| Young kids sometimes wonder if they are actually a | | | | but some things are signs of trouble ahead. |
| prince or princess who was switched at birth. Parents | | | | Staying out past curfew without permission |
| of teenagers wonder if someone took away their | | | | Every teenager will be late home at least once a |
| sweet tempered baby and replaced them with what | | | | month. It is almost an unwritten rule that they will lose |
| can seem to be an absolute monster. | | | | track of time whole playing video games, or doing |
| All teenagers have their moments where they mess | | | | homework at their friends (and if you believe that is |
| their parents around, they will be rude once in a while, | | | | why they are late then there is nothing we can do to |
| they will play their music too loud they may even flunk | | | | help you). If their curfew is 11 and they call you at 10.50 |
| a class or two. This is normal behavior and while it | | | | to say they are just leaving and will be 10 minutes late |
| may drive you to the edge of distraction it is not | | | | then you don't really have a major problem. |
| anything out of the ordinary. | | | | When they don't come home till midnight and turn off |
| So exactly what is the difference between an out of | | | | their cell phone, bounce your calls or do anything they |
| control teen and a normal hormonal, difficult, know it all | | | | can to ignore you then you have bigger problems than |
| teenager? There are a few things that if they happen | | | | staying out past curfew. |
| once, and never again, may just be part of growing up | | | | |