tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991133507520851940.post5106251768089999434..comments2018-06-17T11:41:33.485-07:00Comments on Mrs. Ditter's Advice for The World: Seven Great Things About Teenagers (and preteens, too)Mrs. Ditterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616473801322786872noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991133507520851940.post-60341381626590539902010-10-25T18:32:56.636-07:002010-10-25T18:32:56.636-07:00Once again, Mrs D, you have masterfully (and most ...Once again, Mrs D, you have masterfully (and most humorously) captured the invitation our teens so obligingly give us to open up our minds and hearts in ways we might not have thought possible in the childless chapters of our lives. Teens are, of course, our teachers in manners both delightful and despicable. But it takes a wise and gifted observer to present this lovely reminder with such clarity and conviction!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991133507520851940.post-67944310618643601872010-10-14T13:35:45.285-07:002010-10-14T13:35:45.285-07:00Thanks, everyone! Always so much to write about wh...Thanks, everyone! Always so much to write about when I look around the old homestead. Next up: Seven thousand pounds of chicken manure, or, how I spend my weekend.Mrs. Ditterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16616473801322786872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991133507520851940.post-39653834108179556132010-10-14T12:14:04.115-07:002010-10-14T12:14:04.115-07:00Love the "Mrs. Ditter" face-lift and as ...Love the "Mrs. Ditter" face-lift and as always love your witty and wise insights.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777796319194241593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991133507520851940.post-32469074976665631472010-10-12T21:10:17.152-07:002010-10-12T21:10:17.152-07:00You can hang out with them, talk politics with the...You can hang out with them, talk politics with them, share a dirty joke with them, embarrass them! You can speak your mind without thinking it is going to cause emotional problems. And you get to enjoy yourself with them because they mostly like you.Betsy Davenporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11332334981838727413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991133507520851940.post-49040959955713739992010-10-12T16:29:52.945-07:002010-10-12T16:29:52.945-07:00Great to have you back, Mrs. D! I've missed yo...Great to have you back, Mrs. D! I've missed your sage commentary. I agree completely with everything you've said about teens/pre-teens. I'd also add that they help us become better people, overall. To some extent that's implicit in several of these points, but in addition they force us to rise above our impatience, to rejoice in what's good in the world, to remember times when the worst thing in our lives was the teacher who graded a test question 'unfairly', and so much more. We just get to see the world differently when we look at the world through their eyes, and that helps us grow.<br /><br />Oh, and don't forget the conversations about God. Wow, those are show-stoppers!Elizabeth S.H.noreply@blogger.com