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sewnsew
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| Location: | Arizona USA |
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| First Name: | Kim | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | cradle Anglican, Episcopal /Catholic-04/07/07 |
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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 03:22 pm |
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My (now) 17 y.o. son is in RCIA- his class is huge 48 people and he is the only teenager there although there are plenty of twenty somethings too. Many if not all of the people seem to be couples. He also is one of the few with any familiarity of the church at all thanks to Catholic Schooling and an Anglo Catholic Church background until Christmas of 07. Anyhow he siad coming home last night that if I had just forced them to come to RCIA with me in January of 07 they would have been through RCIA with me and already Catholic, so I should just force our reluctant (now 16 yo )dd! NOW as many of you well know my conversion experience was anything BUT smooth and at that time if rained it was my fault for becoming Catholic and the Catholic church's fault for allowing me to join and since the whole family (including my teenagers) was totally hostile and angry about it can you imagine what my forcing them would have done?  try telling that to a teenager who thinks he knows it all.
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mrsbmoo
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| Location: | Virginia USA |
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| First Name: | Becky | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | former Methodist. RCA, Presbyterian, Holiness, Wesleyan... Catholic as of June ... |
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Posted: Wed Sep 24th, 2008 12:49 am |
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Just face it, it is all your fault! Even when you had nothing to do with it, it is all your fault. ....and don't forget, you are ruining my life.... why can't you stay out of my life..... why did you let this happen. Oh yes, and why didn't you remind me.....because you didn't, it is all your fault!
Can you tell I have 3 teenagers?
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Wife of Michael(called Moo) and stay at home mom to 5 daughters between 13 months and 17
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sewnsew
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| First Name: | Kim | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | cradle Anglican, Episcopal /Catholic-04/07/07 |
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Posted: Wed Sep 24th, 2008 01:17 am |
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  Yep I can!
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Steven Barrett
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| Location: | Hadley, Massachusetts USA |
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| First Name: | Steven | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Catholic, Episcopal communicant, Baptist, Catholic |
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Posted: Wed Sep 24th, 2008 01:43 am |
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Our 17 y.o. doesn't even have his permit yet. But he's trying to con his mom and I into letting him use our family car (during the day while my wife's at work at another school) to go off to his "co-op" welding job as part of his. Voc. h.s. training. I can't convince him why I think it's not a very kosher idea, notwithstanding his enthusiasm for working.
Imagine me trying to instruct him on religious matters?
Let's give thanks for the Holy Spirit, the Angels and St. Anthony!
Kim, I've already had three 17 y.o's before Andy so I know what I'm talking about when I mentioned praying to the patron saint of lost causes.
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James Michael Curley to a young Thomas “Tip” O’Neill -- “Son, it’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.”
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Pani Rose
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Posted: Thu Sep 25th, 2008 08:18 am |
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AREN'T THEY THE MOST AWESOME BLESSINGS FROM GOD?
THANK YOU JESUS!
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Steven Barrett
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| First Name: | Steven | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Catholic, Episcopal communicant, Baptist, Catholic |
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Posted: Thu Sep 25th, 2008 08:09 pm |
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Yes they are Rose. I'd just wish their voice level would be less "awesome" when they've hit their "betwitching hour." (A four super-duper strength tylenol and ten lbs bag of ice experience!)
But for it all, it's amazing what a lot of love can do even when your first "instincts" to "handle" their situations range from one spectrum of your state's criminal code to the next -- because in a matter of only an hour or two, you find all the examples where your love was always there for them has always been noticed and never forgotten.
Lord knows the fact I'm alive and typing this post is living proof that what God gives us through the Holy Spirit" have a Lot of Power in 'em...especially Love & Patience.
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James Michael Curley to a young Thomas “Tip” O’Neill -- “Son, it’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.”
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Lwilliams
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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 10:02 pm |
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i guess it may be a comfort to know that this stage of a childs life passes just like everything else. with my teenager ... whenever we butt heads ... i remind myself that we made it through the terrible twos ... and we'll get through this as well. Blessings
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JillD
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| Location: | Visalia, California USA |
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| First Name: | Jill | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | heathen, EvFree, Messianic, LC-MS, Catholic 2007 |
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Posted: Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 12:29 am |
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If you can get a girl through being 15, you're home free!!!!
