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FROM A KID TO A TEEN

FROM A CHILD AT HOME EVERYDAY:
HAVING FUN IN EVERYWAY:
THEN THAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL:
THEY HAVE MANY NEW FRIENDS LEARNING THE GOLDEN RULE:
THROUGH GRADE SCHOOL THEY STILL STAY PRETTY CLOSE TO HOME:
NOT TOO FAR AWAY YET DO THEY ROAM:

BUT SOMETHING HAPPENS TO A KID IN MIDDLE SCHOOL:
SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING THEY START ACTING COOL:
THE SPECIAL KID THAT YOU ONCE KNEW SO WELL:--- STARTS PUTTING YOU THROUGH A LITTLE HELL:
THEY GO WITH THERE FRIENDS TO THERE FIRST DANCE:
TO HANG OUT WITH NEW FRIENS THIS IS THE FIRST CHANCE:

BEING WITH THERE FRIENDS BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING HOME:
OUT OF THE HOUSE MORE AND MORE THEY ROAM:
MORE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS ON THEM START BEING APPLIED:
AS A PARENT NOW RESPECT MORE AND MORE STARTS BEING DENIED:
IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS NOW A DAYS THESE KIDS GROW UP WAY TOO FAST:
THE CHHILDHOOD DAYS OF THE KID YOU RAISED ARE LONG PAST:

AT HOME THEY HARDLY REMEMBER TO SPEAK ANYMORE:
BUT TO THERE FRIENDS THEY ARE ON THE COMPUTER AND CHATTING   ON CELL AND TEXTING FOR SURE:
WHEN THEY NEED MONEY THEY FIND A WAY TO OPEN THERE MOUTH AND SPEAK:
YOU WILL PUT UP WITH ALOT BUT LOOSE YOUR PATIENCE ABOUT EVERY WEEK:
THEN THEY WILL ASK YOU IF THEY CAN SPEND THE NIGHT AT A FRIENDS FOR A SLEEP OVER WITH FIVE OTHER GIRLS OR MORE:
THEY ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SWEET AND INNOCENT IM SURE:

THEN ONCE HIGH SCHOOL WILL START:
THEN AS A FATHER THEY REALLY WILL BREAK YOUR HEART:
IN 9TH GRADE THE GAME WITH BOYS IS PLAYED:SEEMS LIKE NOTHING SERIOUS AT FIRST:
BUT AS A PARENT YOU FEAR THE WORST:
YOU WISH THEY JUST FOCUS ON SCHOOL AND SLOW DOWN:
BUT EVERY DAY LIKE HOUNDS ALL THE BOYS HANG AROUND:

SO BEFORE LONG THEY WILL CHOOSE;
ONE LUCKY BOY AND ALL THE OTHERS LOOSE:
SO THEN THEY BECOME MORE AT EASE:
YOUR PRAYER IS THAT THEY JUST TAKE IT SLOW PLEASE:
IN THEM YOU REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE:
BUT IT HURTS ALOT WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN DECIEVED:

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KID THAT YOU RAISED:
ALL THE SUDDEN IN HIGH SCHOOL THEY WANT TO BE ON THERE OWN AND YOU FEEL DAZED:
NINETH TENTH ELEVENRTH THEN THE 12TH GRADE YEAR;
THEY ACT SO TOUGH WITHOUT ANY FEAR:
HOPEFULLY THE FRIENDS THEY CHOOSE:-- ENCOURAGE THEM TO WIN NOT LOOSE:

FROM A KID TO A TEEN:
FROM SO SWEET AND NICE TO SASSY AND MEAN:
ITS NOT EASY RAISING A TEENAGE GIRL:
FROM A KID WHO WAS DADDYS GIRL TO A TEEN WITH SO MANY FRIENDS SO BUSY EVERYDAY ON A WHIRL:
HOLD YOUR GROUND THESE TEEN YEARS WONT LAST:
SOON THEY ARE OVER AND PAST:

HOPEFULLY THAT KID WILL REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE:
AND REALIZE HOW THEY PUSHED YOU THERE DAD AWAY SO FAR;
ONCE THEY HAVE A REAL PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE TO FACE;
THEY WILL COME TO THERE DAD THE SAFE PLACE:
SO BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THEM TO COME BACK:
STAY CALM AND DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP THEM ON TRACK:

10--JULY--2010:
JOHN D. JUNGERS




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FROM A KID TO A TEEN