To Remind or Not To Remind

The dilemma of every parent of teens. Either way, you're gonna get yelled at.

If you remind them that they need to do something -- brush their teeth, do their chore, head to bed, do their homework -- you're gonna get it. A look, a sigh, a schreek "I KNOW Mom. I'm not DUMB. Stop treating me like I'm a KID!"

But, if you don't, as evidenced last night by our oldest still at home, technically an "adult." I reminded him about his chore and, since I didn't hear him scream, I should have realized he didn't hear me. But then, later when he had to be told again, he screamed, "WHY DIDN'T YOU REMIND ME??????"

Just another one of a hundred ways you can't win with teenagers.