Anyone who has passed through puberty will have stories told to them of how they were very moody when they were in their teens. For those of us who are in their mature years will have stories but there was never any explanation apart from you were sometimes a horrible child! Nowadays the medical community and parents are starting to understand the hormone rush that teenagers experience that creates horrendous mood swings.
Now a parent, I am starting to understand some of the things that happened when I was this age. My son is fun to be around normally but like a switch all of a sudden he changes into a confused, angry and emotional person. There is one particular instance that I wish to share with you. We could see “the writing on the wall” as he was argumentative from the minute he got in from school. He got worst as the evening went on and before long an all-out shouting match start between him and his mother. It was one of his worst and you could see the frustration on his face. I was sitting in the lounge and he came in and he was obviously distressed.
I carry my worry beads in my shirt pocket and he noticed the pear hanging out. He lurched at me and I thought he was going to jump on me. But no, he grabbed the worry beads out of my pocket. I looked on in amazement as he rubbed the two pears hard between his fingers. He was pacing around the middle of the room still in considerable distress. THEN all of a sudden he calmed. He had not touched the wooden pears before and he was surprised how tactile they were. I left him alone for a few minutes and then asked him if the pears had helped, and would he like some. The only answer I got was, “Yes please!” I could not have been a prouder father in that at 12 years old he had made his own judgement about worry beads and seen how they had improved my life and took the initiative himself to sort out his own issue. A real chip off the old block!
If you can relate to this story and wish to make a comment please do so. I am also keen to here of other people’s success with worry beads so please email.
Kevin
The English Worry Bead Co
www.englishworrybeads.uk
