This knitting-themed one-act play explores the topic of teenage rebellion.
photo by ldyck
Rebellion
A small group of mothers gather in a kitchen to drink coffee and chat.Cindy: He stays out all night. Who knows where he goes?
Linda: She listens to his music. Loud. It breaks my eardrums, and I'm downstairs.
Michelle: He calls me an 'old cow' and worse. His teachers all tell me he doesn't listen, but what can I do?
Ann: First she got her ears pierced, then her nose. Now she has piercings and tattoos all over the place. She even shaved her head.
When I say anything, she says, 'It's my body.'
I have no say. No say.
Rebecca: My daughter knits.
Silence. Then the room explodes with laughter.
Rebecca: Yeah, I thought the same thing. I thought, a mother's joy—a knitter. I thought we would sail through the teenage years. No problem at all. Then I started to notice what she was knitting. Let's just say no yarn manufacturer was getting rich off her.
I told her she was sending the wrong message. I told her that all the boys would think she was a slut, but what does Mom know?
Everyone: Nothing.
Rebecca: Guess what I'm knitting? Come on, guess. (She pulls a mint green something out of her purse.) A baby blanket. Aren't you going to congratulate me? I'm going to be a grandma.
written in 2005
revised in 2025
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