Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who replied to my post.     You guys are the best!

 

I know what you mean.  I was in the store with my six year old and 2 year old and they  were told "no" many times.  I got the "I hate you, Mommy" from the oldest but then she said she was sorry and gave me a hug.   

I had an episode in the store a couple of years ago when I only had the one child where my oldest one was acting up in the store, I carried her out to the car and was going to leave the store, (I hadn't hit her, I just removed her from the situation) when a little old lady stopped and looked at me and said, "I hope you don't plan on hitting her."  I replied "No, I am removing her from the situation and not giving in to her temper tantrum.  I am actually parenting my child."  The lady looked dumbfounded.

Oh, those temper tantrum years.  Once my 2 year old was crying in the checkout line.  He had been misbehaving, so I put the icecream  back in the freezer case.   Not gonna have it.  So he's still bawling in the checkout.  The stupid 16 year old boy checker said, "Awwww Mom you are being so mean. Let him have the ice cream."   I almost clocked him.  But, he'll have kids some day so he'll get it them.

Another time, same 2 year old threw a tantrum on the floor of the store by the checkout.  As I waas scooping him up to put him on a bench outside - (we sat in a lot of benches outside those days because I REFUSED To allow MY crying misbehaving child ruin someone else's dinner/lunch/day) - the cashier came over to give him a sticker.

"No" I said.  "Why not?" She replied.  "Because I am not going to reward this behavior  $%#%^!!"  So she gave me a sticker.

Well, I know I am late coming to this party, but I wanted to say hi and see how things are going! 

This is my first year homeschooling.  I love it.    I am homeschooling my 11 and 9 year olds, and I now plan on never letting my youngest (2, almost 3) ever set foot in a public school.  It has been awesome.

Well, after hearing lots of good advice from both sides of the fence and after long hours and hours of research, I decided NOT to homeschool my daughter after all.  It was a long, arduous process in deciding "should I or shouldn't I?"  I've had a lot of unfortunate events happen in my life over the past few months, and I sat down with my daughter and explained to her that it would just be too much for me to homeschool her on top of everything else that was going on.  She's very mature for a 14-year-old and immediately said "That's okay Mom.  I understand."

She's back in the intermediate school and so far, is having a much better year this year than last.  She's had a little bit of bullying, but that one particular kid got kicked out of school so she shouldn't have to worry about him this year.  Her psychiatrist was also able to find the perfect anti-depressant for her (finally!), so she is able to face her problems with a better attitude now.  She also tried out for the top choral ensemble which includes only "the best of the best" and made it!!!  She also told me that she wants to apply for Vo-Tech this year because she wants to become a nurse. 

I think things are falling into place for her, which is WONDERFUL!!  Now if only they would for me.....   

Wow Kathy,  She must have a beautiful voice.  That's great.  We have a nursing program in our county and when the kids graduate from high school they receive not only their high school diploma but their nursing diploma.  They graduate from high school as LPNs.  It's a great program.