Ranting

Honestly, I'm at the end of my rope. I'm ready to throw in the towel and admit that I just suck at this whole parenting thing.

Apparently, somewhere along the way I've become a strident, harping idiot but I missed it. I just don't know how to talk to my kids anymore ... or how I used to talk to them doesn't work anymore. I don't know how to motivate or suggest or give advice or anything anymore. They look at me like I've suddenly become stupid and, frankly, I'm out of ideas.

I'm a patient person but, at this point, I give up. I have my final projects due by next Tuesday and I start teaching Summer Academy Monday and I just finished training sessions today and I have NO time to breathe and I. JUST. GIVE. UP.

I suck at being the parent of teenagers. They would be better off being raised by wolves.

1 Comments

expatatlarge said:

Don't know if I told you this...

When my son was 22 he apologised for all the crap we went through when he was 14 or so.

He says he had no idea what (or even if) he thinking and that whatever it was I had done to upset him all those times was after all, on reflection, perfectly reasonable and right.

Hang on for that day, it's worth it.

(still lurking...)

E@L

June 27, 2006 8:23 AM

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