Tween boys are typically rowdy and aggressive in their behavior, especially when they get wound up by friends, or even their dads!
I live in a house with two tween boys (ages 9 and 11), along with a just-turned teenage boy. Do you think my house is rowdy at times? That definitely goes without saying. I constantly have an influx of neighborhood kids wandering in and out of my house each day, and summer has not even officially begun yet!
One of the biggest contributors to the wild antics around my house are not the neighbors, though. It is a certain bigger child that comes home around 6:30 p.m. every evening. You guessed it...dad! My husband is a kid at heart, just like millions of other dads, and he loves to roughhouse with the best of them. At first, I like to see the bonding that comes along with this type of play, but after a while, I am the one begging for it to be over. I mean, honestly, a grown man lying on the floor with at least two kids on his back trying their best to hold him down, and he tickling them with a vengeance. What kind of way is that to behave?
Before long, all is quiet again, and my husband finally asks me how my day was. What can I say? Before he got home it was peaceful and serene. Oh, did I mention the all the neighborhood kids coming in out of the house every afternoon? Who am I kidding? I have boys!
It is comforting to know that tween boys typically are rowdy in their behavior. If you think your situation is out of hand, though, get some quick tips by one of our features writers here on Suite101.
