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This week I got pulled over by a police officer. I reached for my wallet… and my driver’s licence was gone. After a moment of panic, I remembered: my lovely tee…

This week, my 17-year-old son kindly informed me that he’d like me to meet his girlfriend… but that I embarrass him a little. “You still shop in the teenagers’ …

This week, my son took his HND oral exam. I waited anxiously on the bench outside the room. He finally came out with a huge smile: “I crushed it… Wait for me, I…

This week, as a teacher, I called in the mother of one of my students because of her disastrous grades. After explaining to her in detail just how bad the situa…

This week, during PE class, I noticed one of my students grab two basketballs and head off to a corner to kick them violently against the wall. I asked her why …

This week, our daughter had her final oral exams. As she got off the bus, she dropped her phone. It died on the spot. She sent me a panicked text. I told her fa…

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 I remembered the quote: “Adolescence begins when a child prefers seeing the cowboy kiss the girl instead of his horse.” My 13-year-old daughter just p…

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, I was leading a group of teenagers. One of them decided it would be a great idea to lick the sap of a poisonous cactus. I found it pretty hilarious. …

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, a man wearing a balaclava walked into the small-town pharmacy where I work. Everyone panicked. Turned out it was nothing — just a teenager buying con…

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, 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 treating a cavity on a teenage girl. Before the injection, I reassured her: “Don’t worry, you won’t feel a thing — neither during the procedure…