"John H." wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:36:03 GMT, Don White
wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:

A friend keeps reminding me that my son knows everything at his age. :-)
I'd
forgotten.

Example: He's learning guitar. I play bass. Last week, he asked if I
knew
"Foxy Lady". I said I'd been humming it regularly since 1970, had never
played it, but I knew it revolved around a certain set of chords, plus
Hendrix' endless flourishes. My son says "Well....to your untrained ear,
it
probably seems that way...." My friend had to run into the other room
because she was trying to keep from laughing a mouthful of coffee all
over
the living room carpet. My son and I debated the song a bit and he went
back
to the sheet music.

Two days later, he had his guitar lesson. He said the same thing to the
teacher, who straightened him out. My son's comment to me: "You might
have
been right about those chords". Might have. :-)

Tonight will be interesting. The city of Rochester offers some great
free
concerts at an outdoor venue. Tonights band is Little Feat. My son says
we're not going. I say we are. He says we're not. I say we are. No way
to
settle it conversationally. So, I'm picking him up from his guitar
lesson
and once he's in the car, I'm telling him I don't feel like cooking and
we're going out to eat. Not really true, not really false. There are
lots of
food vendors at these concerts. So, in reality, it's out to dinner, with
background music. Lots of restaurants have music. In this case, it's
live
music.

I'm assuming he won't jump to his death from a moving vehicle to avoid
seeing a band which, a month from now, he may admit that he liked. :-)



Funny how they get that way, always have to buck the old man. My
youngest just graduated from university and at 24 he will still go
opposite almost anything I say.
In the good 'ole days you could give them a whuppin to straighten them
out...now you just do your best and hope for the best.

When I was teaching 8th graders, I would tell the parents, on parent
orientation
night, that adolescence was a genetic defect. For kids it was a rough
time. For
parents it was worse. I further explained that I'd raised to daughters and
that
I had some good news.

It only lasted until the kids were about 26 years old!

You've only got two years to go. He'll grow out of it!

If you haven't ever heard Bill Cosby's "Brain Damage" routine, find it and
buy it. It explains kids. :-)