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[pbjmaker]

Like I said - homework and grades were the biggest issue - starting at that age. But I belonged to e-mail of the day club apparently when he was in Jr. High. He was very ADD (but not hyper) and the teachers would e-mail me about the most ridiculous stuff. I.E. "Alex didn't have a pencil today - he needs to be responsible" Can we be responsible with homeowrk first and then worry about if he brings a pencil to class? He was never a behavior issue. My 16 year old is the one who will lie about homework but in Des Moines I can get on-line and check to see what there is. Once that became available she quit lying

But he was easy going personality wise - she is a moody "B".


Lately he is like a hormonal girl. He blew up at his dad and I today because we were having a conversation with a person on the phone and I brushed off his question (it was an important question but did not need an immediate answer). He just totally flipped and then I added fuel to the fire by asking him if he needed a midol. I'm just like that sometimes.

So my daughter got me a bag of tootsie rolls last night and I can't stop eating them.

ETA: I sub in special ed quite often and they always ask me back - hmm wonder why - I don't let the kids get to me. Today a first grader was smacking his head against the brick wall screaming "God have mercy on my soul" We just calmly protected him physically and let him clam down enough to rejoin the class. If you over react - it will just escalate. I kind of had to laugh at the whole God/soul thing because he apparently would have never been near a church as his parents are methheads. They are thinking exorcism.

 

[sammileah]

lmao midol i love that. my hubby b@#ches alot like more than me. so I told him he was going to sprout a vigina is he kept it up. he looked at me and started laughing. DD would run away crying if i said anything like that to her. and then get really mad cause i'd be laughing.
Keg (the boy) does stuff like the other day he tried to sneak something upstairs so i ask what he has.... nothing. so after not buy that he made up some craptastic lie. well that didn't work. so i go upstairs and threated to rip his room part till i found what it was. so what does he pull out playboys. i thank him for finally telling the truth went downstairs threw them away. called my best friend and laughed my ass off.
yesterday i found a poster from a sifi game and asked if someone wanted it. Keg "what is it" me "well its not a pin up center fold" Keg bright red "shut up"

we have the website stuff for his classes but the teacher he has the biggest issue with doesn't update it except when she has to. plus does answer emails, notes or phone calls. all his other teachers are more then willing to help not her. her big help is once in awhile letting him turn in something late. most time if not done on time its a 0 and she's 1 of those be ready when she walks by or its late. and Keg is one of those 'is it in this folder, or that 1 wait i left it in my book'. 6 yrs left sigh.

thanks to you all for my chicken addiction to seem normal, for listening to me vent, making me laugh and well sharing in the addiction.

 

[pbjmaker]

OMG - Just got back from Hy-Vee and my son and daughter were fighting like little kids about who was going to get the front seat. It about came down to a fist fight in the parking lot. There must be something in the air tonight.

Never found actual playboys, but for awhile there was suspicious on -line stuff showing up on our computer...

Glad to know that I'm not the only one who has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor when it comes to my kids. I pull it in check when I am working though.

 

[IA. jake]

My son is 13 he listened great,until he turned 13. Now I have to tell him everything 3 times for him to listen. But he is our only child,so I do spiol him some. He still loves to collect tractors and really likes his call ducks, chickens and 4h. I am now trying to show him how he can make some money at raising poultry. It is a work in progress, but he has been helping on the farm alot more since he knows he can make some money if he puts in the effort.

 

[mrandmrschicken]

After hearing about your children I am so thankful ours are... helpful, courteous, studious, quiet, non argumentative, undemanding, trustworthy, truthful, neat as pins, clean, as in never having to remind them to change their underwear, respectful, never disagree, never test their boundries or limitations, unquestioning, and thoughtful, and always happily willing to help! All around angels!

If I am not on here for awhile, it is beacause I have not been released from treatment for reality issues!

 

[FlashPointFarm]

I'm sitting here giggling about yours and Steph's posts.

I went through some of the same things with my son. Not turning in homework, internet porn.. yada yada. Otherwise, he was a pretty good kid. He has a new girlfriend every other week it seems like. DH keeps calling me Grandma. (My son is 16)

I tried doing the chore thing, allowance, taking privileges away for not turning in homework. Now he stays at his Dad's and rarely visits. Just be grateful you have your kids around.



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[karimw]

The only experience I have with teens so far is with siblings and the brief stint I spent as a TA. My sister recently married a guy with 3 teen boys and the too oldest are quite the spoiled brats (that "broken home" thing again). They never want to be where ever they are and usually spend their time in as sullen lumps in the middle of the action. I'm just relieved when they go home

 

[Troy]

7 pekins all hatched last fall 10.00/ea
10 rouens 6 drakes and 4 hens 10.00/ea
5 muscovys 1 drake 4 hens 50.00 will not split
trio of old english standards bb red 30.00 will not split
2 trios of eastern turkeys 50.00/trio
1 pair of white leghorn bantams 10.00
1 trio of white leghorn bantams 15.00
and many roosters all purebred 3.00/ea
I wanted to post for all my fellow iowans before I put it anywhere else

 

[sammileah]

most days i'm glad he's around, somedays he could go to his dads.


anyway today i dragged my sick tired butt out and cleaned coop.
DD has a head cold hacking and sneezing
youngest son has stomach flu that made for a fun night.

hers some cute pics well i think they are

 

[mrandmrschicken]

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Hmmmm... thinking... thinking... if I were to take the doors off the kitchen cupboards and put wire over them... no, can't do that. ...under the basement stairs? No, that won't work either. Hmmm. need to think a bit more......