Parenting Teenagers (12-18) Support Group
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Here's one to add to my "Son Stories". He and his two 13 year old buddies were stopped at gunpoint and frisked!
It was a drizzly Saturday. I had relatives from New York coming for a visit. Since they are kidless, I wanted to make sure the house was spotless. At 1:30 my son and his buddies were driving me crazy, getting in the way.
My son asked if they could go in the yard with the buddy's airsoft guns. We are connected to the buddy's property...and there is a large greenbelt area that the kids play in.
I said, "Fine, just stay in earshot" And I went back to cleaning...still in my pj's, my hair wild. One pj leg rolled up above the knee because I'd accidentally kneeled on something, so there was a cut.
5 minutes later my daughter yells, "Mom...there are three policemen in our backyard with their guns drawn!" All I could think of was, "PLEASE BOYS....DON"T DO ANYTHING STUPID!!!" And I raced downstairs grabbing my flipflops.
...As I watched the police pat down my son and the other boys I glanced down at my attire. Ok...next time I watch COPS, I'm not going to jump to conclusions when I see the crazy mother on the front porch talking to the police. Here it was a quarter to two, I'm in my pjs, flip-flops, one knee bleeding, and my hair a frizzy mess (and I mean frizzy...I have curly hair, and ANY humidity makes it look like the 'before' picture for a Pantine Conditioner ad).
The three boys were covered in mud from playing. The police were gracious. They pretended I didn't look like a mad-woman. But I still made sure that my grammar was impecable as I answered their questions!
It appears that the grumpy old guy next door (the one who sends his dogs to other people's property do to their business, and then will call them back home), called 911. He reported that there were three men sneaking around in the bushes with guns. He was sure they were after his prized poodle!
The boys assured me after the police left that they were no where near the neighbor's house, because they spent the entire time in the woods.
The police were very sweet. They didn't site anyone or give a leture. They just apologized for the misunderstanding, and the boys were THRILLED to have been part of a real-life COPS episode (no cameras, just the event). They were high-fiving one another and couldn't WAIT to tell their friends on Monday! If that had been girls, they would have been a blubbering mess. And had to go to bed for a week!
I have been told by a few male friends that this will probably not be the last time the boys are confronted by police for something "innocent" or more likely "STUPID" they have done....(sigh)
...I can't wait for that book on teen boys!
It was a drizzly Saturday. I had relatives from New York coming for a visit. Since they are kidless, I wanted to make sure the house was spotless. At 1:30 my son and his buddies were driving me crazy, getting in the way.
My son asked if they could go in the yard with the buddy's airsoft guns. We are connected to the buddy's property...and there is a large greenbelt area that the kids play in.
I said, "Fine, just stay in earshot" And I went back to cleaning...still in my pj's, my hair wild. One pj leg rolled up above the knee because I'd accidentally kneeled on something, so there was a cut.
5 minutes later my daughter yells, "Mom...there are three policemen in our backyard with their guns drawn!" All I could think of was, "PLEASE BOYS....DON"T DO ANYTHING STUPID!!!" And I raced downstairs grabbing my flipflops.
...As I watched the police pat down my son and the other boys I glanced down at my attire. Ok...next time I watch COPS, I'm not going to jump to conclusions when I see the crazy mother on the front porch talking to the police. Here it was a quarter to two, I'm in my pjs, flip-flops, one knee bleeding, and my hair a frizzy mess (and I mean frizzy...I have curly hair, and ANY humidity makes it look like the 'before' picture for a Pantine Conditioner ad).
The three boys were covered in mud from playing. The police were gracious. They pretended I didn't look like a mad-woman. But I still made sure that my grammar was impecable as I answered their questions!
It appears that the grumpy old guy next door (the one who sends his dogs to other people's property do to their business, and then will call them back home), called 911. He reported that there were three men sneaking around in the bushes with guns. He was sure they were after his prized poodle!
The boys assured me after the police left that they were no where near the neighbor's house, because they spent the entire time in the woods.
The police were very sweet. They didn't site anyone or give a leture. They just apologized for the misunderstanding, and the boys were THRILLED to have been part of a real-life COPS episode (no cameras, just the event). They were high-fiving one another and couldn't WAIT to tell their friends on Monday! If that had been girls, they would have been a blubbering mess. And had to go to bed for a week!
I have been told by a few male friends that this will probably not be the last time the boys are confronted by police for something "innocent" or more likely "STUPID" they have done....(sigh)
...I can't wait for that book on teen boys!
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
but I am glad it worked out....I will definitely remember that moment of ur life for a long time ;)
Hugz
Morgaine