Conversations with teens
29th May 2006
Yesterday, my family was enjoying a nice meal of dim sum (or yum cha which is what Aussies call them, from the Cantonese phrase which literally means “tea drinking,” a reference to the aromatic teas that accompany the dishes of delicacies served during such meals) at one of the many Southern Californian restaurants that serve up this ubiquitous sumptuous fare. This was the first time we went to this particular restuarant and the quality of the food was really quite good, and we were also rather hungry to begin with so we tucked into the delicious steaming dishes without much conversation initially.
When most of us have had our fill, the conversation started up, and halfway through it, one of my teens started talking about an exercise that he suggested my wife ought to practice. He described it in detail and as soon as he started I recognized that to be the Kegel PC muscles toning exercise. The thing is, my son, a high school freshman, was attempting to teach his mother how to do it! I found that Read the rest of this entry »
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