Dan
I reckon Mike and I are still a way off calling ourselves successful parents - if my 3 get to theirs 20s and beyond without too many big dramas then maybe we can pat ourselves on the back.
I think we're only just heading into the troubled times - although I think Tom at 15 is (mainly) much more level headed than he was at say 13

...time will tell. Then we have the daughter - Ms 10 going on 20-something (dynamite). Hopefully I shall be able to outsmart her even if her Dad can't as she is a mini-me in waaay too many ways

. Little Mr 8 will no doubt be the one to get into all sorts of mischief; hopefully most of it pretty harmless. If I can check back with you in about 10 years or so...