Growing up can be such a difficult process. It can be quite taxing on an adolescent and his parents. I use the male pronoun to reflect where I am this week. You only go through adolescence once and there are a ton of opportunities to screw it up. Even a parent who has watched five other children go through this stage doesn’t know the right and wrong response to each new challenge. But I’d rather be the parent of a 15-year-old than to be a 15-year-old.