re: What is the worst age kids to parent?

My 13 year old daughter is great. She is strange, smart, and talented (art). She has some anxiety issues, but that is common with gifted children.

My 7 year old is great as well, though completely different from her sister. She is outgoing (most popular kid in her class), has a great sense of humor, smart, and talented (drama).

Both kids make straight As (mostly). The 13 year old is struggling a bit in math, but she is in geometry in 8th grade... and struggle means a B instead of an A.

My mom worked her arse off being a mom. My dad worked his arse off being a provider, but was rarely around. I turned out OK. My sisters ended up being dropouts and addicts. To me, the key is to have both parents around and invested. Dads have to be dads, not just payers of bills.