Careyann
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I really just need to vent. I have a 14 yr old son. He is doing terrible in school, F's and says he is trying his hardest. From talking to other parents they had similiar issues with their kids in this same school, they expect alot from them. That really isn't what I want to vent about but it's some back ground of my frustration. I am supposed to work at 7:30, our bus picks up the kids at 7:35. Usually I leave before they go but my son sometimes dinks around so much that he misses the bus. I didn't trust him this morning so I hung around. Last minute he needs some papers for school, finds them just as the bus is sitting in front of our house. I go out and motion for the guy to wait, he stands by my vehicle and says I should just give him a ride, repeats this over and over, meanwhile I'm getting upset because it's 7:35 and I'm already late. I give up and take him to school. I almost slide into the bus and another car leaving my development because we had rain/snow last night. I am so mad at this point and our school is a nightmare, it takes 20 minutes to get into the parking lot to drop him off. (the grade school and middle school are attached-double the nightmare!). I said some things that I do regret saying, but I don't regret being mad because I think I was justified.
He really ruined my day and I feel like I must be the worst parent in the world that I can have a child who has no regard for another person's feelings. I don't know if I want to even talk to that kid tonight, and I feel like taking away everything he likes to punish him for it! But I'm a terrible pushover, I hate taking things away from my kids, feel bad when I do it. I know that's my problem. I'm lucky that work is flexible for me otherwise I could lose my job, why can't they understand that life doesn't revolve around them?!
I know this is long and I'm sorry for that, I just feel so sad and angry by the whole thing and wish I knew what to do to have a kid that seemed like he cared about....anything!
Thanks for listening.
He really ruined my day and I feel like I must be the worst parent in the world that I can have a child who has no regard for another person's feelings. I don't know if I want to even talk to that kid tonight, and I feel like taking away everything he likes to punish him for it! But I'm a terrible pushover, I hate taking things away from my kids, feel bad when I do it. I know that's my problem. I'm lucky that work is flexible for me otherwise I could lose my job, why can't they understand that life doesn't revolve around them?!
I know this is long and I'm sorry for that, I just feel so sad and angry by the whole thing and wish I knew what to do to have a kid that seemed like he cared about....anything!
Thanks for listening.