Re: Telling fibs.....

[Guest guest]

So Granny,

Are you telling me these kids do leave home, and don't come back with

girlfriends, Army Reserve mates, college mates etc. I'm sure that we will

have husbands,wives,in laws and grandkids soon as well.

If so, how did you do it ??? At last count I've got 23 bodies at home for at

least the Easter holidays, and some are coming and going for the next ten

days ...

So, what have I done wrong ? Do you move house often ??? Excepting

hurricanes, of course...Unless you can let me know how to book one for the

Easter break ...LOL,

Aussie

-- Re: Telling fibs.....

Sounds like typical teenage behavior to me ... testing limits to see what he

can get by with. Hang in there, Mom. If parents and teens got along, the

kids might never leave home when they're grown. *shudder*

granny

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:10 PM, CSBC <cindysue@...> wrote:

> How many of you have dealt with or deal with your child telling

> stories/lies? When tells a story, it's hard to tell what part of

it

> is true. For instance, a week or so ago, he told me that Tim was in big

> trouble. I asked him why and he told me that daddy gave him his meds. I

gave

> his pills and have steadily for quite some time. So I asked Tim

why

> he didn't double check with me and he told me he just took 's word

> for it when told him I didn't give it to him yet. I yelled at Tim,

> Tim called poison control and then we realized what had done. He

> wanted his dad in trouble. Or he wanted us to yell at each other, or who

> knows?? Poison Control said no problem..double dose of what he took

> wouldn't; harm him.

>

> So today, he tells Tim that I'm in big trouble - that I hit him this

> morning and hid his clothes. The truth was that he refused to get dressed

> for an hour and he swatted at me twice. So he was trying to get me in

> trouble this time or so it appears. Tim gave me a heads up while driving

> from work. When I confronted him (at a restaurant), he just pointed at Tim

> and said " DAD " ..and laughed. if he didn't start out with " Mom (or Dad) is

in

> big trouble, I would think it's just a language problem. I " m wondering if

> Sponge Bob doesn't do something similar. Hummm.

>

> Last year he had bruises on his arm that he got from someone at school. I

> tried to get it out of him who did it (his teacher alluded that his aide

had

> to restrain him on the bus), he told me his teacher did it. Then he told

me

> that she slapped him and i asked him to show me how she slapped him and he

> demonstrated a slap in the face. She has paralysis in her arm and unless

she

> used her other arm, she couldn't have slapped him. I couldn't get him to

> talk about the aid on the bus. I brought that issue to the school

> administrator with a caution that next time, I'm taking him to the ER and

> want it followed up on.

>

> There was a next time, only instead of bruises, his aide (this school

year)

> flicked his ear to get attention on a Friday. I was notified on a Tuesday.

> He (the aide) was off for a week - I could not get to talk about

> that at all. We don't flick ears around here, but since then, he does try

to

> flick his fingers towards my face.

>

> Two weeks ago he told me to shut up. He has told me to quit talking before

> but to me, telling someone to shut up is as bad as a curse word. And it

> broke my heart. Either he heard this on Sponge Bob or from his old school.

> He hasn't stopped using that phrase.

>

> So can you tell that we are in the obnoxious teen years or what? Any

> suggestions/ideas?

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