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Still too tired to do much.. Journal entry 4

It has been a few days since my last journal entry, I have just been too tired to do much of anything.

 

Let's see, the other day my youngest who is 13.5 decided it was a good idea to talk back and give me and her older sister major attidute. She even went as far as to tell me it was none of my business. I had, had enough of her ****, I put her up against the wall and told her to drop the attidute. She has not talked to me that way since. Come to think of it I had to do the same thing with her older sister at the same age. What is it with the age between 13 and 14 that makes them think they can get away with talking that way to their parents.

 

I didn't dare talk that why to mine, so I just ran away from home. I was in a foster home by the age of 13 cause my parents didn't want to deal with me. That is one thing I said I would never do, was to put one of my kids in the system. And no matter how bad they have been or how hard it has been to deal with them, as well as my illnesses, I have not given up on my kids.

 

Things have not changed much since I started to take the meds. I could and do sleep most of the day and night. I still feel like ****.

 

Well, I'm going to the Big & Rich, Terri Clark, Emerson Drive concert tomorrow night. My husband called to see if I wanted to go cause he got 2 tickets, if I didn't want to go he was going to find someone else to go with him. I couldn't have that now could I. Wink  So it should be a good time.

 

Anyway, enough for today. 

Anonymous
beatle
1/18/08 9:33pm

BlinkI too have a 13 year old that is mouthy and I threaten to do bodily harm if she doesn't shut it..I wasn't like her at all I did everything my mother said and never talked back or expressed myself. As a result I haven't had much control over my life which would result in my current state of mind. I don't want her to be that way so I'm trying not to break her spirit, but it's really getting hard. Also this is my first week on meds and I can only deal with so much.. Just wanted you know someone else feels the same way..

1/20/08 11:18pm

This is my 2nd week on the meds, but I have not seen much of an improvment yet. I know it takes time for the med to work. I am a nurse so I know all about how meds affect the body and mind.

 

With my daughter it just got to a breaking point that I just had to deal with, she had been worned by my husband, her older sister and brother to watch the way that she was talking and that her attitude needed to change. But she did not listen to them, so it was time that she was put in her place. And I was the only one that could do it.

 

But thanks for letting me know that I'm not allow in the dealing of teenagers.

 

Thanks,

Cheryl

1/19/08 2:32am
Yep, 13/14 year old girls are difficult. Mine is now almost 16 and it got better by the time she was 15 although she still has her moments. They run hot and cold. Its just a stage and I know that you are worried because of what happened to you but your girls need to know you love them even though there are limits. I just stopped worrying about the small stuff like clean rooms and focused on the important stuff. The way they speak can be distressing. I ended up saying "if you speak to me that way I won't take you to X" Losing the transport was something she did listen to. I agree with the post above I wasn't assertive as a child and I, too ended up with depression. I also made up my mind that I wasn't going to stamp out her spiritedness. Girls need that to get through this life. I have a friend who has 3 daughters and one son. She said when they are little they are like "dogs", playful, love being around you, loving and affectionate. When they are teenagers they become "cats", sometimes affectionate(when it suits them), go off and do their own thing, lash out and scratch you if they feel like it and other times want to sit in your lap. The good thing is that when they get to 25 they become dogs again! So hang in there...it does get better. The concert sounds great hope you enjoyed it. R
1/20/08 11:29pm

Thanks, I needed to hear that I was not along in the dealings of teenagers. Somedays you love them, somedays you hate them.

 

I had to do the same thing to my now 16 yr old when she was 13, she does not talk to me that way any more, yes she still get smart mouthed once in a while. But nothing like it was, now it is just teenage stuff.. all part of growing up.

 

Again, thank you

 

Cheryl

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