Catch up with the latest funny teenage anecdotes!
This week, I was sitting on a bus with my best friend, who is seven months pregnant. We were facing two teenage girls. As they got up to leave, I heard one of t…
This week, my 17-year-old son told me about a “shop in London” where I could find a board game he really wants. I looked up the address so I could go. It turns …
This week, I called my 26-year-old grandson to ask how he was doing. "How are you?" "Awesome!" That's been his standard answer for the past ten years. So, at wh…
This week, I was teaching a French class at the university around 7 p.m. The lecture hall was half-empty. A student in the fourth row casually pulled a half-lit…
This week, the school called me. My son had been rushed to the ER. The reason? The zipper of his pencil case had gotten stuck between his teeth. He’s in high sc…
This week, my high school daughter once again proved that she prefers force over diplomacy. She kicked a door open. Unfortunately, the principal was standing ri…
This week, I went to a floor barre class that was supposed to be for adults. To my horror, I ended up spending an entire hour surrounded by middle-schoolers sta…
This week, my son made a groundbreaking discovery: other people’s lives don’t revolve around his train schedule. He called a classmate at 6:47 a.m. and cheerful…
This week, my relationship with my son has taken a turn for the worse. He hasn’t spoken to me since I volunteered to chaperone his middle school class on a fiel…
This week, I asked my 9th-grade students (aged 14–15) what they wanted to do later in life. One of them answered without the slightest hesitation: “I want to b…
This week, my daughter did it again. Last month, I called the middle school to complain: she had fallen asleep in the nurse’s office, the nurse left and complet…
This week, I was leading a group of teenagers. I asked one of them why she always puts her phone face down. She replied: “What ? Duh — so I don’t scratch the c…
This week, I was surprised to catch my teenage daughter cleaning the mirror. She has never been much of a neat freak. “Don’t worry, Mom — it’s just for good sel…