Just for Laughs

Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children.” ! Marilyn Penland

25 ways to drive your teen crazy
by Mary McHugh


1. Say, “You will thank me later for this.”
2. Drop your teenagers off where their friends can see you.
3. Ruffle their hair while you’re waiting to buy tickets in the movie line.
4. Spit on a tissue and rub chocolate off their chins when you’re out together in public.
5. Wear an ankle bracelet.
6. Demonstrate your favorite moves from when you were a high-school cheerleader when they have friends over.
7. Ask them if they need to go to the bathroom before they leave the house.
8. Hint that you and your spouse are still having sex.
9. Dance alone at any function where they can see you.
10. Tell your best friend something they told you in confidence.
11. Say, “But what will the neighbors think?”
12. Say to one of their friends, “My, how you’ve grown!”
13. Ask, “Why does Britney Spears have to dress like that?”
14. Find your old guitar and sing “Kumbaya” and “This Land is Your Land” in front of their friends.
15. Drive under the speed limit.
16. Drive over the speed limit.
17. Drive at the speed limit.
18. Interrupt when they’re talking to correct their grammar.
19. Keep saying “Cool” in an effort to be cool.
20. Have extreme right-wing political views.
21. Have extreme left-wing political views.
22. Have no political views whatsoever.
23. Have any political views at all.
24. Wait up for them
25. Don’t wait up for them.

Mary McHugh is the author of “How to Ruin Your Children’s Lives”