Sara, Glad you had a nice weekend. You did well with H and the mess. We all have to learn not to sweat the small stuff.
As far as the advice to your neice goes, we have to remember that teenagers think that we are "aliens" and know nothing. LOL! They forget about all of the life experiences that we have had! I can so remember my mother's intuition about things when I was a teen. I thought she was so crazy, but boy did she prove me wrong so many times! We live and we learn, don't we? Now I have become my mother and have that mother's intuition!
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. -- Bernice Johnson Reagon