Teenagers

I have been staying with my daughter, grandson, and step-grandaughter. The step is a teenager.
Now that can be bad, and sometimes down right enlightening.
I guess in the grand scheme of things she is just an average teenager.
Back to the enlightening part. Alot of the things that we take for granted or just everyday knowledge are brand new and exciting for 16 year olds.
If you can open your mind and have alot of fortitude you will find being around teens is really good for the soul.
Breana has started her 1st job. What an exciting conversation we had about taxes and why we have them, and why they take them out of your check autiomatically. I had to get on line and look up all kinds of things that I should have known and had forgotten. Didn't question.
I must say she was quite distressed that the government took so much of her money and the fact that she could not do anything about it. Now there is the kicker, "we can't do anything about it"
When did I get to the point in my mind that "we can't do anything about it" It happened somewhere along the way, that you stop making waves leave it up to the politicians, oh the policitians now that is another blog all together, Talk politics with a teenager. Try to explain how we as adults have allowed there world to be as tied up in war as was ours during Viet Nam.
So if you get the chance spend some time with a teenager, you just don't know what you might have to re-learn