No teenager likes to share details about their plans with their caretaker or parent, nor do they enjoy washing dirty dishes. I explicitly remember my parents complaining about us giving them such late notice, and leaving dirty pans in the kitchen. It therefore makes me smile and laugh as the three teenage girls I care for here in La Ceiba do not fail to fulfill these stereotypes as well.
Nelly proves the queen of last minute plan sharing, to the point that on multiple occasions Scot will call and ask me if she is ready to leave, and I have to ask him to where. She then never fails to seem perplexed as to why she should have given me more notice, or informs me that I seemed busy. My favorite example was when I seemed busy as I was reading on the couch sitting five feet away from her.
All three like to leave dirty pots and pans after cooking to soak in water until they are “able to be cleaned.” They failed to notice that they are usually non stick pans that can be washed in under a minute, but why take the minute when you can leave it hoping someone else will pick it up.
My best part is that all three girls are actually really responsible and conscientious. So they will usually call one another out when they do either of these two things, or fail to complete any other chore. This makes my job way easier. It also proves comical as they will tell the other they can’t imagine how they forgot to do x, when the day before they forgot x themselves.
My three girls are truly amazing, and also truly teenagers.
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