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• Feb. 16, 2006 - What is with the attitude

Boys! Teenagers! Teenage Boys! What is with the attitude. This slumping around and sighing over every little request. I just want to scream. But instead I feel my self getting an attitude too. This is not the best way to handle it I know but, day after day I am just going crazy.

My son is a good kid. He gets up when I ask him to. He stays out of trouble and gets his school work done (for the most part with out too much prodding on my part) But this attitude is driving me nuts. We have had the talk several times about God wanting us to have a Willing Spirit. Even when the body does not want to do it God has given us so much and we should be do what is asked of us with a Happy Heart out of Thanksgiving to God. I know he hears me (I have had his hearing checked it is perfect) But he is just not willing.

I just keep praying everyday that he will turn okay. I know that God is faithful.

What really gets me is that his 7 year old brother is picking up on this attitude thing and starting to act like his brother. But eveyone just laughs at him because it is cute when you are 7 not so cute when you are 14.

Happy Homeschooling

Sarah

Comments

• Feb. 16, 2006 - KNOW what you mean!

Posted by kansaskat

My 14yo son had the "A", passed it onto my 11yo DD, who is now passed it onto 3 yo DS...>AAAAAAAA........Aren't there moments when you feel like your brain is just going to *POP*

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• Feb. 16, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by kleo30

HI Sarah,

I came over to answer your comment questions from my blog and see you are writing about my life! My oldest is 15, boy, they are ALL boys LOL. He has this attitude too. I could really do w/out the attitude! He is a really, really good kid. Has a heart for God, is never in trouble, active in church, does his chores, does his schoolwork (although not as fast as I'd like or as diligently). But oiy, I could do without the complaining, picking on his little brothers, argumentative attitude! My Dad assures me they grow out of this. I asked him when? He said, "When they move out." LOL. Gee, thanks Dad!

Yep, I am a Pampered Chef consultant. I have a love/hate relationship with it LOL. I overbook myself and get worn out. So right now I am on a hiatus from kitchen shows. I'm only doing enough to stay active.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'll be back to read my friends' blogs later on tonight when everybody is sleeping :)

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• Feb. 18, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by appleleaf

Hi, I can relate to you about the boy-attitude business and my oldest son is just 11. He's generally pretty good, but sometimes I think, "What if I make a serious request and he simply says "No!" You must be doing marvellously well to have homeschooled to teenagehood and beyond. I'm quite looking forward to it but don't know what to expect.

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• Feb. 22, 2006 - not just boys.

Posted by ClagettsFLStyle

Hi, i found your comment on Julie's blog and ventured over to check you out ;-). Great blog. I am a mom of 2 Daughters of eve. One who is 14 and one who is 12 going on 30. I get the attitudes too.. not just from them.. it comes from me too.. bad mommy..
Take heart and KEEP PRAYING!! I don't pray enough for my girls. They are so precious to me but I just don't pray enough. So keep praying. Pray for them and for yourself.. opportunities to be able to show Christ's love and MERCY to them.
Hope you don't mind if I add you to my friends.. look forward to checking back in.

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