My biggest parenting meltdown.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Yeah but that only works when you are in a state where they have those laws. And, like you said he is at an age he can find his way back home. But when they are 18, there are no laws attached.....

I have several pieces in my craft room that say "I child proofed the house but they still get in!"

All I said to DS8 was "I don't have time to take you to the hospital today so you might want to watch what you say and do"

I have a feeling that I'll be saying that or something similar to that (in between blow-ups) a lot

I say that a lot! I will not be going to the ER today so either don't get hurt or learn to stitch yourself!
Followed closely by when a wailing kid comes I say "are you dying? do you need your finger/arm/leg amputated? Are there jutting bones and/or blood? Nope, go play. "

I also wonder why all of a sudden he seems to have no respect for me.

Because when the word "teen" appears in their age, all brain cells stop functioning immediately.

Life does NOT revolve around just you! Just b/c you are having a smaller party then your brother (for once in his life) doesn't mean you are not loved. It just means it is HIS turn!!! And no I don't hate you when I choose to spend time with one of the other kids or plan something or buy something for the other kids, it just means you are not an only child. On top of that NO you may not move out and live my your uncle b/c you think I'm not being fair!

Here in the Blink household the phrase is as follows. "Sorry to burst your bubble but the world does not revolve around you. Life isn't fair? Get a job, move out, pay your own way, then you can tell me about fair."

"go ahead, live with Ma and Granddad. You won't get any sympathy over there"

Oh dear. I do believe the Disboards has sprung a leak. It appears the "census" thread is leaking into my "parenting meltdown" thread. Perhaps I should purchase some duct tape in the event of an emergency.

Hot pink duct tape. It goes really well with straight jackets.

(I always ask my DH for hot pink duct tape and straight jackets when he's headed to the store and asks if I need anything)

 

[Hollywoodhaha]

So, this is how parents view us teens

 

[cheermom1]

I have several pieces in my craft room that say "I child proofed the house but they still get in!"



I say that a lot! I will not be going to the ER today so either don't get hurt or learn to stitch yourself!
Followed closely by when a wailing kid comes I say "are you dying? do you need your finger/arm/leg amputated? Are there jutting bones and/or blood? Nope, go play. "



Because when the word "teen" appears in their age, all brain cells stop functioning immediately.



Here in the Blink household the phrase is as follows. "Sorry to burst your bubble but the world does not revolve around you. Life isn't fair? Get a job, move out, pay your own way, then you can tell me about fair."

"go ahead, live with Ma and Granddad. You won't get any sympathy over there"


Hot pink duct tape. It goes really well with straight jackets.

(I always ask my DH for hot pink duct tape and straight jackets when he's headed to the store and asks if I need anything)

Not to change the subject but is your name Buffy? I seen it in your sig.

 

[Handbag Lady]

As someone who doesn't have kids, your stories are all funny and I'm kinda glad I didn't have kids. I don't know if I could do what you all do without going to jail.

My sister has always had a hard time with my niece. She had planned a huge family trip to Hawaii and had spent two years saving up for it. My niece started acting up at around age 15, and when my sister shouted out in an argument, "FINE, you're NOT going to Hawaii now!" Well, my niece just KNEW my sister wasn't to cancel the trip, so she smart-mouthed my sister right back saying something about stupid parents. My sister calmly went to the computer, emailed the travel agent and changed a passenger from "Niece" to "Grandma" and my niece had to stay home with grandpa, which, was a fate worse than death as my father is really quite strict.

 

[Mommy2cody]

Can I just say, everyones storys of their teenagers are really starting to scare me. My DS is 9...I am going to enjoy it while it last....What did I get myself into?!?!? I don't think I was that bad, maybe I should call my mom and tell her how sorry I am!

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Can I just say, everyones storys of their teenagers are really starting to scare me. My DS is 9...I am going to enjoy it while it last....What did I get myself into?!?!? I don't think I was that bad, maybe I should call my mom and tell her how sorry I am!

be afraid...be VERY afraid...

and stock up on RUM!!

 

[JimFitz]

I am a father to 4 boys and feel your pain. My kids are lucky they are still alive with some of the things we've been through. I love my boys more than anything but sometimes I want to beat the living beejezzus out of them.

Patience can be a four letter word when it comes to kids.

 

[iwrbnd]

As someone who doesn't have kids, your stories are all funny and I'm kinda glad I didn't have kids. I don't know if I could do what you all do without going to jail.

