LORRAINE CANDY shares the life lessons she's learned the (very) hard way
As the mother of four children (Sky, 18, Grace, 17, Henry, 14, and Mabel, ten), I’ve learned quite a bit about the parenting of teenagers — especially girls. I’m not a trained expert, more of an observer; an imperfect human trying her best. But I have discovered that mothering adolescent girls may require you to be the most responsible person you have ever been, that you may have to move up a level in patience and emotional maturity. This is Jedi parenting, which requires a great deal of inner calm. A virtue of mine patience is not, as Yoda would say. I get it wrong many, many times.