Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems. I remember the early days of motherhood when this was new information to me.
However, I didn’t think I’d experience addiction issues with my child – if at all – until she became a teenager. Instead, this past week she has bounced from party to party, including three yesterday. “Slash” couldn’t keep her eyes open or her head up, under the influence of the parties’ libations. She still insisted we drag her to the last party. She had to take a disco nap just to go. But once we got there, we were barely able to get her out of there over an hour after we had initially planned to leave.
More here…
http://www.kveller.com/blog/parenting/coming-off-the-sugar-high/