My sister has always had a hard time with my niece. She had planned a huge family trip to Hawaii and had spent two years saving up for it. My niece started acting up at around age 15, and when my sister shouted out in an argument, "FINE, you're NOT going to Hawaii now!" Well, my niece just KNEW my sister wasn't to cancel the trip, so she smart-mouthed my sister right back saying something about stupid parents. My sister calmly went to the computer, emailed the travel agent and changed a passenger from "Niece" to "Grandma" and my niece had to stay home with grandpa, which, was a fate worse than death as my father is really quite strict.

Way to go "mom"!

 

[EllaM]

So, this is how parents view us teens

The irony of life is that no matter what stage you're in you always think you are the good suffering martyr and the rest of the world is insane.

I was once so upset by my mom's perceived parenting injustices I wrote a scathing poem comparing her to Simon Legree and posted it up on the fridge to show off my wonderful work. I was so proud of my rhyming and writing skills I thought she'd happily show it off to the world.

Yeah, I was an idiot.

I'm just glad I had the chance to become my mom's friend before she died of cancer. I spent 4 years by her side as she fought the disease and we did and talked about so many things. Our relationship came full circle, I felt. Sure there were times she could have done better and I could have tried harder, but we had enough perspective to forgive ourselves and each other.

 

[cheermom1]

I just had one with my dd and yep she KNOWS how to push my buttons!!

All I did was ask her to stack up the dishes and get them ready to be put in the dishwasher. You have thought that was the worst thing I would have made her do! She started off with how she has homework and stuff. I told her it will only take her about 10 mins. so she goes in there and throws everything on the counter without scraping anything and it was all over the place. I told her to go back in there and do it right. OF course she starts in with how life is in fair and stuff. She kept arguing and arguing with me till I finally told her not another word!! She This time she goes in there and scraps the food off just a few and that is it! I made her go back in there and told her that she needs to practice sense clearly she doesn't know how to stack the dishes and stuff. she started off with disrespect and said that as soon as she is 18 she is gone!! I of course lost it with her and started yelling and saying a few things I shouldn't have. I was just so frustrated and told her that she had no right to try and hang that over my head every time I want her to do something around the house and I shouldn't have to walk on egg shells for fear she will leave the day she turns 18!

I don't get it, it wasn't like I told her to clean the entire house like a slave or something! Nor would it have taken her that long to have done it.

But then after about 10 mins of her finishing stacking the dishes and the whole ordeal. She was in her room and came out and said she was sorry and wanted to know if her BF could come over! What

I asked her if she did her homework and she said it was done. Ok so homework really didn't as long as you were trying to make me think it would have taken.

Ummmm NO your bf can't come over!

 

[hereyago]

"FINE, you're NOT going to Hawaii now!" Well, my niece just KNEW my sister wasn't to cancel the trip, so she smart-mouthed my sister right back saying something about stupid parents. My sister calmly went to the computer, emailed the travel agent and changed a passenger from "Niece" to "Grandma" and my niece had to stay home with grandpa, which, was a fate worse than death as my father is really quite strict.

Oh SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kuddos to your sis!!!!!!!! Did she send her a postcard: Sorry you had to open your pie hole or you would have been here yourself? LOL.

 

[Pastamom]

Patience can be a four letter word when it comes to kids.

How true


DS10 likes to tell me his job is to drive me nuts and he's a perfectionist I figure that gives me permission to "torture/embarass him"

 

[Wall-E1]

Because when the word "teen" appears in their age, all brain cells stop functioning immediately.

Here's another strange observation I've made about my stalled brain cell functioning teen. Whenever he is at a friend's house, I always seem to get outlandish reports about him being well mannered, offering to help with dishes if he ate, volunteering to lend a hand to that parent if needed. It kind of ruins my credibility. I tell them how he acts at home and they can't believe it. Although, in my defense, when their snowflakes are at my home, the same strange phenomenon occurs. Their teens become well mannered and helpful, and their parents can't believe it. I guess as long as it's not their own parents... Perhaps, when the kids reach teen years, we should swap them out with each other.

Hot pink duct tape. It goes really well with straight jackets.

(I always ask my DH for hot pink duct tape and straight jackets when he's headed to the store and asks if I need anything)

With me, I won't let it get that far. The Canadian border is not well guarded. I'll drive away before he drives me over the edge. He can have the house. I'll take the sanity.

So, this is how parents view us teens

Only our own teens - not others. I have not been a teen in several centuries, so I don't remember. Is it kind of like a badge of honor to you teens when you slowly chip away our sanity, piece by painful piece?

