Jul. 12, 2005

I have such a headache.  I've had it since yesterday and it won't go away.  It makes me not want to do anything.  I have a mom's meeting tonight for our Keepers at Home group, but I don't feel like coming up with ideas.  Hopefully I'll feel better when I get there.  We had piano lessons today and the kids decided (well they've been telling me) that they want to quit lessons, so today I told their teacher.  she was really nice about it. Then Alexis says "well I want to come one more time so I can finish my new song."  The teacher laughed, so I guess we're not done yet.  Zarek though, wants to be done now.  So she was nice to even let us off the hook with our summer lessons that we had scheduled.  Zarek's bad attitude keeps getting worse every day.  I don't know what to do about it.  He huffs, puffs and sighs anytime I ask him to do anything and whenever his sister says anything to him, he either snaps at her or makes an ugly face at her.  He went to his room for an hour today for that.  Chandler also got in trouble today, for throwing a star wars light saber at Brett's head and hurting him badly.  Chandler keeps hurting people and then it's always an "accident"  Today Jody was tired of it and he had to go to his room for an hour also.  Well I'm off to make dinner. I'm being lazy tonight and just making chicken strips and fries.  I was supposed to make a baked yummy tonight for our meeting too, so I need to check the cupboard, or maybe pick something up at the grocery store on my way there. That sounds easier!  :)  ~BTW, anyone have any advice on boys age 11 and up?  Bad attitudes?  What do you do?  TIA

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Jul. 14, 2005 - Boys!

Posted by GogoMama
Sounds like you have one who is "all boy" as well! While ours is by no means perfect (he's a boy, right? lol), I'm finding that the more physical chores I have to do for him, the better! Not as punishment or anything, but for something to do. He has helped to put in a new septic drain field, stacked rocks, sanded decks, painted fences, etc Anything that is physical and that he can point to as an accomplishment. Sometimes we pay him a nominal amount for the work, other times it's just as part of the family.

When it rains a couple of days straight here in wet Washington and he's cooped up, I can sure tell the difference.
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