous grin and a sly look at me, he replied, "One."

----------- Today's saying or thought -------------------------

Even duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.

[ian]

my teenager has occasionally -- when directed to reply in sentences containing at least 5 words -- spoken in sentences containing exactly 5 words!

[Twisted Tenon]

Yes, I can remember having similar conversations with my parents. When my mother saw me attempting to straighten out my then 5 year old son, she commented that "you get the children you deserve".

She was right (mostly). :rolleyes:

TT

[A Duke]

Never say Brats are not punished, they grow up and have brats of their own.

[woodPixel]

You need sales techniques. Open and closed questions.

My son was the same (well, still is), so it's "so, how was your ignorance reduced today" (I.e. what did you learn)... He answers "stuff"... I ask "what stuff, specifically"... And so it goes.

Turning the Internet off helps! :)

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Hehehe. (video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_veIGGP1Uh4)

[Twisted Tenon]

Never say Brats are not punished, they grow up and have brats of their own.

Yup. Guilty

TT

[RedShirtGuy]

Hehehe. (video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_veIGGP1Uh4)

Dammit. Ya beat me to it Skew. I have LOVED this song for ages and whenever I'm around a teenager and start getting "those" answers I start singing it to them...and following them around still singing it...then sit on their chests staring deeply into their eyes and continue singing just to drive the point home.

The lesson might not be learned, but damn it's good fun :D