sschm Blog 11

When thinking back to when I was a adolescent, I can't imagine how much of this information I went through, and how hard I made it on my parents. I feel lucky enough to have hard a strong sense to belonging to a group of friends and never really felt left out. I also had very supportive parents, even If i didn't want them to be. I couldn't imagine if I wouldn't have had the friends and in-group feeling which I did. I was very into my life and into my friends and looking back was very egocentric, but now I realize it's exactly what I need at the time. It's amazing that as you grow, at least for me I've found an new important and belonging with in my family and friends, finally finding that balance between the two. Looking back, I think about what my parents must of felt and how it had to hurt them and all i wanted to do was be with my friends and be socializing. Knowing this will make this stage of raising a child more understandable opposed to hurtful. I was the second and last child, so my parents were more or less expecting this behavior.