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Living With Teenagers by Anonymous, Julie Myerson PDF

'The trouble with making babies is that it turns you into a deluded fantasist. From the ecstatic seriousness of those first birth classes, through to those first steps, and the day those baby teeth come through, you are seduced into believing life can after all be perfect. That it just might be possible to create a delectably unblemished person if you throw enough love, passion and energy and time at it. And then teenagers come along to prove whatever you do, it's not, you can't, you won't, it's out of your hands.'

Living With Teenagers is a deliciously painful, unflinchingly honest look at what it's like to watch your children grow up into classic teenagers. They may shout at you, lie to you and hurt you, but they'll always be your flesh and blood, your grown up babies. Whether you're battling with the rages and rudeness of your own tempestuous teenagers, gazing at your blank canvas baby and thinking, 'That will never happen to us', or the thought of having children is still only an idea, this is compulsive, car crash reading. An extraordinary but absolutely everyday insight into family life, it's by turns heartwarming and enough to send a cold chill down your spine.

Ever wondered what it's like to have your own teenage kids tell you that they love you, 'now fuck off'? Here's your chance to find out.

This book is based on the anonymously penned Guardian column of the same name.

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