"We do everything in the house" this is what I hear when they are asked to do anything around the house. Zeke is on Accutane and the 1st month was fine and then the 2nd month started and the doctor doubled the dose.....the moody attitude started yesterday and I want to toss him out. He does everything also and no one works as hard as he does....at anything. Grad school is nothing compared to 8th grade....8th grade is much more demanding.....I have no idea how busy he is and I expect him to clean out the dishwasher? OH YEAH!!!! But he forgets I already passed 8th grade...been there done that!
I hate teenagers seriously hate them and their moody moody selves. Everything is bad, life is terrible, school is hard and no one understands how awful their lives are....no smiles, mad all the time and grumpy!!! I never do enough and if I think of doing anything for myself or buying myself something then I am so so so so selfish. I don't want to drive them everywhere they want to go or buy them everything they want? I am a terrible mother!!!!! With a capital M or T. Please take them away until they are older and then I will take them back....the terrible twos are bad, 8 is bad, but ...this is worse! So much worse then I ever imagined. David and I will be taking a vacation away from this misery, alone, this year!
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Yeah... You're a lot more busy than an 8th grader would be. When i was in 8th grade, I had maybe two worksheets to do at home. Wasn't until 9th grade hit that I realized how much homework one person could ACTUALLY get! Every teacher passed out homework to be due the next day every day without fail. I never had no homework, and was in a constant rush to get it all done. The teachers explained they did this to "prepare us for college" but all it did was leave me sneaking to stay up in the middle of the night to get my homework done. Now that I'm older I've found that college requires more studying for me in order to actually learn the material, but at least I had longer than just a day to get things done... I also find it fascinating how in college, I was suddenly sitting next to people who actually want to be there! No more potheads distracting me as they talked about sex, homosexual rights, secret parties with alcohol, use of steroids to play on the school football team, porn in obscene ways, how useless school is, and so forth. Going to high school should be rated R!!! Luckily I live in a little richer area so there wasn't many school fights in my school, but I heard that in neighboring high schools fights happen every single day...
Now did I put the dishes away when my Mom asked me to in high school? At 16 she honestly stopped asking me once I got sooo stressed out from everything going on in my life that I got severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in every joint in my body. (I was a VERY sick 16 year old...) But from what I remember before then, I hated doing the job simply because I was afraid I wouldn't get any time to chillax and play some video games. I was very concerned about my grades, but without down time I was going insane. Eventually I let my grades drop, just so that I could lower the stress levels in my body. Granted my grades were dropping on their own anyway, because there's only so much one can do with severe arthritis before they fall asleep.
Yup. That's my story. Maybe your teens aren't as stressed out about everything as I was and are just being lazy, but you must consider... You're teenagers do have one thing right. We DO need a little time to ourselves just to chillax from the stress from life. It sucks over exerting yourself. Although, may I suggest? If you're teenagers are moody, if you get moody too... It adds fuel to the fire.
God bless.
Sorry Lisa. I guess their is drama at all ages no matter if its 2,6,8,or teenagers. Some days all i ever hear is how I make the martin clean up all day long and he never has fun. Hes only 6.
nice post
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