Adolescenting by Painting

During a workshop in my sons school, we were guided to do a watercolour painting of a tree with colour themes set by the facilitator and asked to pen our thoughts on the theme of 'Parenting for Adolescents'

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"The earth came first, the sky and the rest followed. 

The seed came from the tree, took root towards the earth and reached out to the sky, as it was always meant to!

But for the sapling to grow to a young tree and then mature to an adult, it needs all the water, air, nutrients, exposure to the sun, the elements and the seasons and quite importantly the space to shape into the tree that it would become. 

Remove one, it will remain a stunted tree or just a sapling. A parent tree cannot provide cool shade to protect the sapling and expect growth. The environment, the nourishment and the space is needed for full growth."

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On a lighter note, I was just telling my 14-year-old elder son, that I attended a workshop for Parenting for Adolescents.. before I could describe anything, he interrupted me (with rolled eyes) and ...

"Oh don't get me started with one more workshop or advice on adolescence.. It's a period of great change.. great hormones.. great turmoil..etc.. just hearing all that makes me mad ... and rather adolescent! "