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"Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men." Ps 140
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DrDave
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| Location: | Mildura, Australia |
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| First Name: | Dave | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Cradle - Lapsed - Renewed Catholic |
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Posted: Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 06:00 am |
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I'm sorry to say I can't offer much advice on the teen front, as my eldest has only just reached the age of 14.75 (old enough to get a job here). And of course I was a perfect child as a teenager, so I have no experience from that side either 
BTW a big Australian welcome to Linda, I hope you stick around and join in, we'd love to hear more from you, and how you came to be here.
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sewnsew
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Posted: Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 02:20 pm |
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Ha Dave just you wait- though to be fair to both my teenagers SO FAR they haven't been much trouble at all beyond the teenage surliness and the teen aged mess. Our girl is 16, since they are so close in age we seem to get our stages over at once! Neither are dating yet which doesn't hurt my feelings yet esp. since they don't seem to be to bothered by it yet. Our son isn't social and our daughter seems to have buddies rather than boyfriends. I have told them both that the college and young adult years are when people often come in to their own. So far we haven't had drug or drinking troubles and only one broken curfew. I KNOW how lucky we are and pray that we make it through the next 3 or 4 years
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Credo Catholic
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| First Name: | Marsha | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Baptist, Catholic |
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Posted: Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 02:40 pm |
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Kim, you can find some good resources at this site:
http://www.familylifecenter.net/
Mr. Wood and his family are parishioners at our church, a good devout family and his vocation is helping families through counseling, seminars, etc. He and his daughter Stephanie have a radio program on catholic radio and discuss many current issues including teens, dating, etc. from a conservative catholic perspective.
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Michael2
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| Location: | South Shore, Kentucky USA |
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| First Name: | Michael | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | former Episcopalian -wife former Baptist-Episcopalian now both Catholic |
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Posted: Sat Oct 4th, 2008 09:24 pm |
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Well let me tell you about "Tough Love" . When our son was a teen there were a lot of things that his friends got to do, that we would not let him do..We got the same 'song and dance" about not loving me, or "I'll never have any friends" because you and mom are both so mean..All the crying and sush..Well it didn't work with us..We kept out place as head of the family and he was "just out of luck"....
Well without dragging this on , when we was 27 and married and the father of a 3 year old daughter, we were going back to his house after a round of golf, and decided to stop off at a tavern for a drink and some food.
Well, conversation got around to some interesting things and finall he peeped up and said..."Dad you know when I was a kid there were a lot of things you and mom wouldn't let me do?"....WOW I though here it comes...
I finally said "Yes I do"...and he looked at me and as serious as a heart attack said "THANKS"......Wow was I ever proud of him. To this day he has never been a burden to us, he is a great husband, father (of two) and son.....Sometimes "Tough Love" is needed and I will work as long as you stay the course.......
I would also like to announce, that he, his wife and both his daughters are now members of the Catholic Church....Comming in after his wife relayed her feelings about the church while she went to Parochial School in the k-6 grade...She was sent to Catholic School because it was the "Yuppie" thing to do in her hometown...I guess the people really understood the value of the sisters and the priests in educating our children, even if they were not catholic at the time..Those childhood impressions remained with her and became the basis of their whole family converting...My wife and I who swam the Tiber about 12 years ago, never said a word to them about becomming Catholic..We actually went out of our way not to try to influence them at all...But our beautiful Daughter-in-law rememberd the smells and bells of her childhood, going to daily mass at school..
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sewnsew
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 02:10 am |
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Sheesh I am a little discouraged tonight- we have hit a potential snag in our son's RCIA progress- 3 absents and you are out. He has missed one already due my husband being out of town for work reasons and us not having a second vehicle ( radiator burst and the garage didn't get the needed part until Monday) - that was in the begining of September. This weekend My husband needed our son's brawn both Saturday and Sunday from 6 am untill 8 p,m last night and until 5:30 today- unfortunately it means that homework has to be finished up tonight so therefore a second absence. He has one left until next Easter. Both times we called the RCIA people to explain.... makes not difference. On the Sept. absence the frustrating thing is that we live out of town and our town has no mass transit system and has only had taxis for the last 3 or 4 years but they are outrageously expensive - it would have cost $14.00 EACH way, frankly I don't know how they stay in business at those prices.
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jacki
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 09:49 pm |
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| you missed "I did tell you Mother are you dementing?"
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