Can I just say, everyones storys of their teenagers are really starting to scare me. My DS is 9...I am going to enjoy it while it last....What did I get myself into?!?!? I don't think I was that bad, maybe I should call my mom and tell her how sorry I am!

Yes, enjoy it. At that age, they still think you are the best person in the world. You may even want to plan ahead and see if you can't trade him for, oh say, two cows, a goat and a chicken once he turns 13 (not sure what the exact going rate for a teen/farm animal exchange is these days).

 

[Wall-E1]

How true


DS10 likes to tell me his job is to drive me nuts and he's a perfectionist I figure that gives me permission to "torture/embarass him"

Well of course. Saying something like that is like laying down the gauntlet. Let the games begin.

 

[Hollywoodhaha]

Only our own teens - not others. I have not been a teen in several centuries, so I don't remember. Is it kind of like a badge of honor to you teens when you slowly chip away our sanity, piece by painful piece?

Yes. Yes, there is

 

[iwrbnd]

Can I just say how therapeutic it is for me to be reading these? I love these stories especially because I'm the mom of 2 teens and have 2 more turning into teens just around the corner!

 

[iwrbnd]

I just had one with my dd and yep she KNOWS how to push my buttons!!

All I did was ask her to stack up the dishes and get them ready to be put in the dishwasher. You have thought that was the worst thing I would have made her do! She started off with how she has homework and stuff. I told her it will only take her about 10 mins. so she goes in there and throws everything on the counter without scraping anything and it was all over the place. I told her to go back in there and do it right. OF course she starts in with how life is in fair and stuff. She kept arguing and arguing with me till I finally told her not another word!! She This time she goes in there and scraps the food off just a few and that is it! I made her go back in there and told her that she needs to practice sense clearly she doesn't know how to stack the dishes and stuff. she started off with disrespect and said that as soon as she is 18 she is gone!! I of course lost it with her and started yelling and saying a few things I shouldn't have. I was just so frustrated and told her that she had no right to try and hang that over my head every time I want her to do something around the house and I shouldn't have to walk on egg shells for fear she will leave the day she turns 18!

I don't get it, it wasn't like I told her to clean the entire house like a slave or something! Nor would it have taken her that long to have done it.

But then after about 10 mins of her finishing stacking the dishes and the whole ordeal. She was in her room and came out and said she was sorry and wanted to know if her BF could come over! What

I asked her if she did her homework and she said it was done. Ok so homework really didn't as long as you were trying to make me think it would have taken.

Ummmm NO your bf can't come over!

Your daughter sounds just like my son over the past 2 years! (He's MUCH better now so I think his brain is starting to function again)

I had a friend that used to turn on the Barney clean up song really loud over the house speakers. Only when they finished cleaning would she finally turn it off!

 

[cheermom1]

Your daughter sounds just like my son over the past 2 years! (He's MUCH better now so I think his brain is starting to function again)

I had a friend that used to turn on the Barney clean up song really loud over the house speakers. Only when they finished cleaning would she finally turn it off!

The Barney song, now that is an idea!!!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Not to change the subject but is your name Buffy? I seen it in your sig.

Yes it is. Not my given name but one I've had since birth and can't shake it. It works out well at places like Panera, 8000 Rays, Lisas and Robs but only one Buffy. LOL

Here's another strange observation I've made about my stalled brain cell functioning teen. Whenever he is at a friend's house, I always seem to get outlandish reports about him being well mannered, offering to help with dishes if he ate, volunteering to lend a hand to that parent if needed. It kind of ruins my credibility. I tell them how he acts at home and they can't believe it. Although, in my defense, when their snowflakes are at my home, the same strange phenomenon occurs. Their teens become well mannered and helpful, and their parents can't believe it. I guess as long as it's not their own parents... Perhaps, when the kids reach teen years, we should swap them out with each other.

OMG YES!!!! My friends here on the DIS who have met my kids say that all the time. I call them monsters and they are like no! Your kids are great, well mannered, blah blah blah. I'm like who did you meet cause it wasn't my clan!!!!

 

[cheermom1]

Yes it is. Not my given name but one I've had since birth and can't shake it. It works out well at places like Panera, 8000 Rays, Lisas and Robs but only one Buffy. LOL



OMG YES!!!! My friends here on the DIS who have met my kids say that all the time. I call them monsters and they are like no! Your kids are great, well mannered, blah blah blah. I'm like who did you meet cause it wasn't my clan!!!!

I was asking b/c there isn;t that many Buffys in the world and my sil REAL name is Buffy and only met one other Buffy. Just saying it is cool and a rare name.