You know that everything changes, but you’re seldom prepared when it comes to your children. 【小题1】years fly by, suddenly they’re teenagers. They’re all grown up with plans 【小题2】their own.

At parents, we want to hold tightly to those precious and unforgettable 【小题3】(moment) when she 【小题4】(lose)her tooth and you were the Tooth Fairy, or when you bought his baseball glove and taught him with great patience 【小题5】(hold) a bat. Your girl looks more like a young woman now; your son is becoming a man. If you’re fighting those changes, you may get tired. But if you welcome the changes【小题6】 (merry), you’ll be young at heart.

Parents have to change, too---you can’t avoid it. It’s【小题7】(nature) for you to miss the years when they were cute and when you were 【小题8】center of their world. As a courageous parent aware of the process of life【小题9】you’re involved in, you accept the changes and move forward in tears. Sometimes you’ll thankful that【小题10】(be) a teenager is not a permanent condition.