Not enough. Part of what I want people to learn and gather from my sharing is that there is no perfect answer to parenting kids like we have. I am not a great parent. And how good I am on any given day depends on which kid I'm dealing with and how well they are responding.
Last night was a tough night.
My son would not do his homework. We were having a friend over to do some computer work for us about 6pm and I know that if the homework didn't get done before then, it probably wouldn't get done at all.
I was right!
We spent the next 4 hours, working with our friend who was doing the computer stuff and fighting with our son about focusing and doing his work. In the end, he didn't do his work.
Now he has to go to school today and deal with the consequences of such. And we had to go to bed last night angry at him for being a complete embarrassment in front of someone we knew.
I hate that feeling.
I bought a book yesterday. "Have a New Kid by Friday", by Dr. Kevin Leman.
Maybe it will teach me something? Doubt it, but I'll let you know.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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I quickly read through your posts. I am surprised that you would use such a public forum to vent about your son. Even your "About Me" is very telling of the family dynamic. I have the older ADHD daughter and the younger "perfect" daughter and we daily work with the younger child to love her sister even though she is different. Teach tolerence and love and then pray for your son. He is the one who will need your prayers as he navigates life with you in tow!
Robert - Isn't the point of having a blog to share information in public? Many do it about themselves. I happen to do it about myself and my son, whom I never name and to the best of my ability, protect his privacy. I assume you haven't checked out my website. If you had, you would see that my goal to is help parents like me take a deep breath and realize that none of us are perfect (except maybe you) and that we can get through this. It is superior minded people like you who try to cause parents like me to feel guilt for not having a "perfect" family. My son will be fine because I love him and I will never stop trying to help him. But I will not apologize for needing moments to vent my frustration. So instead of praying for him, I will pray that you can someday release yourself from your close minded, judgmental, religious glass house.
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