So anyway, my list of advice is probably a bit different to how it would have been if I had done this while they were young as they have now had over 20 years of me giving advice verbally! Some of the comments are particular to our household and may refer back to incidents that have happened in the past! Like 'don't keep your phone on silent'. How annoying is it when you are trying to contact them and they don't hear their phone? OK, if they are in the cinema or somewhere like that but when they have fallen asleep on the train and missed getting off at the right station and you are waiting for them there in a freezing cold car on a snowy night at nearly midnight - if the phone had been on 'noise', it may have woken them up and stopped the need for a 30 minute dash up the motorway as it was the last train home and the next stop after ours was 30 miles away. Grrrr......
I'm hoping that when you click on the photo you will be able to read the journalling, if not I will have to edit this post and add the words at the bottom. Sometimes Blogger plays the game and sometimes it doesn't so I never assume that the photo will enlarge when you click on it!
It's all great advice - whether they are 13 or 33!
ReplyDeleteI have to laugh at this post, Deb. I can totally relate to the "my phone was on silent" excuse. Ha!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your alphabetized advice page. I was able to click on it and read your words. :o) Well done, my friend! And great words of wisdom.
It's funny how things change, when I was late home as a teen it was because 'my watch had stopped!' I wonder what my kids will use! Great post Deb, this little 'phone on silent' story made me chuckle :)
ReplyDeleteDeb - these are brilliant bits of advice! Maybe we should all be printing this out and pinning it up, you wise woman!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your comment today x
Love this little tale,Deb.....though....turn your phone on silent at night...is sometimes said in this house!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on using the alphabet. I think this would be really hard to do. I love so much of your advice - especially "F through I" and "P."
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Love the layout - I already read the words on the class forum :-) Really interesting to see how much our advice has in common, and what is different, at our different stages! xx
ReplyDeleteGlorious! Such a great mixture of advice for any of us, and that coming from particular situations in your own home. And boy, can I relate to your story about the train and the snowy night, and having to go on somewhere else to pick them up!
ReplyDeleteBlogger cooperated - I could read this easily... and I am glad I could, this is a great page, great writing and great advice!
ReplyDeleteWhat a super list of advice and how clever to incorporate the alphabet.
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