He's only 11 and with a Gods grace he'll make to be an adult.These last couple of weeks have been very trying for me. My oldest has always been well mannered and always ontop of his game. But things are falling apart piece by piece. He has three detentions this week 1 for not doing his homework in more than one class.2nd was for not following school policies 3rd was for throwing a test in the trash becasue he didn't agree with his teacher checkin him for his bad behavior. I'm not the kinda Mom who lets things slip so needless to say he's been getting his ass tore up for the last couple of weeks and spending lots of time in his room. He's not the kind of kid you can take away his phone or games and he'll be sad. He's the kid who will entertain himself with a blank piece of paper in the dark. I laugh now but its not easy to steal his joy..except for the belt on his butt. The last incident was a mind blower. His teacher called the house and told me he wrote a story about a pervert snatching a little girl and doing bad things. I thought I was going to fall through the dame floor. What else had he written? Was he crazy? What does she think of me? Then I thought about Law and Order SVU and that dame Elliot and Olivia and not to mention my favorite Criminal Minds.. DAME DAME DAME. What have I done I love these shows and my oldest watches them with me. I'm feeling like a real bumb ass Mom. So I go to the school and pick up a copy of the story so I can see for myself. It was bad dont get me wrong but she made it seem much worse. I read it over and over again. The story talked about the cops catching the pervert by tracking down his license plate and how he hurt over 30 women and the police didn't want to release the information to the media. They want my son to see a couselor. I know this story was wayyyyy innapropriate but I was still missing something. So on my fourth time reading his story. I read the directions at the top which clearly states that this stroy needs to be based on YOUR daily life..WTF no wonder they want him to have a counselor.They think this story is about HIS life..now I'm smoking. I'm embarrised beyond belief he claims he didnt read the directions. he just started writing a story. I don't wanna believe him but I did the same thing alost 4 times and I'm a grown woman. I decided to document all the drama this boy puts me through so when he gets his stuff together and grows up to be a very successful man. I can read these wacked out entries and laugh. Tomorrow I get to explain to the couselor why I let my 11 yr old watch Law and Order SVU..dame..dame..dame..maybe I'll e-mail her
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ReplyDeleteHe's not the kind of kid you can take away his phone or games and he'll be sad. This is kind of a great way to be, if you ask me. I think back to times where I allowed nothing to steal my joy and it leads me to wonder whatever happened to that fire inside.
The teacher could have been overreacting - teachers often do, nowadays (for good reason, I suppose). Did you ask what made him want to write about that particular episode?
Hahaha @ They think this story is about HIS life..now I'm smoking.
We used to watch SVU(special victims unit) of law and order and sadly enough they are all pretty much the same. Well his days of watching tv with me or any adult is long over. If it's not G he can't watch it. He was really upset at first but he understands that privileges come with a certain level of maturity and for him to write that story told us he's not at that level yet. So we are utilizing the parental controls on all the boxes. Oh and now instead of watching the G rated show he reads the newspaper front to back, hey I can live with that. His PG-13 watching days are only 1 yr away.
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