Eyes on the prize.

Eyes on the Prize
An extract from Raising Teens Today by Ian Lambie & Les Simmonds
‘Take the time to enjoy your child’s teenage years. Enjoy the naivety and the idealism. Enjoy the courage and even the frustration of being young in an old world. Relish the opportunities to debate whether meat is murder, whether adults are all hypocrites, whether adults can or can’t dance with the stars, and whether education sucks. Take lots of photographs and videos, even of the things that drive you crazy, such as messy rooms and weird fashions. When you’re old and grey and full of sleep, and your own kids are middle-aged, maybe with kids of their own, these things will be treasures beyond worth You’ll look at these pictures of the room with the floor that didn’t see the light of day for years, and crazy as it might sound you may just feel rapt to have been there and survived it all. You may even find yourself wishing you could go back there again, just for a visit, just for one day, just to see them as they were, one last time.
Above all other things, keep your eyes on the prize’

Jahna comes to visit!

Last holidays Jahna came to visit. He spent time in the orchard working, and managed to go home even with some pocket money!

We really enjoyed having him to stay. The only thing I regret, is letting him have fizzy all the time! My dental nurse friends won't approve of that!

I have a lovely quote about teenagers that I saw on Nicki's blog... I will post it here. Jahna was able to create havoc in his room in only a few short days!

Brent is in the NZ Woman's Weekly!

This week's NZ Woman's Woman's Weekly 9 August has an article about a student I had on my Supplementary Learning Support roll. He came off my roll because he was achieving well academically. The article tells how he is using the computer software Marvin to "have a voice".