Teenage Analogy: Teenalogy

I hang out with teens all the time. Have been for 31 years, since I myself was a teen.

I've also lived without electricity off and on my whole life, during power outages and storms.

And therefore I'd like to propose this Teenalogy: A teenager's brain: the electricity being out::being bored: being bored.

I've lived it. I have experienced what it is like to be in a teenager's brain with a cell phone in your hand when you are truly bored, which is all the time. Yesterday, our power was out and I went nuts. Hubby was sick with a flu bug and we escaped to a hotel. But in the interim, while he was passed out and the boy was playing outside, I texted 10 former students this "Power out. Bored. Entertain me..." and they did! I sent 50 texts and got 45 back within about an hour. It was righteous fun. And, at 1:30 in the morning when tornado's were headed our way, I got 3 texts and a voicemail message and a call all warning us to take cover. Powerful technology.

So this Teenalogy is designed to help all of us beyond-peter-pan-age adults to remember what it's like to be a kid and to give them a break when they seem to live with their cell phones in their hands. Join in the fun.