Reply #24: every teen girl must lie to her mom, it's an important part of growing up

[pitohui]

i take it you are male, it's a key part of female adolescence to separate self from one's mother and unfortunately the process involves a certain amount of distance -- including the arguments, the lies, etc.

it doesn't matter what MOM knows, what matters when you're 16 is getting out there and learning for yourself so that YOU will know

21 wasn't too old for 16 until just a few years ago, when oprah said so, we used to know a bit more about human biology and psychology and we were aware that girls mature more rapidly than boys

i'm sure young men are LOVING all this horseshit about how young women should only date folks their age, but jeebus, a 16 yr old boy is so often a baby compared to the 16 yr old girl -- don't we remember anything about being young?

why so much negativity? she'll get enough from her mom when they do have the inevitable screaming, yelling showdown