An experiment in game management

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I coached teenage boys for 3 years, and teenage girls for 4 years. The boys I understood. The young women: not even close!

I think the first aid to understanding teens is to have been one. You've been a teen age boy. You haven't been a teen age girl. That short-coming can be overcome, but it's definitely not easy. I've been lucky (as a mother of 3 sons) to have been a teen-age girl and raised 2 teen-age sons (and working on a third). It's helped a lot in understanding across the lines.

[Forksref]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

I think the first aid to understanding teens is to have been one. You've been a teen age boy. You haven't been a teen age girl. That short-coming can be overcome, but it's definitely not easy. I've been lucky (as a mother of 3 sons) to have been a teen-age girl and raised 2 teen-age sons (and working on a third). It's helped a lot in understanding across the lines.

I learned this about teen-age girls last year: FASHION COMES FIRST.

8th grade girls game. Guard passes the ball in to her teammate (They're going the length of the court.) who tucks the ball under her arm and starts to adjust her headband with both hands while WALKING toward half-court. She must have gone 10 feet before I realized something was amiss. Oops, I forgot to dribble!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Forksref

I learned this about teen-age girls last year: FASHION COMES FIRST.

8th grade girls game. Guard passes the ball in to her teammate (They're going the length of the court.) who tucks the ball under her arm and starts to adjust her headband with both hands while WALKING toward half-court. She must have gone 10 feet before I realized something was amiss. Oops, I forgot to dribble!

I'll bet she rolled her eyes at you when you called it, too.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I'll bet she rolled her eyes at you when you called it, too.

A man with daughters, no doubt.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

A man with daughters, no doubt.

My thinking as well.

And the intonation of your title word is important: it's approximately "what - EVERRRR!"

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Forksref

I learned this about teen-age girls last year: FASHION COMES FIRST.

8th grade girls game. Guard passes the ball in to her teammate (They're going the length of the court.) who tucks the ball under her arm and starts to adjust her headband with both hands while WALKING toward half-court. She must have gone 10 feet before I realized something was amiss. Oops, I forgot to dribble!

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