Dear Queenie,
My children are teenagers and think they should be allowed to have all the same things their friends have and to do all the same things their friends do.
Queenie, how do I explain to them that this is not possible?—Harassed mom
Dear Mom,
If there are things your children have and/or do that their friends do not have/do, be sure to point these things out to them.
Then explain to them that all families are different, and in your family this is how things are.
