Raising teenagers

THis is a newish phase for me. I have two young teenage boys and they can crack me up and make me spew steam from my ears at the same time.

SO my older one- very difficult, always has been, partly because he is very cute and charming and thinks he can charm his way through life and the rules dont apply to him.

I was giving him a little talk about how in life he needs to have some real accomplishments, and not just flash his beautiful smile at people and everyone will give him what he wants.

He tells me "I have a deadly weapon, why shouldn't I use it?"

And then he flashes it...