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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2005 5:37:37 GMT 10
Teens are all moody Ellise, all of them. You never know from on minute to the next where those hormones will take them.
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Post by lynn on Oct 20, 2005 6:52:36 GMT 10
I've got some of those "aliens" lurking around my house too. I try to tell myself, "It's just a phase, this too shall pass."
I feel your pain......
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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2005 7:30:31 GMT 10
Guess I should of said, *Been there, done that, bought the T Shirt and Survived..LOL
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Post by lucie on Oct 20, 2005 10:03:18 GMT 10
Ellise, Carolyn is right....teenagers are going through alot of hormone changes and it affects their character alot....sigh...hang on....(((hugs)))
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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2005 11:17:35 GMT 10
Trust me ladies, after having raised three, I have to tell you that they will grow into lovely adults, and trust me with this. They all have to have their rebellion stage. If they don't they will have it later and life and let me tell you that a twenty or thirty something rebelling isn't pretty.
I know it is tough going now though so if anyone wants to talk or needs just reassuring just pm me.
I am at a different stage in my life than most of you. I would love to cheer you all on..
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 20, 2005 11:55:49 GMT 10
The teachers probably gave him heaps Ellise. What is a ISS? Some teachers assume the worst with boys.
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Post by Deed on Oct 20, 2005 20:54:16 GMT 10
BR, I'm guessing that ISS means In School Suspension, I had that once when I got caught smoking in the girls room.  Ellise, As you know I don't have any experience with this, but I am more than willing to listen if you need someone to talk to. Hugs.... |
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 25, 2005 10:30:02 GMT 10
I can relate to that. Our son was here a few weeks or months and he got suspended for one day because of a small thing he did on an excursion/field trip. If we had moved back to our hometown he would have had to have an interview to get into the High School and I was scared he would not be allowed to go there. He has the potential to be a good student for any school.
It is a very hard thing. I hope things settle down for him. I figure if some kids that are really bad leave school things will improve as some do before they get to the higher grades. My son in in Year 9, at the end of it, or the equivalent to Grade 9 there. Next year some of his "friends" will possibly be in different classes for Math, graded classes.
I find I can tell which are the nice teachers at school just by the way they relate to our ds14.
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Post by violet on Oct 31, 2005 16:38:25 GMT 10
Deed you little rebel lol!
Ellise, my boys are 21 and 18, and our house bears scars from their occasional frustration! I've always been a big believer in sport and physical activity, but mostly I think teens just need to know they're loved and accepted and they'll end up fine. It is hard when you're the odd one out (I was when I came to Australia from the U.S.), maybe there's something he could join to help him find friends with similar interests? I'm sure you know all this already.
I sometimes look at them all (the boys plus dd15) and wonder what the good Lord was thinking when he made hormones - teens are beautiful one minute, hideous the next!
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Post by frugalmel on Nov 5, 2005 2:19:03 GMT 10
Ellise.....{{{hugs}}} I don't have teens yet, so I can't relate as well as some can. But I can send you hugs and prayers and listen.  (in fact, I am thiking of hiding until mine are grown, starting when they get to be about 12! lol) |
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Post by leeann on Nov 13, 2005 3:35:57 GMT 10
I can definately identify with you and your teen, my Elizabeth is 16 and she drives me crazy about half the time. I sometimes, kind of half way jokinly, call her my "Mean teen".. LOL
She does have an attitude and a temper.
I heard a thing on tv about it though, and it said that that was normal because of the development of Teens brains and hormones at that age.. kind of like what we (ME) go through at menapause!! LOL
So we have one crazy hormonal teen, a pre-teen almost hormonal 9 year old, and a menapausal woman and ONE CRAZY and BRAVE MAN!!!
HUGS
LeeAnn
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Post by Admin on Nov 13, 2005 4:01:57 GMT 10
What a wonderful man you have there LeeAnn. I can relate to the menopausal thing also.
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Post by lynn on Nov 13, 2005 6:13:26 GMT 10
LOL Leeann. I read once that having a 16 yr old is like having a 2 yr old in the terrible 2's, multiply that by 8 and give it a driver's license!! Arrgghhhh!!!
Our oldest is 18, but we've got 2 more coming up! Not sure if I will survive or not....lol
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Post by Admin on Nov 13, 2005 6:50:14 GMT 10
good analogy Lynn. So true.
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 13, 2005 9:24:06 GMT 10
Our son was 16 last year, to be honest I don't remember much about it! Luckily I don't remember my eldest step-son being 16 either, but it was hard at the time. They didn't have their licence though.
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