My son started HS last week and he made the transistion easily..Ok it helps he knows most of the freshamn class & is 6'0 tall.

omg!

Ok, I got to pick owen up from school yesterday. And he tells me he didn't eat lunch. I said you didn't eat the lunch that I packed; I looked in his backpack and yep his lunch wasn't touched. I asked him repeatedly if he was given lunch (we qualify for free lunch, so if I didn't send a lunch he should have been given one) He told me know. Ooooooo I was about to go off.... long story short, when I found the teacher (who I like) {principal (don't like)} Owen admitted that he was given a lunch. And one of the lunch ladies heard our conversation and come over and confirmed that yes he was given a lunch and eat it. Oh I was beyond mad at the child. So he has 2 days without cartoons, treats, special stuff, anything.

Sounds to me like he's testing his boundaries, seeing if he can get away with something. Hold firm, it'll get better

Eventually he'll find his boundaries and calm down. It took my son until he was 8 to stop pushing it. He's started up again lately, but it's the start of being a teenager, so it's completely different.

Mine started yesterday.... everything went smooth...OH except for the typical whine" why does my brother get to get dropped off 1st" They go to different schools!!! someone needs to go first.... So I told her that if she didn't like it she could always walk the 2 miles and then she shut he mouth real quick

Eh, my teens went back to school 3 weeks ago. One is a Junior and the other a Senior in H.S.

My Daughter started College this summer though, so she is doing her senior year in H.S. and college at the same time. Sorta a crazy schedule for me.

You all with young kids have no idea what kinda crazy it is about to get for ya. When they get older you will wish you had that little kid back instead of the pre-teen and teen issues.

As they get older they get involved in so many different things. And guess what-if you decide to be active and keep them within adult supervision at all times possible,

you are going to be busy as heck. Because that takes serious involvement in their lives. It is no more about playing in the sand with army men and indians. NOPERS... they want learners permits, and to 'hang out at the mall' :: gasp ::

Is their friend bulemic? Are they spiritual?
Do they practice voo doo, are they torturing the neighbors cat?.. no seriously.. teenagers nowdays-- eeeeeek.. analyzing behaviors, eh to much for me...
Knowing who is who in their social lives, do my kids friends have responsible parents?
etc..
pain in the back side.
I'm glad I'm almost done and lived through it to talk about it.
Raising kids is tough... I don't advise this venture to anyone.

i have one 7 and one 19 oh what a feeling

I can't even imagine what people go through after having one as a pre-teen, or teen.. and have another one.

I don't get it. My conclusion is most I would guess had a boy first. Boys are easier and they just don't send ya off the deep end like teenage girls do.... Now having kids in a cluster is different, you really have no idea. But whoa! After you actually lived through it-----and had many years to say zOMG what did I do to deserve this?! Then do it again--either, you are strong.. Or have slight dementia..or nutz.... lol

This morning was so much better.

Last nite he got another day of tv taken away for not listening. So he is definately going to be bummed tomorrow when he can't watch cartoons! I don't think he realized that tomorrow is saturday.

I am really seriously thinking about banned cartoons during the week.

i love children they are very hard at times .they teach me to deal with the real world.i love to look through a child eyes they have not been hurt you name it.they for ever keep me young.yea they can be a pain in the a$$.what scares me is the real world and the pepole in it.i have to teach my 7 year old what this world is about so when she goes into it she does not freek. that is what is good about being older.if i found the right woman i would have more children call me crazy but children are great.

ohhhhhhhhhh that's sooooooooo sad!!!! So how did he do??? I teach spec. educ. and coming back to sch. is a HUGE transition for most of my students. New room, people, teachers, assistants etc...... praise him whenever and wherever you can. Help him w/ his work as to show him how much sch. means to you that he wants to be successful as well. Good luck!!!

Hey there (((Storm))) My son is a freshman at college!!! And he's measuring in at 6'4"!!! Sz.13 shoe!!!! Tall and skinny as a rail (not like me!!!)

So (((Tanya))) How did your little boy do????

Never mind....I finally got to pg. 2 and read all the posts....sorry. Be patient with him, but consistent. If you take away something don't give in. It only teaches him to manipulate you until you give in the next time. Be fair...be firm...be loving....and spend time with him.

Well it's not that I think children are not great.
I just think it such a immense responsibility.
I believe I not only owe it to them that I keep up as they mature into adults and their stages, I feel I have more to offer them and society by not any further additions.
My daughter is going into the service next year and I am sure at some point in the next ten years she will be headed towards a family of her own. I want to fit into that as freely as I can. W/out restraints or distractions of more kids. I don't want children in the generation as my grandchildren.

I want to spend my older years not doing what I did for the last 18 years. ya, I just want to be a Mom, grandma at some point---and enjoy my life.

Because really right now, between Wrestling, ROTC, Color Guard, their school groups they been/are involved in, daughter goes to college twice a week as well... and well, my teens volunteer at our church once a week--- they been on summer break from that, but I'm sure that starts back soon.. and they go to church on average 2 other times a week, and always want to do extra events through there- oh and Mexico missionary every year, that can tend to be a drain getting ready for that, And and and and and it goes on and on.. some know senior year for kids is hectic... planning graduation
stuff, iono---- just been through all the years and stages, can't imagine doing it again.

everyone has to have similar things going on, so I am not sure why I am like feeling the stand alone,'Im about to be freeeeeee', and others are like, 'give me more', ha

not sure how people-- want to do that alllllll over again..
I want my time.

not a bad idea there. I dont normally allow my children to watch tv during the week as a general rule, during the school year. Now, I DO make exceptions occasionally, and allow the occasional movie, but generally speaking no tv at all during the school year

WOW.....seriously????? Good for you!!!!

i so much have my time to i take vacations go places you name it and still have time for the child. every one has a thing they like to do in life and to me to be the best dad and help that child go out into the world ready for what is out their. in my eyes it is the best thing one can do for another person that you love.i may not be a rich man when i die but i will know that i did what i wanted to do in my life time.

Reading you all's posts sure brings back a lot of memories.

The first days of middle school my husband always took off work and we had a little Honeyingmoon brunch because my kids were his "instant" family. LOL one year when I was sick he was "Home-room Mom".

Remember the nervous stomache wondering how all the new transitions were going to go for our "special" child. Sometimes it was great and sometimes you felt like you were fighting the wholeo school board.

I found getting on the school routine a week or so early was one of my better ideas. I had foster kids so they didn't have any in's in the cliques.

So was keeping the idea of bedtime as they got older. A tired over scheduled kid/mom is a fight waiting to happen. Taking away the TV is a smart idea and so is putting the cell phones in the living room with the comuter.

I kind of have my heart in my throat now because my Grandson is having a rough way to go. It is because Mom is trying to replay some of her old school issues. Have to stay out of it and let her learn from their consequences but I feel bad when I know they will take it out on Him. You have to let some things go; especially battles with teachers.

I thought I would go back to school this year. LOL I may be 70 by the time I graduate. Now that will be a graduation party! Can you mix Purple Passion in prune juice? Hugs to all.