What I'd think is that you were raising teenagers.

Yet as any parent of a teenager knows, there's a parallel there to the job of raising teenagers.

Their 12-year-friendship, sparked by their common experiences raising teenagers and forged through shared political views and admitted addictions to the news, is evident in how each woman easily anticipates what the other will say.

"She's more trouble than raising teenagers."

As those of us in his boomer generation know - especially those of us who have raised teenagers - it's no longer easy for a father to lay down the law (if it ever was).

Situations in the premiere episode included shopping at a natural foods store without having brought reusable bags, how to refer to ethnic groups, analyzing conservative beliefs they typically despise, and raising modern teenagers.

The survey found that mothers-to-be surf family and community sites, seek data on raising teenagers and visit online retailers hawking home furnishings, toys and apparel.

Many parents approach raising teenagers as an ordeal, believing they can only watch helplessly as their lovable children transform into unpredictable monsters.

According to Darcy Winston, only an informed parent could exercise the control necessary to raise teenagers.

Ms. Farrar asked Ms. Colon for help in raising teenagers.