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[Pleasantville]

I really NEVER noticed it with my son..... from time to time he'd have an issue with another kid who was talking trash OR my son would give someone crap (yeah hard to believe he wasn't perfect).
Anyway.....
so my 14 year old starts High School and I just have NO idea how I made it through high school alive w/out cat scratches all over my body.
The girls are UNREAL. I talk to her daily and she talks to me......and it's hard for me to understand how parents can't see what their girls are up too. Girls are mean.... plain and simple.

She says .... she wants to be homeschooled. Well let me tell you that wouldn't have been a problem had we started in say 6th grade but starting in 9th.... yeah not what I'm thinking I can really do....

So I told him suck it up and be better than them...... easy for a mom who isn't there to say I know.......
but what else do you do......
some of the mom's of the girls are VERY involved too...... so much so they cater to them having serious boyfriends ...... cater to them going out every night of the weekend. HELLO they are 14/15....

I'm thinking I must be a decade behind or I'm the only one against 14 year old sexual activity.....
and against partying the weekend away...... am I?

[ACP Mom]

You are so right.  I've got two out of high school, 1 in high school, 1 in middle school, 1 in elementary.

These kids want to move way to fast!!

The oldest two weren't much into going to parties, but I let them have a couple at my house. (Where I know what they are doing)

The 3rd one has gone to a couple of weekend bonfires-makes me nervous though.  I want her to have fun, but it is scary.  I like to get to know as many parents as I can so that I feel better.

My 16yr daughter has a boyfriend, but I limit it to school, football games, and @3 dates a month.  She seems understanding and doesn't get mad about it. 

I know parents that cater to them having serious boyfriends, and I think you know where a lot of them end up. (Not all, but you know what I mean)

It's hard to know where to draw the line and still let them have as much fun as they can while they're in high school.

[lordfly]

In retrospect high school was the stupidest part of my life. So much drama, intrigue, fighting, and all for nought.

The "cool kids" ended up dropping out of college, the "jocks" ended up with criminal records, the "burnouts" turned into artists and musicians, and guess what? Nerds and geeks? Yeah, we run ****.

High school is a baptism of fire of socialization. And keep in mind, parents, that any sort of epic problem your child may think he's having, please put it into context. It's just high school...

[ACP Mom]

Well put.  Do you have any kids?

[Pleasantville]

Gosh LoL I just called her a him in my first post......
well you are definitely right on with all the drama for nothing.....
no one is friends for more than 2 days then they hate each other gossip is rampant. Lord I guess I must have blocked the bad stuff b/c I remember alot of highschool as a riot. (not literally LMAO-not that old)
anyway... I just hope to live through it..... it's not even intriguing drama it's enough to make me want to poke my eyes out!

And Lordfly you are exactly right it is a baptism into socialization I just think the preacher forgot that she was under;)

[lordfly]

Well put.  Do you have any kids?

No, but I sure act like one.