ummm....hello!!!

As we all know children have never been blessed with the biggest or best attention span, sadly my children are also teenagers who are completely and utterly self-absorbed and then on top of all that, they are boys and as us women know men have also never been blessed with an everlasting attention span, well unless it is something that interests them (food, porn, sport and that's pretty much it right....I jest). So, me attempting to have a conversation with either one of my "angels" is hard work. I either don't get past the first sentence as they keeping say "huh?" so I am left with a difficult decision, either I keep repeating the same thing over and over or I give up. 15 times out of 10 I give up. I remembered being given some advice once about how to talk to boys and that I should wait until they want to talk and then grab that moment with both hands and hold on for dear life. That is exactly what I do when one of the boys comes to me for a cuddle and a chat (usually in the cold, harsh winter month of Nevuary), I seize the moment and ask questions that will coax them into a full-on conversation. This is my chance to find out what's on their mind, how they are feeling and what's new in their lives. As calm as I may appear on the outside, inside I am totally going mental with excitement because 10 minutes has passed and the conversation is still going strong. So now I know I got them hooked and it feels like this special moment will never end and then minute number 11 happens and suddenly I can see that look creep across their face and I know that the rent has been paid but the tenant has moved out and our conversation......DEAD. How wonderful it is to bond with teenage male children who suffer from "attention "I don't give a crap because your my mum"syndrome"