This is what you would call an object lesson

[scooterbird]

My lovely daughters are both teenaged, which is to say that they are by now quite convinced that their old man is a tedious fool, hopelessly out of touch with what matters the most in today's world. Well, to qualify that: with what really matters. The usual example for that would be computers, but as I've mentioned before, they have grown up with

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[kouaidou]

People just need a reason to want to learn about history. Look on the bright side. She's not just shutting her ears and backing down, she's asking the questions and wants to know the answers.

[starfyrone]

Just wait until they hit the point that the realize that 90% of the history they learned pre-college is more akin to folklore, except for the parts that is pure propaganda and lies.

[scooterbird]

Well, they do share the house with me...but then again, they just sort of tune everything out that I say or do or even acknowledge.

I mean, I played "Dancing in the Street" for DD#2 tonight. She did not acknowledge ever hearing it before.

[bluetara2020]

All teenagers, for at least a small point in time, remind me most of the pointy-haired boss of Dilbert fame.

Eventually, you will no longer want to cave in a skull with a tire-iron* when talking to one. Being related to said teenager means that it is likely that the feeling will remain longer but the drive to do so is lost.

Still, your daughters are young, they will learn. And the plain fact of the matter is that they are still better than some of my relatives. -sighs-

*Yours or theirs, sometimes it's a tossup.

[grail76]

Fascinating that meeting a boy is why her World History is now of value.

[much_ado]

Feel free to inform your daughters that you've got at least one Canadian reader who lives less than 45 minutes from Justin Bieber's home in Stratford :)

(might be worth it just to watch their heads explode ;-)