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We are having all three and just finished a successful semester with a 3.0 grade point average! Maybe not quite a 3.0 but almost. Just missed it due to “one teacher” and you know it is that teachers fault. Personally I am not complaining, he actually passed all his classes and is now trying to get all the units to graduate from High School. He has a lot of catch up to do. With year around school at the RTC they can do it. It hasn’t happened yet, but there was a time when I thought it may never happen, but it is looking more likely now and let’s not jinx it. They also have a few options for a diploma which makes it nice.
This is our first home visit since the famous run-away in January, so I will have to admit I have been a bit nervous about having him home. But now that he is here there is nothing better. It has been three hours since his plane landed, he looks healthy and happy so I am in La-La land, and loving it.
When I had my kids 17 years ago, I never imagined what it would be like to have teenagers, they truly are taking a toll on me, and my 15 year old doesn’t appear to be letting up. Everyone told me, “boys are tougher when they are young, girls are tough when they get older”. HAH! I love these kids to death, but I am beginning to think I could skip the teenage years. One twitter mom this week, was talking about motivating her teens to go out and apply for jobs. I do not have the gift of motivating my teens. I try, I give them ideas, but they look at me like I have three heads. Anyone with ideas I would love to hear them. The only motivator I have found to work is money and there ain’t a whole lot of that!
Just wanted to share these “teen moments”, share some of yours with me!
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LOL! I only know about it because there was this one TV show where “normal guys” who didn’t know a lick of martial arts, traveled to foreign countries to learn it. It was a great show because the guys were always getting beat up. I forget what it was called.
I totally agree with that philosophy!
Well Jordan, that is one over on me, I had to look up Krav-Maga, for those of you that don’t know about this martial art here is the wikipedia definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga. I do agree money does talk and with the economy the way it is today it is not that difficult for me to hold back the bucks! My philosophy they are going to have to learn how to give to get!
Or he could learn Krav-Maga! When I graduated from the treatment program I was in, I was about almost 18. I finally came to realization that no one was giving me money. I HAD to go get a job in order to get a car to transport me to the job and so on… Do your teens have things they want that cost money? Use that as motivation. If they the next hot gadget (ipod) out there, tell them you’ll split the cost with them. Just some ideas… Like I said, I had no choice when it came to getting a job. I had to survive and start paying rent.
How wonderful that your daughter has so much direction. That is enviable for most teens today. Also that she feels so confident in what she wants to do that she will take the risk and not follow her friends. Opera, what a beautiful skill to have and so untrendy with today’s music. Your son will have a real transition with the new school, I am sure it will be great it sounds like you have made good choices. My 15 year old son told his father he wants to learn jujitsu. Whatever that is, they come up with the strangest things. I guess I should google it.
I am so happy to hear it is going well
I’ll look forward to ideas on motivating a teen to get a job. My daughter thinks she wants to get one, but has done nothing to even look, and of course she as all sorts of limitations on what type of job she would take.
Lately, the big teen moment around here is people asking dd where she wants to go to college – locally or not. The answer is a resounding “far away” – people look at me like how sad for you mom, but really part of her reasoning is sound – the best opera programs are not in our area-they are on the other side of the country. Also, I am glad she is indepedent and not afraid to give a big move a try. Isn’t that what we hope for our kids that they will step up and out when they are grown? I don’t take it personally because it isn’t.
Things are getting interesting with teen #2 (ds-13) when he goes to school in the fall after homeschooling all these years.