My daughter is definitely a teenager

When I was small, I used to be asked constantly to crawl UNDER various tables...at my own home and at my grandmother's home to lemon oil the curliques. It never occurred to me, (then), to disobey, because I had been smacked around so often.

Later, when I was older, (and after about a hundred irritated instructions to "GO READ!!!!!" in order to get rid of me), I learned to lie on the sofa, READING. If my mother asked me to clean my room NOW I would tell her I just had to finish reading this chapter...and because she needed to have it done IMMEDIATELY she could never wait...and would go and do it herself.

I was not a messy child. I was highly organized. But I usually delayed in making my bed.