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Yeah...aim for a sinecure job where you get big bucks for doing very little or none at all...just wanted to make you smile...
On the serious side...I'm sorry to hear that you lost your job...my thoughts and prayers will be that you'll find a better one soon...
My weekend was a little difficult...I just found out that my grandkids (girl 17 and boy 15) have been slipping out of the house in the middle of the night whenever they're all here for the weekends. No wonder they kept on traversing the length of the family room to see if i've gone to bed or still awake with the excuse that they were thirsty and was going down to the kitchen for a drink...
I don't think my patience will sustain a second time around...what to do!!!
I'm here, ans! How did you find out they were sneaking out? What have they been doing, exactly? I would put bars around the room and make a slot in the door to slip them their food. Tell them that if they get into real trouble, that's what they can look forward to, for months or years on end, in jail.
I'm here, ans! How did you find out they were sneaking out? What have they been doing, exactly? I would put bars around the room and make a slot in the door to slip them their food. Tell them that if they get into real trouble, that's what they can look forward to, for months or years on end, in jail.
(does anybody know where June's been?)
They'd been going bar hopping with school mates and some friends of ours saw them getting drunk!
What I did was slept on a lounging futon right at her door to barricade it for a few nights then abandoned the idea, better to care for a herd of cattle than to monitor a teenager, they'll find ways... Oh well...been watching too much "Tales from Avonlea"...
June has a hectic schedule, I inquired, I missed her too.
I remember sneaking out my window as a teenager. lol..a long time ago. Now, i'd just roll out. lolol
I'm for the bars on the windows. I'd even put a ding thing on the door when you pass through the door. lol.
Thanks ans...where one door closes a better one will open up. Maybe i'm suppose to focus on my schooling.
Good morning all from a chilly morning here in Ky.. I love the chilly nights and daily highs in the low 70's.
We are getting a little work done in the flooded portions of the house so hopefully we can soon spread out a bit and maybe take the twin bed out of the dining room.
Herefornow,I taught my kids and their kids that once mom's/mamaw's trust has been broken that it is difficult and takes a long time to earn it back
They'd been going bar hopping with school mates and some friends of ours saw them getting drunk!
What I did was slept on a lounging futon right at her door to barricade it for a few nights then abandoned the idea, better to care for a herd of cattle than to monitor a teenager, they'll find ways... Oh well...been watching too much "Tales from Avonlea"...
June has a hectic schedule, I inquired, I missed her too.
That's so scary. Those kinds of stunts can get the stress levels into the stratosphere. Just one little mistake can end up with kids getting hurt or jailed, which you understand and they don't. I'm sorry you have to deal with this right now.
This is what I've wanted to do many times while raising children:
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Good morning all from a chilly morning here in Ky.. I love the chilly nights and daily highs in the low 70's.
We are getting a little work done in the flooded portions of the house so hopefully we can soon spread out a bit and maybe take the twin bed out of the dining room.
Herefornow,I taught my kids and their kids that once mom's/mamaw's trust has been broken that it is difficult and takes a long time to earn it back
http://smileys.smilchat.net/smileys/expressives/tableblabla.gif (broken link), rather than http://smileys.smilchat.net/smileys/bad/enprison.gif (broken link) around the room, is probably the better way to go.
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June is still around, but hasn't posted as much as usual as a result of her time and attention span being consumed by some sticky work-related stuff.
Hope to be more 'present' soon. In the meantime, know that June has not forgotten anyone; she's just in a very stressful place right now...
Take gentle care, all!
We are thinking of you. I hope you are taking time to relax.http://smileys.smilchat.net/smileys/home/prendsonbain2.gif (broken link)
That's so scary. Those kinds of stunts can get the stress levels into the stratosphere. Just one little mistake can end up with kids getting hurt or jailed, which you understand and they don't. I'm sorry you have to deal with this right now.
I threatened to send my granddaughter back to her mom and removed all her comfort privileges including cell phone and laptop. She grew up watching and loving the characters in "Tales from Avonlea" (I don't know if any of you are familiar with it) where children are basically good in an old fashion Canadian setting...maybe my ways and rules are outdated......
I threatened to send my granddaughter back to her mom and removed all her comfort privileges including cell phone and laptop. She grew up watching and loving the characters in "Tales from Avonlea" (I don't know if any of you are familiar with it) where children are basically good in an old fashion Canadian setting...maybe my ways and rules are outdated......
I don't know. It just depends on the kids. When I was growing up, my mom had a lot of old fashioned kid's books around, and I loved to read them, but when I got older those books didn't seem to match who I was on the inside and didn't match the turmoil going on outside, so it created kind of a hopeless fantasy, which I had to discard. And when I discarded all of those books and their happy stories, I thought that I had to become some kind of angry rebel, because I didn't match the kids and families in those books. You know what I mean? The things going on in public schools and in a lot of families are so crazy sometimes, and those children's books just don't mesh with reality. Reality is messy, chaotic and sick. It was in the Bible, and it is in real life. Think, the prodigal son. Maybe you can ask what makes them want to drink and get drunk? Just try having an honest and non-judgmental conversation, even if it makes them uncomfortable. Let them know that you understand some of this stuff.
Some of it may be them just trying to feel grown up, like drinking and smoking is just what adults do, or maybe not. I did a lot of crazy things when I was young. I don't do them anymore. Luckily, I didn't get into any hard drugs. That's the real tough stuff to break away from. Hopefully, they will come to their senses soon enough.
Eventually, I figured that the peace I was craving was not ever going to happen if I lived my life around chaos, and I just had to delete a lot of people from my life and learn some "boring" things to do, which finally corrected all the ups and downs and depression.
Thank you herefornow...just discussing it with friends already alleviates the pressure. I pray that it's just a phase out of curiousity and the want to feel adult-like that will go away before it does any real damage to them. Yes, I did some idiotic things in my youth too......
And thanks for putting up with my ranting...I feel a lot better now!
Thank you herefornow...just discussing it with friends already alleviates the pressure. I pray that it's just a phase out of curiousity and the want to feel adult-like that will go away before it does any real damage to them. Yes, I did some idiotic things in my youth too......
And thanks for putting up with my ranting...I feel a lot better now!
Ranting? I hardly think so.
Yeah, I would guess it's just curiosity, unless they've been around a lot of chaos in their life. Then, they may just be giving into the mess. That's what I did.
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