My eldest child is 10, at least for a few more weeks.  But already he's acting sort've teenager-y, and it's really starting to bug me.  And I've told him this - it's no big secret.  Lately he seems convinced that my head must not be functioning properly, that instead of a brain, I've really got some sort of unintelligent mush up there.  (Come to think of it, he may be on to something....)  Seriously, though - is this how I treated my mother?  If so, I'm sorry Mom! 

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I know that the fun has only just begun, and I don't mean to be unappreciative of the wonderful child God has given me.  I knew that the teen years could be difficult, but I just didn't expect it to start this early!  He just seems to be questioning everything I do - from the way I have the cabinets arranged in the kitchen to how I have things arranged in the refrigerator to the whole layout of our house's floor plan.  Then there's my driving, my choice of music, the things I tell him he can't have (and he lets me know why he should have them).  I understand that it's healthy to question things, but I guess I am just not prepared for it yet! 

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Lord Help Me!  I've got a pre-teen!